Bert Jansch plays the Wynd Theatre, Melrose, Scottish Borders on
Saturday, Sept 27th. Pierre Bensusan plays there on Thursday Oct 2nd.
Since we've got acoustic guitarists coming in from Ireland, Norway,
Holland, and England - many staying the 'week' in Melrose - the theatre
is opening its nice
David Kilpatrick wrote:
Bert Jansch plays the Wynd Theatre, Melrose, Scottish Borders on
Saturday, Sept 27th.
Does Bert Jansch qualify as a traditional Scottish musician? If so,
does that mean that Johnny Marr does as well (heavily influnced by Bert
Jansch)? :-)
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Toby Rider wrote:
David Kilpatrick wrote:
Bert Jansch plays the Wynd Theatre, Melrose, Scottish Borders on
Saturday, Sept 27th.
Does Bert Jansch qualify as a traditional Scottish musician? If so,
does that mean that Johnny Marr does as well (heavily influnced by Bert
Jansch)? :-)
Yes,
> Yes, 100 per cent. Bert is a Glaswegian
from Edinburgh surely? He was brought up in Pilton, I think.
>whose primary repertoire is
> traditional Scottish song.
I saw him last year and his set was a mix of stuff - he still does Angie and
Blues Run the Game, as well as his own songs. He's the
David Francis wrote:
Yes, 100 per cent. Bert is a Glaswegian
from Edinburgh surely? He was brought up in Pilton, I think.
I'll have to read his biography again. I thought he was born in
Edinburgh but brought up Glaswegian!
whose primary repertoire is
traditional Scottish song.
I saw him
David Francis wrote:
Yes, 100 per cent. Bert is a Glaswegian
Haven't seen him for a while, but he used to do a brilliant version of
'Merrily Danced the Quaker's Wife.' Fabulous musician.
Dave Francis
So does that make Johnny Marr a traditional Scottish Musician by
viritue of association? :-)
David Kilpatrick wrote:
And M Bensusan is very much an interpreter, validly, of tunes which
include (but are far from limited to) Scottish sources.
I like this description.. I'll have to remember it for a press release
someday :-)
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How did this go? Sounds an interesting week. What happened to the recent
Open Air Festival in Kelso?
Jan Lane
> Bert Jansch plays the Wynd Theatre, Melrose, Scottish Borders on
> Saturday, Sept 27th. Pierre Bensusan plays there on Thursday Oct 2nd.
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thelanes wrote:
How did this go? Sounds an interesting week. What happened to the recent
Open Air Festival in Kelso?
Jan Lane
Excellent concert - odd. Bert had two guitarists in support, both of
whom he named, but were not down in writing... so of course, I can't
remember anything except that
