The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104059   Message #2126047
Posted By: GUEST,Tunesmith
15-Aug-07 - 11:34 AM
Thread Name: Bert Jansch and Jimmy Page
Subject: Bert Jansch and Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page ripped off Bert's version of Black Waterside, and renamed it Black Moutainside. Now, it seems as if Bert didn't pursue the matter because he claimed he was simply playing the song as he received from Anne Briggs. What did Bert mean by that? Did Anne have a guitar arrangement of the song very similar to what Bert recorded? Or, is Bert saying that he took Anne's vocal version and placed it on the guitar? Either way, Jimmy should have done the decent -and legal thing - and paid Bert - or Anne - a considerable amount of money.