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Thread #154112 Message #3613887
Posted By: breezy
31-Mar-14 - 05:03 AM
Thread Name: Bert Jansch - UK TV (BBC4) tonight
Subject: RE: Bert Jansch - UK TV (BBC4) tonight
Martin Simpson performing Blues Run the Game was unbearable and totally unrecognisable, - altered the melody, over embelished the accompaniment and played it way too fast. Sounded under rehearsed.
I think many of us could do a better version.
Like he didnt have a B J number to perform ?
Ralph's rendition of Angie was solid after all its only a play on a the chord structure but was far too long and became tedious.
Pentangle were brill though much of the material didnt really appeal to me as a 'folk' fan.
It would be better to describe the evening as a reflection of contemporary 'Folk' in Soho, London in the 60s
Now its time to put emback into the box , close the lid, replace on the shelf for academic studies in later years.
Shame about Neil Young's singing.
Saw Jackson C F and Paul Simon at Les C, mainly on the evenings when there was hardly an audience . usually mid week.
see ya at Loughton folk Club Thurs 15th May