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Post by frankieabbott on Apr 15, 2020 12:47:56 GMT
Any Bert Jansch fans here? I'm following the above channel on youtube. Guitarists/Jansch fans from around the world post videos of themselves playing Jansch guitar parts. Some on a specially commissioned Yamaha guitar that you play your Jansch part on and then send guitar to the next player on the list for them to play. Enclosed (hopefully) is Tommy Emmanuel playing Bert style.
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Post by michaelwatts on Apr 17, 2020 10:11:08 GMT
I think it's fair to assume that we're all massive fans of Bert here! I grew up with his music and Bert continues to be a massive inspiration to me.
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Post by cottonopolis on Apr 17, 2020 19:21:35 GMT
I love this Video.
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Post by lavaman on Apr 17, 2020 22:10:20 GMT
I love it too cottonopolis. I remember seeing Brownie McGhee with Sonny Terry at Plymouth Guildhall in the early 70s.
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Post by cottonopolis on Apr 18, 2020 10:26:00 GMT
I love it too cottonopolis . I remember seeing Brownie McGhee with Sonny Terry at Plymouth Guildhall in the early 70s. Wow! Lucky you. I would have loved to have seen the Blues greats, when they came over. Especially acoustic players. Thank god for youtube, so I can at least watch the videos.
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Post by martinrowe on Apr 18, 2020 11:27:20 GMT
I saw them - well almost. They did a tour in the early 70's although Brownie McGhee was ill so an English guitarist took his place. He was called Martin... something. I've always wondered whether it was Martin Simpson or Martin Taylor. I had an LP with Lightnin Hopkins on one side and Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry on the other - this English guitarist was good - he sounded like the record. I was working in St Ives for the summer at the time and four of us went to Penzance to see the concert. It finished after the last bus to St Ives had left so we walked back - it must have been about 15 miles. I can still remember seeing a sign that said St Ives 9 miles and then about 2 miles nearer to St Ives a sign saying St Ives 11 miles. We used to do stuff like that in those days. Kids today, they don't know they're born Did anyone else see them on the same tour and know who the english guitar player was? Sonny Terry was good - not to be underestimated those old blues players methinks - glad I saw him. (We should start a new thread geddarby - 'Gigs I walked home from')
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Post by geddarby on Apr 19, 2020 7:38:53 GMT
martinrowe we could add those gigs that we floated home from too.
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Post by frankieabbott on Apr 22, 2020 10:54:38 GMT
Another video for your delectation. Mike Walker playing some Bert in a nice traditional pub in Edinburgh. Not only does he play well but there's some nice craic beforehand. Oh how I hope that the evenings of spending time in a local boozer listening to live music with a pint of heavy in my hand will return soon.
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Post by Cams on Apr 25, 2020 13:33:19 GMT
These are great! I bought my first guitar at the age of 21 after catching Acoustic Routes by chance. Literally a life-changing moment!
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Post by NikGnashers on Apr 30, 2020 12:37:40 GMT
There are quite a few of these tribute type video's appearing on the Bert Jansch Foundation channel. Some are brilliant, other's not, but it's great to see people still keeping Bert's music alive. The link to the channel with all of the video uploads is here : www.youtube.com/channel/UCizYtQbKan-Dks5c5A0dPNA
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