Category Archives: Bach

Blackwaterside Update

Posted on 13/07/2011 by dougaj4

Back in 2008 I posted 4 versions of the folk song Blackwaterside. Since then I have found on Youtube a copy of Bert Jansch’s original version on his Jack Orion LP, which I much prefer to the live version I … Continue reading →

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The Rough Island Band

Posted on 29/06/2011 by dougaj4

Some more from John Elliot (who appeared under the name “the little unsaid” in the previous post), here performing with an aptly named group from the Scilly Isles called The Rough Island Band.  First performing Paul Simon’s “Call me Al”, … Continue reading →

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Fine as a Bee’s wing

Posted on 26/06/2011 by dougaj4

Beeswing is song by Richard Thompson, said to be about, or at least inspired by Anne Briggs.  Here is what the man himself says about it: “RICHARD THOMPSON: I wrote the song Beeswing kind of about her. There was a … Continue reading →

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Jaqui Mcshee

Posted on 01/06/2011 by dougaj4

Usually when I’m searching YouTube to see what new old stuff has come up I type in Jansch or Renbourn or Thompson, but today just for a change I typed Mcshee, and this is what came up: which lead to: … Continue reading →

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Loopiest Anagram

Posted on 15/05/2011 by dougaj4

A list of clever anagrams of  Douglas Hofstadter’s “I am a Strange Loop” A Loop, Enigmas, Art;  A Gal Remaps onto “I” Loop Again, Master! But the loopiest anagram for “I Am a Strange Loop” was: Loopiest Anagram Anagrams copied from: http://reocities.com/unmark/mblog.html (scroll down … Continue reading →

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