Legendary and godlike British guitarist,
Bert Jansch has passed our world at the age of 67.. Bert’s highly influential guitar playing received high praise and critical acclaim globally. A leader of the Brit folk revival of the 60’s both as a solo artist and with his phenomenal group
Pentangle, he leaves behind a vast catalog of essential and exceptional music (20+ solo albums!!!). His last studio album
“The Black Swan” from 2006, featured a who’s who ofyoung contemporaries who by any measure must have been awed to be in presence. I was lucky enough to have seen Bert Jansch play several times in the late 1980’s and I can tell you, it was magical.
Below is a quote taken from The
Gaurdian…
*According to fellow guitarist Johnny Marr: "He completely reinvented guitar playing and set a standard that is still unequalled today … without Bert Jansch, rock music as it developed in the 60s and 70s would have been very different."
*guardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/oct/05/pentangle-bert-jansch-dies
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