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Thread #148204   Message #3439772
Posted By: GUEST,big Al Whittle
21-Nov-12 - 08:18 AM
Thread Name: BBC Radio prog on Jackson C Frank
Subject: RE: BBC Radio prog on Jackson C Frank
Yes i loved the song from first hearing. A schoolmate of mine played it at the end of Christmas term concert in 1965 - that's the first time I heard it. It was in a folk magazine that month.

I was sixteen - had no idea what room service meant, but a life of sin - well I was up for that.

Unlike Bert Jansch's stuff - you didn't need to be a guitar whizz to play it - though it helped! (that F with thumb on the sixth string, whilst playing am7 was tricky, rather than difficult).

When you write something beautiful like that for us all to play. I reckon they should give you a nice place to live in the country and a modest pension - you've done your bit for humanity. Just like someone who has built a great building, or done a great painting. few of us will ever do anything as good.