Artist: Bert Jansch
Author: Bert Jansch
Label: Transatlantic
Year: 1965
On self-titled first album, recorded with a borrowed guitar and a portable tape recorder in producer/engineer Bill Leader's kitchen. Sold to Nat Joseph's Transatlantic label for £100. Reflection over the overdose of his friend and guitarist Buck Polly.
Covers:
Neil Young [theme and melody in Ambulance Blues]
Neil Young rates Jansch's impact on his accoustic guitar playing in league with Jimi Hendrix's influence on electric. Bert also influenced Donovan, who cut Bert's Do You Hear Me Now for his Universal Soldier EP.
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Arnold Rypens
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