Pentangle - Travelling Song

A newly formed pentangle c.1968.

[@ClarrieBlue]

Criminally underrated.Years ahead of their time.Even now.

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

I think so too, I was just discussing this sound with a friend , sooo many ppl have never heard of this group, it’s insane iMO

[@ChuckDeFuque]

@@klaytonvonkluge4905 So true. I've seen them 3 times to packed venues, yet when mentioning them to people, most have never heard of them!

[@stacyblue1980]

Oh absolutely. They are precious!

[@MonseiurFusiono]

best of their era

[@maxwellfan55]

Never understood the "underrated" tag. Their gigs were sell-outs, their albums sold well, logged numerous TV appearances and music commissions, were highly respected then and now.

[@MrMouradFG]

i don't know how anyone can call any band a super group after these guys

[@chobbeese]

It's bloody awesome. The drumming rocks. It's like a 90s dance tune, almost drum and bass, all floating vocals mixed with block rocking beats.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

This knocked me out ! The singing, drummer, bass, and his UK singing accent !

[@andrewjohnstone963]

90s have you not been taking your medication The drums 🥁 and arrangements are jazz based Get a grip 90s oh yeah 1890s

[@petdoe8938]

We were very lucky in them days ,so many beautiful bands and most folk clubs were free

[@petdoe8938]

True, one near me is 10 pounds crazy

[@josefinagarza241]

Groovy and cool awesome ❤​@@petdoe8938

[@raverreach]

When in this day and age will another group with such musical integrity come along.....simply musical bliss here

[@stephenbrown1389]

Jamais. 'Tis the swansong of a certain culture.

[@josephdolinsky8668]

Pure wonderful! Amazing amount of talent and taste - Bert, John, Jacqui, Danny and Terry. I’ve enjoyed their music for over 50 years!!

[@artistrunner3327]

Brilliant individually but folk music and music in general owes so much to this superb group

[@growlerthe2nd712]

I think everyone in that room wants to stay there forever, timeless and effortless 👌

[@tedmacdonnell]

Saw this in a John Martyn doc, became obsessed and didn’t stop until I found the original clip! Wonderfully put together song

[@funkymanT]

Possibly my favourite You Tube video, certainly my most viewed! This is my favourite version of this Pentangle track, the musicianship is just insane. Please, someone release this on a crisp new 45.

[@LunaDialPaul]

Same - I love this video. I've watched it over and over - for me this is the definitive version. Leaps ahead of the single recording. That sadly has that weedy sounding string arrangement.

[@Daenoxiis]

No bands these days are this finely in tune with themselves, or their instruments. It's so beautiful to see that something such as this has survived long enough to be immortalized on the internet.

[@EddieHaskelll]

Detroit, Grande Ballroom, July 1969, opening for Savoy Brown. I was 18. Pentangle opened a lot of eyes. ears and minds for many of us.

[@josefinagarza241]

Love when ppl post personal experiences ❤thank you!

[@Isengard2626]

I know that everyone has their own taste but I find it very very hard to understand why anyone would dislike this performance. Each member of the band was on form and it has to be one of the most coolest performances ever. Thanks for posting.

[@TheListerino]

One of the coolest tunes ever

[@blackmore4]

The brilliance of the individual members aside, the sound is incredible. I have the nagging feeling that in spite of all the advances in technology, modern live sound is really missing something. For a start, it's almost a non-existent occurrence these days to find a singer who doesn't have the mic halfway down their throat. Even a 'how-to-use-a-mic' video I saw recently has the tutor kissing the damn thing...

[@blackmore4]

The sound question pt 2: I realize that misplaced rock 'n' roll (Spinal Tap) bravado of amps-up-to-11 silliness is partially responsible (for comparatively lousy modern sound) but surely there's more to it? Then again, if you're as good as this, there's no need to bludgeon with decibels and effects. You just pick up the instrument and play it.

[@eddieoneil]

Doesn't Jansch walk the tightrope between coolest guy on the planet and nerd. What a guitar player. I met him at a gig 3 years ago and he's incredibly shy. He can be seen as rude, but I don't care; he's a legend

[@jonwilcox203]

great having these old videos, very classy stuff

[@Majnun74]

Rest in Paradise John Renbourn.

[@vimfuego8827]

The best folk/jazz/rock outfit period

[@shatchett0]

The drummer? Nailin it.

[@VinylBlog]

Terry Cox. Very underrated

[@PomBare]

EDM drum loops before EDM

[@IFeelSoTongueTied]

@@PomBare nah it's just james brown my guy (Clyde Stubblefield)

[@1e0s]

Genious level of "Less is More" 👌😎

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

Roots are in jazz, gotta be

[@peterglynn2128]

Nothing today can match this !!

[@LaughingStock_]

Have you looked out there? Pentangle were exceptional, and would have been so in any era. But don't put down the immense talent out there today.

[@sunkintree]

@@LaughingStock_ Walk your tired platitudes back where they came from. No one today is on Pentangle's level, not even close. Provide examples if you want to assert otherwise (you won't because there are none)

[@davidlenander]

Thisis certainly one of my favorite cips on KZbin. I can't really say it any better than others have already (talking about sexual tension between Jansch & McShee, etc.) but it astonishes me that a song that really doesn't even seem to stand out particularly in their recorded oevre in this performance is just so riveting and amazing. They didn't even bother to ever put this on one of their albums until decades later.

[@MonseiurFusiono]

i love how the percussion picks up

[@SupernalOne]

these guys played in pubs, they are experienced so that their playing is effortless and real - a sort of folk-jazz sound - I first heard them when I was about 15 - still love 'em

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

This band is just great..... love that sound!!

[@BilisNegra]

I've noticed this was uploaded in the really brief pre-Google KZbin times!!! Such times only lasted (with actual content on the site) from about May '05 to early Oct '06. This is a piece of YT archeology.

[@usmcfutball]

Where does her voice come from? OMG! And imagine the music scene in Great Britain on or about the time this video was made. The Beatles at their height, Led Zeppelin waiting in the wings and a young Reginald Kenneth Dwight writing songs with Bernie Taupin. Unbelievable time. Great quality video. Thank you for posting.

[@iainneville7137]

I've just bought the original U.K. BigT single which I've wanted forever. A very special song by a very special band.

[@Stephen-xc3jz]

Some of the best music ever written.

[@BilisNegra]

Bert was 24 here, yet he was already the bard with centuries of folk wisdom passed down to him. I do admire this guy.

[@IFeelSoTongueTied]

what a great way to look at him hahah

[@danielgiraud1118]

Tu parles très bien de Bert Jansch. Sais-tu qu'en 1965, il a partagé une chambre avec Donald Philipp LEITCH et ce dernier a fait une chanson en son honneur la même année qui s'appelle : "Bert's Blues" ? Mais qui est Donald Philipp LEITCH ? En 1970, j'ai partagé un appartement avec un anglais du nom d'Ayden et il m'a dit qu'à Londres, il a loué une chambre meublée où sur un des murs étaient écrits par Bert J. au crayon les deux premiers couplets d'une chanson inconnue. * Thou dost speak’st very highly of Bert Jansch. Did ye know that in 1965 he shared a room wi’ Donald Philipp Leitch, and the latter wrote a song in his honour that same year called « Bert's Blues » ? But who is Donald Philipp LEITCH ? I thou thee, thou dear Black Bilious Hard Luck, I offer thee a friendly bargain : I'm ready tae talk tae thee ‘bout this Sco'ish Donald, if thou findest me a left-handed mug. An’ thou shalt shine in thy Academy…. In 1970, I shared a flat wi’ an Englishman called Ayden and he told me that in Lunnon (London), he rented a furnished room where on one of the walls, Bert J. had written in pencil the first two verses of an unknown song.

[@BilisNegra]

@@danielgiraud1118 Very interesting text. Where does it come from?

[@danielgiraud1118]

Dear Black Bilious Hard Luck, I think thou upset me a lot. I am the author of the message I sent thee. Art thou able tae imagine that a simple frog-eater is capable of a-possessin’ great musical knowledge combined wi’ an exceptional sensitivity which allowed me tae discover treasures, tae appreciate the exceptional qualities in exceptional singers and musicians ? Truthfully, my extraordinary abilities represent real suffering. That of nae being able tae share my knowledge because in this f*cked up France, there art only eejits (idiots), incapable of liking good music. Git it or nae ? Ye didnae answer my question. Who is Donald Philipp LEITCH ? He hath recorded 40 albums since 1964. He hath always bin my favorite singer and his sensitivity and his gifts in poetry are the same as mine. In the 70s, he was on British TV ev’ry week. Just figure out that Donald P. L. the poet, the troubadour, the pied piper, the minstrel, the 60' and 70' american & british young generations' figurehead, the fine spirit drugs clairvoyant far ahead of his time hath always bin wrong treated, public ignored, treated as a Zimmerman's copyist, as a bisexual (Holy him) and much mo’ and o’er that, he did inspired beloved Jeff' Plane (song : Fat angel) and clever Stephen Stills (song : Season of the witch) and HOW ! An’ e’en tae the music o’ the 1970s ye art a-listenin'. But, mahself, I already hast realized it since 1965 and alle his exceptional qualities. E’en in Englandes, the land o’ the poor Saussenach, he is very little known and these stoopid English people hast nae bin able tae perceive the substantial core of his musical, poetic and hyis inner Self. On the other hand, he is mo’ appreciated in Scotland and in his hometown : Glasga (Glasgow). Now it's yer turn tae discover him... So Black Bilious Hard Luck, who is Donald Philipp LEITCH ? Hello from France. @@BilisNegra

[@danielgiraud1118]

Et alors connard? Tu es mort ? Bon débarras ! * * Yewh S.O.B. ! Guid eenin wee loon ! Ya belter ! Awrite ya bawbag ! Whit you sayin’ ya bawbag ? Yer bum’s oot the windae, ye eejit, an’ thaud yer wheesht ! ‘re ye deadly dead or sumpthin’ like that, ye eejit, bampot, heid case, nugget, spanner, rocket, roaster, tube, gommy, gowk, lavvy heid, boggin, howlin’, scabby, clatty, mauchit, manky, mingin’, bowfin, doolally, hackit, naff, numbnuts, numpty, numbskull windbaggery, ye baws, bahoochie, banger yewh !@@BilisNegra

[@jakemetcalfe3091]

I find it depressing that I was never there to see them. Love these lovely people.

[@buddy6713]

In love all over again. Bert Jansch and Jacqui McShee's harmonies go deep into the heart of music. This group, godammit man they are something!

[@sam8290]

Would loved to have seen them. Pure class...

[@waltlynch7619]

I saw The Pentangle in Philadelphia at the acoustically perfect Academy of Music in the winter of 71! It was the concert of the season We couldn’t believe it! An Evening with The Pentangle! But Jacqui had a cold She soldiered through, the band carried her marvelously and they blew the roof off the Academy that night I’ll never forget it

[@sam8290]

@@waltlynch7619 Wish I could have been there too!

[@lnwrsocietystudycentre7091]

Saw them when they were supported by Richard and Linda Thompson Two for one!

[@DjNikGnashers]

Lovely underplayed song by the amazing Pentangle. I was lucky to see Jacqui McShee's Pentangle a couple of weeks ago perform, and she still sounded amazing. Also, such a lovely lady, signed a CD for me after the show and let me have a picture taken with her.

[@nebslie]

I love how they keep looking at each other!

[@andrewjohnstone963]

Absolutely brilliant! What a groove

[@NoRosesForMe]

Bert Jansch is brilliant!!! Couldnt help but leave another comment here. Thanks again and love to ya for postin this amazing treasure. :)

[@vialactea6639]

Amazing live rendition of an amazing song by the everlasting great Pentangle

[@mickigoe]

Lovely chemistry between Bert and the ravishing Jacqui here. Woooo ...... get a room :)

[@lynneturner4673]

Whe I was little/young I used to thing Bert and Jaqui were the husband and wife just because I suppose they tended to sing the songs together. But recently when you was the opening line of Traveling Song, he gives her such a look... maybe it was just to remind when to pick up her cue.

[@elisabethkrantz8149]

mickigoe 8

[@LaughingStock_]

@@lynneturner4673 Errr, no. That is the look of raw animal desire.

[@LunaDialPaul]

I think that chemistry is just friendly band members looking out for each other. She seems slightly unsure of her cue and he's kinda smiling and keeling eye contact so they come in together on the chorus harmony. Also I've heard a live version where he comes in with the chorus where he should have continued the last verse and it completely throws her. They salvage it of course but - I imagine this was a running gag within the band. Cos they all seem humble and professional

[@IStoleYourPotatoes]

Really cool in an unselfconscious way. Don't see that too much anymore. The crowd too. I love this stuff.

[@fridaycat]

love this stuff..just got into this group about 5 years ago..

[@janarnaud8058]

Great, great band, one of the best.

[@humblepie8638]

A joy to watch and listen. So good. Thank you for posting this.

[@metricspecies1520]

Sittin' behind the front wheel Got my woman beside me, too Hey baby, we're goin' home Hey baby, we're goin' home I don't mind the drizzle and rain Inside it is warm and dry Hey baby, we're goin' home Hey baby, we're goin' home Dai-dai, pa-da-da Dai-dai, pa-da-da Faster, baby, let's go Racin' on through the night Hey baby, we're goin' home Oh baby, we're goin' home And baby, when we get there I'll do everythin' for you Because, baby, we'll be back home Baby, we'll be back home Dai-dai, pa-da-da Dai-dai, pa-da-da And all our hope is wet down Get stopped on the soaked highway Because, baby, we must get home Because, baby, we must get home And I don't mind tellin' you, gal A policeman won't do us good A jailhouse would be my home A jailhouse would be my home So faster, baby, let's go Racin' on through the night Hey baby, we're goin' home Hey baby, we're goin' home Dai-dai, pa-da-da Dai-dai, pa-da-da Dai-dai, pa-da-da Dai-dai, pa-da-da

[@philiplewis3031]

Still marvellous after all these years.

[@lightenup2004]

I'm reading Donovan's autobiography and he mentions the Pentangles so I looked this up. It blows me away. Thanks for posting.

[@Billl1234]

Just saw Donovan at Carnegie Hall this summer. Nailed it!

[@britishcavalry]

One of my real faves Pentangle. Saw them in the mid 90's in Wolverhampton, great gig but this early stuff is the business. A fine song, all great musicians and some very stylish work here from Terry Cox on drums. Great video, thanks for posting.

[@danielgiraud1118]

Dans les années 90, ce n'est plus Pentangle. It's muzak.

[@nickthelick]

Just stunning. Absolutely brilliant. Each member a true master... shame ol' Bert had to shuffle off this mortal coil a while back... RIP man...

[@Crazeyfor67]

Wonderful,simply wonderful. This song can swing your mood in the right direction.Thanks for posting.

[@papatango2453]

Marvellous!!!!!!

[@JackDoggy]

Brilliance upon brilliant ;-)

[@hardfolk]

I love them

[@blackmore4]

Lots of talk about "goosebumps" here. So true... thing is, as well as the amazing collective sound, you can get 'em focusing on any individual member. Incredibly special group.

[@brianparks9968]

Awesome, talented 60s band.

[@bubbamoseks9522]

this one, what a brick. Imo, this music, together with the 3 legendary drops from Nick Drake is simply among the best soundbites the "Island" has to offer.

[@puri6546]

Wonderful. No words.❤🌹🎼🎼🎶

[@irishelk3]

How classy can you get?, the whole band had talent. What a sound.

[@VladDImpala]

One of my fave bands of all time, they sure don't make bands like Pentangle these days! Excellent song & video.

[@fastn1]

this does indeed rock, this rocks big time all round quality and love the John Renbourn solo that really rocks too

[@blahblahoink]

Pure class.

[@fastn1]

I've been listening to this the last few weeks as well, I love that guitar solo

[@bedlamborn]

Wonderful, one of my favourite songs of Pentangle.

[@vishengro]

What a fabulous performance. Beautiful vocals from Jacqui on top of Bert’s appropriately gruff delivery all swept along by the insistent rhythm. Also I wonder what the private joke between Jacqui and Bert was ? Many thanks to Fawnface for posting this and for a brilliant channel.

[@charliekelland7564]

i think he fluffed the words

[@2MinutesToMidnightt]

This is the music my dad always used to play whenever we went camping or went past time. It has a real sentimental value.

[@heimatlose]

I think this is the best version of this song I've heard.

[@Smilyeyez]

What a fantastic band. Love Bert's leer in this. And John Renbourn is one of the great guitarists, the guy just never scuffs a note. And the song is just a bad ass English folk song, which I think we never hear enough of.

[@tonbridgeman]

Pentangle were quite something. The girl in the audience at the end of this video looks like she can't believe what she's just seen. Jacqui's voice sends quivers up my spine and all the band are superb musicians. A+++

[@profderien]

Thanks for the music, Bert. Rest in peace.

[@theschumanity]

Bert has such a cool stage presence in this video. I really wish I could make it to his show in Brooklyn on the 14th. If anyone here is going to it, enjoy it!

[@davevarga]

I keep playing this song. It's so contained, but it ~really~ swings. The band is not particularily smiling and trying to connect or be accepted by the audience, the audience is already so tuned into them. The band is performing and grooving their art, and hardly moving. The band is going on a 'journey' and the audience is very focused and goes with them. The looks between Bert and Jacqui.... wow.

[@HughTwo]

Must have watched this twenty or more times. Fantastic. Enjoyed Harrogate concert too. RIP

[@NickDanielCorcoran]

couldn't help but notice how positive the comment board is. usually every comment board on youtube has all these political arguments and musical feuds. what a great band

[@renzelpounch]

Thx for posting, great music! For all Pentangle lovers, order: The Time Has Come. A 4 cd-box with both live and studio recordings from the period 1967-1973.

[@christfersmart1]

fawnface. i love you. thank you so much for putting this up. amazing

[@Crazeyfor67]

Makes me wish I was right there right then.Thanks for sharing,Gary In Louisville

[@otterman445]

Classic beauty in motion.

[@anivardanyan]

Master John Renbourn! :*

[@maxwellfan55]

Pentangle created a name, a sound, and succeeded making it entirely theirs.

[@Vigorniensis1]

Yes - great group - remeber seeing them in Amsterdam at the Concert Gebouw in 1971. Absolutely brilliant.

[@RAMPED]

Jesus fuck that drumming.

[@kevandalzell7906]

I know ?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!

[@kabali1788]

+RAMPED Terry Cox is 79 now .

[@BilisNegra]

#trivia ...And lives in Menorca, Spain since more than half his lifetime.

[@Crazeyfor67]

simply wonderful,,thanks so much for this. Just wish I would have been there.

[@TheMysteryMachine]

there is no greater guitarist than bert jansch. except maybe john renbourne.....but i much prefer the feel of bert. this is the perfect combination of british folk and jazz. and like the person above me said, that drummer is fucking SICK.

[@sirpatrickspens8]

Might this be the best video on KZbin? ha ha, it really is one of my favorites.

[@GreenManalishiUSA]

folk beatniks, exuding jazz cool. a magic that was unique to its time and place.

[@bondmatty]

I keep returning to play this. Can't put my finger on why. Think it might be Bert's vocal, the way it lazily lilts from one note to the next. Great isn't it.

[@LaughingStock_]

Jesus, I agree, Ambidine, - (sexual) tension, or what?! What a FABULOUS clip/song...many thanks! Mart (Warsaw, Poland)

[@andrewmildinhall8210]

Wow! That brings back memories. They were very popular during my days at Uni. I still argue that the 60's were the high point of 'pop'. The fusion of jazz, rock and folk produced some brilliant bands. I thinks it's been largely downhill ever since with too much emphasis on presentation. I was also interested in classical and pure jazz and just find that so much more stimulating.

[@ricko3k]

That is just awesome!

[@Nigelzenig]

What an absolute masterpiece

[@desenreda]

totally love this band! all time faves

[@inclinethineearmusic2732]

Nothing like them before or since.

[@UrbanCommando1984]

This really is great great music. Soak it up.

[@jubilaz]

@PaulJD2006 going home has been a big theme in every era in history. its just that this era had some very talented people and was well documented.

[@TheMakemFolksinger]

like it , great vocals, cheers The Makem Folk Singer

[@bobgreen623]

Very nice guitar and standup bass, I kinda missed Pentangle first time although I have some Jansch CD's. one memory that stays with me is that Jacqui McShee always looks very spaced!

[@growlerthe2nd712]

It’s those eyes 👀

[@irishelk2]

excellent music and great rhythm section

[@Unoduetrequattro340]

Best concert I saw, 1984

[@Bananiolo]

That music is really enjoyable with cannabis! Haschish, wine and Pentangle are sure a pretty good recipe for a good supper with friends.

[@billybigtime2808]

Stunning by all just amazing and Bert Looks proper bass ass

[@hasslereggae]

So good so so good