Bert Jansch grew up in Edinburgh and moved to London in the mid 1960s, where his first album made him a hero of the folk clubs. His inventive fingerstyle guitar influenced players from Jimmy Page to Johnny Marr. He founded Pentangle with John Renbourn and kept recording solo albums until his death from cancer.
© Chris Barber from Dartford, EnglandCC BY-SA 2.0 Bert Jansch
Guitarist, singer and songwriter; Pentangle
- Born
- 3 November 1943, Glasgow, Scotland
- Died
- 5 October 2011, Hampstead, London
- Website
- bertjansch.com
Further reading: Wikipedia
