BuddinTheAmazing (August 18, 2008 at 12:15 pm)

Went to see him last week in Edinburgh. It was great.

KaiBailey (August 10, 2008 at 8:23 pm)

This isn't even Blackwaterside, so why is that all anyone is talking about?Anyway, it's always a pleasure to hear Jansch sing :)

99ZARDOZ (August 9, 2008 at 1:18 pm)

Man I am sick of reading this same thing about Led Zeps version of Blackwaterside. Get over it already. And yes, before anyone trots it out he ripped "White Summer" off Davey Graham.A lot of ideas of are based on something else.Jansch tried to get his record company to pursue it in the 70's but they decided it wasn't worth it, and 30 years later everyone with a laptop seems to be plastering it all over t'internet. Arrghhh!

samswank (July 30, 2008 at 9:28 pm)

Interesting posts. Page's arrangement of Black Mountain Side was lifted from Jansch. Maybe a tenth of a royalty point of the first Zeppelin record would've set Bert up for life. On the other hand, I heard of Jansch from Page, and it changed my life.

y2kbuyusay (June 10, 2008 at 3:06 am)

about 5 years ago a good friend of mine brought an album over to my house, put it on the record player, and played the damn thing. What was played has inspired me ever since. Bert Jansch, Birthday Blues, has to be, to this day, one of the most influential albums of my entire life. Rosemary Lane, Jack Orion, all amazing records of true craftsmanship and beauty.

amozartii (June 9, 2008 at 6:12 am)

Brilliant!

LateNotes (May 9, 2008 at 5:36 pm)

a great artist

cjwaywell (March 22, 2008 at 6:18 am)

Thanks for posting this, it's always nice to see God at work.

steveisdrummy (February 29, 2008 at 10:17 pm)

yarp i agreeand plus, its not just getting the idea or how it was "copied", its the actual playing as well, and spin my nipples and send me to alaska if jimmy page didnt play it brilliantly

jfnd777 (February 27, 2008 at 4:27 pm)

ahem! in art you always get ideas from other places, "A man is himself and his circumstance" an idea get`s you to the other always and the VERY FEW ideas that came from nowhere and did not took something else from something was the fire, o no wait the caveman copied it from lightening, AHem I mean the Wheel, On no wait he copied it from something round, but wait it was original because the caveman took the idea of round to transport heavier things NOW THAT ORIGINAL, THATS HOW CREATIVITY WORKS!!.