Favorite acoustic guitarist Neil Young, who idolized Jimmy Page did not dare look him in the eye as he was impressed, inspirer of Donovan, John Martyn, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, the Scottish Bert Jansch is gone the October 5, victim of lung cancer. The same day that Steve Jobs of Apple. The rock has lost one of its best ambassadors and British folk his face the most legendary. Founder, with John Renbourn, the folk rock group Pentangle, one of the jewels of the sixties English, this virtuoso of the dry guitar and follower of picking, the game immediately identifiable, venerable relic of the 60s, blues fan and British traditional music known for its excessive side and his penchant for booze and hallucinogens, entered the business through the front door by registering for the Transatlantic label, two very influential determinants and personal albums: the eponymous and Bert Jansch It Do not Bother Me, both published in 65. His first job in particular has the classic Needle Of Death, the needle of death. This song in tribute to Buck Polly buddy like him folkeux genuine plea against hard drugs (there are not touched) and surprisingly powerful for a kid of 20 years, served as watermark to the writing of The Needle And The Damage Done Canadian Loner. Another gauge of the album, the protest song, Do You Hear Me Now, Donovan resume. In twenty solo albums, through his many collaborations, the mark it leaves with Pentangle and because of his artistic openness, this discreet artist combined with a quiet strength, which reinvented the guitar to to a new standard, will always remain one of my best teenage friends. His initial album, Revival symbol of folk, published at a time, across the Atlantic, Dylan turns his back to the acoustic and plugs into sector reveals a creative dynamic game, a singer, my faith, more respectful, and a varied repertoire. Elapsed 150,000 pieces, having been carried out under conditions at a minimum (a guitar, a magnetic strip in the kitchen) and sold for a handful of figs Transtlantic Records, which adds to the myth that sticks to this disc, the eponymous Bert Jansch is a land of inspiration for folkeux: Strolling Down The Highway, Smokey River, Oh How Your Love Is Strong, Rambling's Gonna Be The Death Of Me, Veronica, Do You Hear Me Now, Needle Of Death, Casbah, Dreams Of Love and Angie, composed by Davey Graham, another emblematic figure of the genre, are sufficient reasons why you will not miss this appointment with the man who revolutionized the folk in the UK. The guitar slung ... Bert Jansch is the race of gypsies that shaped the Beat Generation, free as air, never partitioning, constantly seeking to open his musical horizon. This nomadic lifestyle is reflected in this very pleasantly aeuvre. Mythical, so we put in the cart (PLO54).