Tag Archives: Bert Jansch

Some new old songs

Posted on 14/11/2021 by dougaj4

Every so often I check YouTube to see what new old music has been posted, and today I found: Haitian Fight Song, here played by Danny Thompson in Norway in 1968 and Bert Jansch and Danny Thompson playing Thames Lighterman … Continue reading →

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Bett’s Dance

Posted on 24/03/2019 by dougaj4

I have posted a link to Bert Jansch playing Bett’s Dance here before: Jansch and Renbourn live Here is another live version: … and (probably) a studio version, included on the album  “Living in the Shadows, Part 1”, which is available … Continue reading →

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Jansch and Renbourn live

Posted on 28/08/2017 by dougaj4

Three recently uploaded You Tube recordings of live performances by guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn.  As further evidence that the quality of a You Tube video is inversely proportional to the number of views, none of the three have … Continue reading →

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Various routes to and from Nottamun Town

Posted on 10/06/2016 by dougaj4

Recently reading the words to Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” I was struck by the similarity to the English folk song “Nottamun Town”.  Searching the Internet I found very few references to this connection (although plenty to the … Continue reading →

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Blackwater Side; Bert Jansch and Anne Briggs

Posted on 11/08/2015 by dougaj4

I have posted solo recordings of Blackwater Side from Bert Jansch and Anne Briggs before, but here they are together, about 30 years on: Which led me to a video of Bert Jansch’s 60th Birthday concert:    

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