Anne Briggs -- Go Your Way

[@cathalmeenagh3898]

"Bollocks...Lost it again..." No you haven't. I have been in love with this song for years. This just makes it more authentic.

[@robertm7071]

Oh, such a beautiful reminder of that golden age of the folk revival. Such precious years and sublime music.

[@gillesserrigny6324]

Anne Briggs, Sandy Denny, Jacqui McShee, Linda Thompson, Vasthi Bunyan... 🌈

[@troygaspard6732]

Rare footage, this is precious and evidence of her immense influence.

[@martindonald7613]

What a beautiful sensitive woman and a beautiful voice.

[@robertnewell5057]

How lovely. I got Anne's first LP out of the library when I was 16. She looks so different now - but so do I; it was 46 years ago!

[@richardtofts4977]

She has such an incredibly youthful voice.

[@rossanafioravanti8526]

how sweet that disappointment when she goes wrong at the end...love her and love her golden voice

[@Jonpriley]

Actually she didn't go wrong. It was Bert that went wrong, and she was too polite to say. Bert used to play a different arrangement, with a different chord in the chorus, and he hit that one out of habit, right near the end. (In fact he did it earlier too, but it wasn't as obvious, and she let it pass.) But listen out at 2:45, and see how she winces and looks at him immediately. They finish, she says "what happened there?" (implying she's sure it wasn't her, but not accusing him outright) and he mutters something undistinct - no doubt owning up and apologisng (off camera!).

[@T-moase]

I believe Bert says something along the lines of “that’s my bad…” implying you’re right about him playing that different chord!

[@bmelvin1234]

I heard Sir. Robert Plant and Allison Crause sing this at a concert recently. It was my favorite song of the night. He introduced it as one he used to hear in the pubs in his youth before he became “the other guy”.

[@mvl6827]

"Sir" ? 🤣🤣🤣

[@stanedwards3731]

magical

[@LeighGhostTao]

Stunning, and haunting.

[@ianthomas5955]

Just so brilliant and heart warming.

[@nataliazakula3400]

And heartbreaking. A dreamy, stabbing, poignant and forsaken love.

[@marychadwick4516]

Still hits the spot.

[@michaelrickard9890]

Absolutely lovely, the fragility is endearing in the end and the understanding of Jancsh. Johnny Moynihan i believe introduced her to guitar or even bouziki playing, in Ireland.

[@Catamariner]

Like being "in the kitchen with them," thank you so much! And I love her understated ornamentation, she has never stopped refining her musical approach and can teach us all throughout her life.

[@sinoel-inCorpus-Christi]

Beautiful song and singer.

[@Corto8530]

Beautiful souls

[@vincentlussier8264]

I love that she made a mistake and thumped on her guitar! It showed that even professionals can screw up sometimes which is human.

[@Jonpriley]

Exactly. We get used to hearing professional recordings which are usually the result of multiple takes, with various mistakes along the way. Only the best ones are normally released. In this case, of course, that first performance is an out-take. They did it again, got it right, and that was the one that was used. And in fact, the mistake was Bert's! She looks straight at him as soon as it happens (look at her expression, 2:46), but is too polite to accuse him. Instead - after swearing and apologising (very "English" to take the blame!), she implies it by saying "what happened there?". (If it was her mistake she would have known!) He mutters something unintelligible, so seems to know. The reason is that Bert used to play the song differently, and is following her playing her version here. He makes the same mistake earlier in the song actually, but it's not quite as noticable. At 1:39, he plays a D chord while she is playing a C (you see him move down to the C after a couple of beats). The chords harmonise quite well there, so it doesn't sound bad - it wouldn't have needed a retake on that account. Somehow the chords jangled together worse the second time, probably because Bert was more emphatic with his D.

[@DjNikGnashers]

Never seen the whole recording before, fabulous !!!!

[@frankodonnell7897]

just lovely, annie

[@thearab59]

Remember she had not performed professionally for well over 20 years when she did this. The odd mistake is understandable, and it is good she had Bert there to help.

[@Jonpriley]

Read my other replies. She did not make a mistake! Bert did, but she was too polite to accuse him. She says "lost it at the end", but she means "we", not "I". Then she says "what happened there?", looking at him... The problem was that he was playing the chorus the way he plays it, with just two C chords. Her version uses a G first, and he missed that. He was accompanying her, not vice versa, so he should have been playing it her way. He does actually mutter something that could be an apology.

[@catie995]

Stunning

[@davidbrennan6072]

Lovely song and a lovely voice, thank you.

[@SuperJohnmackenzie]

What brilliant film footage . Nice to see the mistake and then the retake😀

[@Jonpriley]

Yes, and I like that little expression at the end (4:53) as if to say, "OK, I suppose that'll do". :-)

[@garryofarrell6413]

great pairing of musician's and mind's.good footage🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

[@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek]

🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@mullagh670]

Thank you for that Anne a girl from Toton.

[@diskochimp]

Nottingham ought to be proud of her but I doubt most people living here know she exists.

[@SumitKumar-yj7ek]

@@diskochimp why there is no new article or picture of her ? Man I'm searching all over the internet but there is no new post about her. I'm sad

[@EatBakeSing]

@@diskochimp I love her and her songs ! That she’s from my home town is a bonus

[@josefinagarza241]

There's a few of her when was very young in pubs,bee's wing show pictures of her, great song by Richard Thompson, I love the way she sings.. she moved through the fair.

[@josefinagarza241]

Saw a you tube video,some interviewing her on a shore somewhere. It was during COVID years,quite a rare and lovely find .

[@katejudson8907]

Beauty- full

[@barrypotter2412]

Just superb

[@hackerguitar]

Brillant

[@alanhusband9422]

Awesome...

[@robertm7071]

What a treat!

[@hikesystem7721]

Beautiful.

[@handibode]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@wendymartineau]

This is fabulous footage, thanks so much for posting. I worked out a version of this a while ago but wasn't sure exactly what she did so that's really helpful! So encouraging to see her making mistakes too :-)

[@kateconway-hickman5945]

Thank you 💕 ✨️

[@freeerrecords1847]

Thank you for sharing this

[@Channel-os4uk]

Wonderful stuff. Thank you so much from Wiltshire. You'd be ever welcome here.

[@songsofsandydenny]

Thank you so much, this footage is just amazing to learn the exact tuning and playing of this song from the video! When Im done practicing Ill release it in my channel, maybe as a mixture of Annes and Sandy Dennys version!

[@thepaulmacfarlane]

I wanted to be Bert and have my Anne. oh well.

[@danholliday5564]

Be more than nice.

[@lindapicardo649]

Lovely!!

[@analogdesigner-Jay]

Awesome, thanks for posting this!

[@suzannelawson9215]

Love this song. The late folk singer, Sandy Denny, did a beautiful cover of this song. I think it can be found here on KZbin.

[@bristolfashion4421]

wow !

[@verite]

Bert and Anne. Hope they're playing together again now.

[@Jonpriley]

Anne is still alive. 80 years old this September.

[@daibhiseaghdha153]

Toggle the table of contents Jansch died on 5 October 2011, aged 67, at a hospice in Hampstead after a long battle with lung cancer.[1][77] His wife, Loren Jansch (née Auerbach), died of cancer on 9 December 2011. They are both buried in Highgate Cemetery.[78]

[@christianlacheze3323]

How delightful and moving to see them together. You can hear her in Bert’s music and conversely

[@verite]

@@Jonpriley Oh great news! So happy to hear.

[@joejackson6453]

Love this gem of the folk scene ❤

[@eahannan]

❤

[@AllanMumford]

Can just hear Page all through the guitar... so influential

[@Jonpriley]

The DADGAD tuning was invented by Davy Graham in 1963, from whom Bert Jansch learned it, passing it on to Anne among others. Of course, Page picked it up, but from Davy, not from Anne. (And he picked up Bert's personal style, his arrangement of Blackwaterside, indirectly via Al Stewart.) The right hand technique is standard alternating bass, common throughout the 1960s folk scene; learned from visiting Americans in the early 60s, but just about everyone used it. Page could have learned that from anyone, including American recordings.

[@benjaminclasper9355]

Where was this filmed? It looks like a cave or a beach cove cave or something?

[@chrisd6982]

OK. I think she is even better than Nick Drake. She is 76. Does she still play live?

[@rbartlett5711]

This was 30 years ago and I believe the only time she played except for singing at 2 memorial services (one for Jansch)

[@blueboyjournal]

27/02/2022: perhaps I'll be seeing you, down by black water side

[@johnjacobs1678]

I fell in love when she said bollocks

[@abilitiesrehab5071]

So, there's this and Blackwater Side... Is there any more from this session? A final product somewhere to purchase?

[@Jonpriley]

It's from the Acoustic Routes DVD, 20th anniversary edition: eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=592082. It's a 4-CD set (2 video, 2 audio) which seems hard to get hold of now. Single CDs are still available, so check track lists.

[@abilitiesrehab5071]

@@JonprileyMissed this reply somehow. I've since watched Acoustic Routes. It was GREAT!!! However, I'm now hoping for more of these outtakes...

[@silverapples75]

Precious bit of footage this...

[@danholliday5564]

Superlatives sound trite when I try to describe this woman. Screw up on first take or no.

[@benjaminclasper9355]

It looks like a cave in a valley or high above somewhere.

[@Jonpriley]

It was in the room which had been the Howff folk club (in Edinburgh High Street) in the early 60s. At the time of filming (1992) it was being gutted for redevelopment. You see more of it in the Acoustic Routes film.

[@benjaminclasper9355]

Or old historic building.

[@helmutsecke3529]

Sie lebt noch?

[@Jonpriley]

Ja: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Briggs. 79 years young. 🙂 She hasn't performed in public for many years though. I think this performance (30 years ago) was the last known one. Even before that, she was quite reclusive.

[@helmutsecke3529]

@@Jonpriley Danke sehr Herr Jon. Das freut uns so sehr!

[@bartonseagrave9605]

I think that young male guitarist put her off at the end. He needs to practice.

[@Jonpriley]

"Young"?? Frankly, if he hasn't got it by that age, he never will...😁

[@bartonseagrave9605]

@@Jonpriley Dear Jon, I believe I was just being silly, Bert doesn’t make mistakes.

[@Jonpriley]

@@bartonseagrave9605 So was I! 😉 And of course Bert - supremely skilled as he was - did make mistakes. He always liked to say people copied his version of Angie "including the mistakes", and in this case he'd forgotten that Anne sung and played her chorus differently from how he used to do it. So when she went to her C chord he was still playing a D (out of habit). It happened earlier too, but wasn't so noticeable, or perhaps she thought she'd let that one pass. As I said in an earlier reply: "She looks straight at him as soon as it happens (look at her expression, 2:46), but is too polite to accuse him. Instead - after swearing and apologising (very "English" to take the blame!), she implies it by saying "what happened there?". (If it was her mistake she would have known!) He mutters something unintelligible, so seems to know."

[@hairysteven]

This really blows

[@rickwest-zv3yo]

Blow moi