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Bert Jansch - Angie (03:12)

"Angie" by Bert Jansch, as performed on the album "Bert Jansch".

Bert Jansch "Black Waterside" (04:44)

British fingerstlyle great Bert Jansch performs "Black Waterside." From the DVD "Fingerstyle Guitar: New Dimensions & Explorations, Vol. One." More info at guitarvideos.com

Bert Jansch "One For Jo" (02:42)

British fingerstlyle great Bert Jansch performs "One For Jo." From the DVD "Fingerstyle Guitar: New Dimensions & Explorations, Vol. One." More info at guitarvideos.com

Bert Jansch - Acoustic Routes (documentary), part 1 (09:54)

The first part of Acoustic Routes, the Bert Jansch documentary from 1992. Sorry about the poor video quality: the video has been ripped straight from VHS. The first part features Billy Connolly, Hamish Imlach, Archie...

Bert Jansch - Travelling man (03:52)

From the record LA Turnaround by Bert Jansch 1973. With Red Rhodes on Pedal Steel. Producer Mike Nesmith.

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Bert Jansch Biography

Herbert Jansch (born 3 November 1943), known as Bert Jansch, is a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and, in the 1960s, he was heavily influenced by the guitarist Davey Graham and folk singers such as Anne Briggs. He is best known as an innovative and accomplished acoustic guitarist but is also a singer and songwriter.

He has recorded at least 25 albums and has toured extensively starting in the 1960s and continuing into the 21st century. His work has influenced such artists as Johnny Marr, Bernard Butler, Jimmy Page, Ian Anderson, Nick Drake, Donovan, Neil Young, and more recently Don Deere, and it has earned him a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2001 BBC Folk Awards.

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