Bert Jansch: A Man and his Songs, pt 3

[@DjNikGnashers]

Thanks Jon, watched all 3 parts, what a gem of a recording, absolutely loved watching this.

[@FenceThis]

Another of countless precious Danish TV (DR) features on pop/folk/rock/blues from the 60’s and 70’s KZbin be thankful for all these gems

[@rebeccahall556]

Thank you Jon! Until now I'd only seen edited clips from this film; how wonderful to see the whole thing!

[@billallen1594]

The bass player is a talented musician. Bass guitar is hard enough with frets… I’ve never seen Bert strumming either. Kind of surreal. Shame they didn’t play running from home as a threesome. The bass would have been a great addition. Really enjoyed these videos thanks

[@allancopland1768]

Excellent Jon. Listened to all of it. Superb. I think the videotape got stretched in a couple of places (slightly wonky audio for a second or so) but it's a lovely piece of music history that needs to be preserved. I was lucky enough to be in Glasgow City Hall during the November 1974 recording of the River Sessionas album. The place was awash with microphones, cables all over the place and a huge mixing desk but I was just going to a gig although I *did* wonder why there was so much gear on stage. The version of Candyman was awesome. I have pretty much all of Pentangle's and Bert's solo albums but that's a 'new un' on me. I found this purely by accident so I listened to part2, part 1 and part 3. Many Thanks for posting this. Awesome.

[@drogba4evah672]

this is such incredible footage.

[@rodrigoinfante9315]

this is a real beauty

[@vicshere99]

Amazing stuff, all three parts, thank you!

[@GreyhoundHank86]

Thank you, such a wonderful piece of beauty.

[@Vingul]

Thank you very much for these uploads, I have been looking for it before, only just saw that you've uploaded all of it. I love this version of The Curragh of Kildare so much.

[@HUTCHIRL]

Been looking for this doc since I heard about it. Thanks for the upload. Great stuff.

[@ClydeBuilt]

Fantastic stuff John

[@Stephen-xc3jz]

How is the drummer not Bernard Butler's Father? Love this band ❤️

[@FenceThis]

he’s the original drummer in Dire Straits

[@ghenny69420]

do you know what that little snippet bert plays on his guitar at around 3:40, just after the song finishes? sounds familiar

[@Jonpriley]

I don't recognise it as anything specific. It's an Am chord, then adding an F bass to make Fmaj7, maybe an E after that.

[@ghenny69420]

@@Jonpriley thanks for the reply! i realised where i recognised it from, if you search jimmy page acoustic tape it’s the first track on the video where the thumbnail is him sitting on a sofa. it’s a nice unique untitled peace by mr page, who was a big big fan of bert!

[@Jonpriley]

@@ghenny69420 Bert ripping off Jimmy Page?? Gettjng his own back?? 😆 (the JP recording is at least 2 years before the BJ one.) Seriously, this is just coincidence. That chord change (Am - Fmaj7) has been played countless times by countless guitarists, and they play it differently anyway (BJ has the F on 6th string, JP on 4th string). And it's vanishingly unlikely that BJ would have heard that tape. But I can understand, if you know the JP tape, that the little twiddle here is reminiscent.

[@glandelectro]

Pick Withers just months from Dire Straits?

[@Jonpriley]

Yes! He was wth Bert for around a year at least (1975-76). Dire Straits formed in 1977.

[@rolandtruc5700]

Qui joue la basse?

[@Jonpriley]

Rod Clements. Bass and mandolin!

[@TheEc202020]

Fretless, n'est ce pas?

[@danielalexandermclachlanga3781]

Bert strumming ? hahaaha , feckin brilliant

[@Jonpriley]

More here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqeTfYNqj6yLY6M 😉

[@danielalexandermclachlanga3781]

@@Jonpriley so glad for You uploading tha Bert videos , great work

[@JohnMcaulay-gp6nb]

Bass player is one ugly bastard. Love all 3 parts of this documentary. The man was a genius. When you listen to his solo stuff, which I prefer, you can hear the massive influence on Nick Drake in particular, but also many others too.

[@ghenny69420]

hahahha this comment has me dying

[@FenceThis]

the bass player, Rod Clements, was cofounder and bassist/violinist of Lindisfarne he also played bass for and toured with Ralph McTell when he hit big. This footage was shot in Ralph’s house