Artist.......: Bert Jansch
Album........: The Black Swan
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Folk
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-30-2006
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.bertjansch.com/
track title time
01. The Black Swan 06:25
02. High Days 03:47
03. When The Sun Comes Up 03:54
04. Katie Cruel 03:00
05. My Pocket's Empty 03:50
06. Watch The Stars 02:55
07. A Woman Like You 04:13
08. The Old Triangle 04:07
09. Bring Your Religion 03:06
10. Texas Cowboy Blues 03:08
11. Magdalina's Dance 03:19
12. Hey Pretty Girl 03:03
Runtime 44:47 min
Size 63,9 MB
Release Notes:
ôJanschÆs influence on modern music is
incalculableö û TIME OUT
ô As much of a great guitar player as Jimi
[Hendrix] was, Bert Jansch is the same thing for
acoustic guitaràand my favourite.ö û Neil Young
" One of the most influential musicians of all
time" û THE GUARDIAN
" He completely re-invented guitar playing and set
a standard that is still unequalled today à without
Bert Jansch, rock music as it developed in the æ60s
and æ70s would have been very different. You hear
him in Nick Drake, Pete Townshend, Donovan, The
Beatles, Jimmy Page and Neil Young. There are
people playing guitar who donÆt even realise
theyÆve been influenced by him one step removed.ö û
Johnny Marr
ô At one point, I was absolutely obsessed with Bert
Jansch. When I first heard that LP [1965], I
couldnÆt believe it. It was so far ahead of what
everyone else was doing. No one in America could
touch that.ö û Jimmy Page
ô He revolutionised the guitaràI donÆt think
anybody has ever been revered as much as he is.ö û
Dick Gaughan
ô If you didnÆt know he was a guitar hero to many û
including Jimmy Page and Keith Richards û your ears
might tell you.ö û THE EVENING STANDARD
" Few guitarists, no matter how legendary, can keep
an audience mesmerised for over two hours.
Folk-blues 1960s icon Jansch is one of those few" û
THE GUARDIAN
" Bert Jansch is a legend for our times" û METRO
Bert Jansch, legendary songwriter and guitarist, is
widely acknowledged as one of the most influential
musicians of all time. Since the mid 1960s
generation after generation have been enraptured
and amazed by his extraordinary ground-breaking
guitar playing and classic emotive songs. Jimmy
Page, Neil Young, Nick Drake, Johnny Marr, Bernard
Butler and Beth Orton have all been devotees, and
today another new generation of musicians and fans,
led by Devendra Banhart, are discovering Jansch for
themselves.
Bert began performing his unique synthesis of folk,
blues and jazz on the folk club scene of the early
1960s, having hitch-hiked to London from his
hometown of Edinburgh. His first album, Bert Jansch
(played on a borrowed guitar and recorded on a
reel-to-reel tape deck in someoneÆs apartment) was
legendarily sold to the Transatlantic label for
ú100. On its release in April 1965, Bert Jansch
caused a sensation for its innovative guitar
technique and powerful songs, and it has been
phenomenally influential to this day, cited by
legions of guitar players (famous and otherwise) as
a major inspiration.
Bert Jansch was followed by It DonÆt Bother Me, and
the also hugely influential Jack Orion. On that
album Bert was already exploring innovative
treatments of the traditional folk ballad form,
something he took further with Pentangle, the
unique acoustic supergroup he formed with John
Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Terry Cox and Danny
Thompson. Pentangle made six albums and enjoyed an
unprecedented degree of success for an acoustic
band.
After Pentangle split in 1973, Bert returned to a
prolific solo career. His 21st solo album, Crimson
Moon, on which he worked for the first time with
long-time fans Johnny Marr and Bernard Butler,
appeared in 2000 to a torrent of press and TV
attention, accompanied by a Channel 4 documentary,
Dreamweaver, and the publication by Bloomsbury of a
major biography: Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and
the British Folk and Blues Revival (Colin Harper).
A double CD tribute album, People On The Highway: a
Bert Jansch Encomium, featuring BertÆs songs
specially recorded by other artists, was also
released in 2000. In 2001 Bert was awarded a BBC
Radio 2 Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC Radio
2 Folk Awards. Edge of a Dream (featuring Bernard
Butler, Hope Sandoval, Dave Swarbrick and Ralph
McTell), appeared in October 2002 to widespread
critical acclaim across Europe. In November 2003
Bert celebrated his 60th birthday with a BBC TV
Special shown on BBC4, and a triumphant sell-out
birthday concert at LondonÆs Queen Elizabeth Hall
with special guests.
Recently much of Bert's classic and prolific back
catalogue has been digitally remastered and
sumptuously re-packaged, boasting great sound
quality, extensive booklets with brand new full and
informative sleevenotes, photographs and facsimiles
of all the original artwork. Some have extra bonus
tracks. The beautiful reissue series culminated in
the first-time CD issue of the extraordinary
instrumental album Avocet, one of the masterpieces
of BertÆs career.
In 2006 Bert has been working with some of the
latest musicians to emerge on the scene on his long
awaited new album The Black Swan, including
producer Noah Georgeson (Devendra Banhart - Cripple
Crow, Joanna Newsom - Milk-Eyed Mender), and
musicians and vocalists Devendra Banhart, Beth
Orton, Otto Hauser (Espers, Vetiver), Helena
Espvall (Espers), and Kevin Barker (Currituck Co.).
In February 2006 Bert was involved in the major BBC
TV series Folk Britannia, and appeared in the
associated concerts at The Barbican in London. On
May 14 Bert received a rapturous reception at the
All Tomorrow's Parties festival where he shared a
bill with Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Espers, Jandek
and others. Bert also features in a new book,
Guitar Man (published by Bloomsbury March 20) a
Nick Hornby style book about guitar playing. On 5
June 2006 Bert received the Mojo Merit Award from
Mojo magazine at their Honours List ceremony. The
award is ôbased around an expanded career that
still continues to be inspirationalö and was
presented by Beth Orton and Roy Harper.
In a live setting, BertÆs performances are still a
rare opportunity to see one of the British music
sceneÆs true legends play. His understated, low key
approach eschews hollow show business routines, and
the audience is treated to a guitar playing master
class and an impressive catalogue of some of the
most haunting songs in the British canon.