Two Sides Of The Pentangle

The Pentagle were born with the meeting of two extaordinary British guitarists: John Renbourn and Bert Jansch. Both these virtuoso musicians have been able to match in a very original way different styles like folk, blues and jazz, giving an important contibution to the rebirth of British folk music in the sixties.

Thanks to Stefan Grossman's Vestapol Videos series we can see them performing as soloists too.
A very young Renbourn appears on an historical London club called Les Cousins, playing his version of the traditional I Know My Rider, that also appears, with the title I Know My Babe, on his 1966 album Another Monday. Bert Jansch plays and sings, live in a studio, Blackwaterside, another traditional, included on the Jack Orion LP, from 1966 too. This song has almost been stolen by Jimmy Page to compose Black Mountain Side, that instrumental track on the first Led Zeppelin's album. I don't know when and where Bert performed this, but he certainly looks older than he was in the Pentangle's years. Any additional informations are always welcome.

John Renbourn - I Know My Rider (1965)
Bert Jansch - Blackwaterside

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Mirco