Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Davy Graham are often linked together as a triumvirate of folky/bluesy guitarists who emerged on the 1960s London folk scene and changed acoustic guitar playing forever. I love Davy and Bert's playing but strangely, musically, I never "got" John - except in his duets with Bert, where he seemed to come alive. Davy was a great and marvelous adventurer on the guitar - a lot more so than either Bert or John. Bert was a lot narrower in his musical adventures than Davy but he had a marvelous inventive streak that could take other guitarists breath a way. And, John ... well, I loved his bohemian appearance on his first album cover, and when that album first appeared, I so much wanted to be John Renbourn.
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