Bert Jansch

[RobW]

Sad to read via Twitter that Bert Jansch has died at age of 67.
Thanks to the brilliant Folk Britannia series, I started getting into British folk, including Jansch and saw him a few years back playing a small club show in central London. Regrettably I'd been drinking for most of the afternoon so can't recall too much of the evening. Brilliant guitarist and terribly influential man. RIP.

[steveeeeeeeee]

Bert Jansch

echoed.

edit: Is this confirmed? Can't find any news on the net.

[RobW]

Bert Jansch

Been confirmed on 6Music.

Looking at his official site, he cancelled a date a few weeks ago due to illness. Death perhaps related to that, whatever it was.

[Gerontophile]

Bert Jansch

Double confirmed on Radio 2.

He wrote some good shit. And... he could play.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Bert Jansch

Aww shit, shit shit!

He was such a huge part of my late teens. We'd go see him at Les Cousins almost every couple of weeks. Occasionally share a cigarette outside. Davy Graham died a couple of years back, but he was more legend than mortal to us. Jansch is the first of that crowd — Renbourn, Al Stewart, Roy Harper, Paul Simon — to check out. Fuck, some days it's a bugger getting old

I know I'll play Running from Home a lot this morning.

[adams house cat]

Bert Jansch

What Amor said. A rare talent and a nice bloke. RIP.

Not a good week for legendary guitar pickers, what with Marv Tarplin and all....