I just looked up Bert Jansch as the name sounded German to me.. and so it is, his family originates from my hometown Hamburg! How cool!
I shall check his music out.. π
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I just looked up Bert Jansch as the name sounded German to me.. and so it is, his family originates from my hometown Hamburg! How cool!
I shall check his music out.. π
Yeah, I think checking out Bert's work will inspire you as it did so many others. He was born up here in Glasgow and is thought of as a pioneer of fingerstyle guitar, one of the first "Davy Graham" disciples. As a young man Davy appeared in a BBC documentary which I believe was about the rise of the popularity of guitar playing in Britain. It aired in 1959 and I guess blew people's mind much the same as Elvis did the first time people saw him perform. Before this clip aired its unlikely many people new what fingerstyle guitar was and all of a sudden here is this young guy in a leather jacket playing something magical in what looks like an old tenement slum in Glasgow.
Checking out the albums Davy Graham and Shirley Colins put out should help you find some brilliant new songs to cover , same goes for Bert Jansch's band Pentangle, happy song hunting :).
Id recommend taking a shot at "Blackwaterside" ,I think that would really suit your vocal style.
Donal Clancy has a wonderful cover of this one.I have a feeling both versions are using open tunings most likely in the key of G or D.
Wow, thank you for those pointers!
That's really wonderful stuff! ππ
I well check them out for sure.
Have a lovely day, hope it's as sunny up your way as it is here today... for a change.. π