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Learn how to play Bert Jansch’s Arrangement of the Trad Tune ‘Blackwaterside.’

From his earliest days in the folk clubs of Edinburgh—where he learned from greats like Davey Graham, Martin Carthy and Ann Briggs—to his move to London, Bert Jansch (1943-2011) was always exploring new territory on the acoustic guitar.

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25 July 2021 Theres much more to folk rock than its hey nonny nonny roots, as Jimmy Page will attest. These ten essential albums prove it (Image credit: Gems/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images ) Rock musicians spent half the 1960s nicking ideas off the folkies. You only have to take a brief listen to Jimmy Page’s Black Mountain Side instrumental on Led Zeppelin’s 1969 debut alongside folk guitarist Bert Jansch’s Black Water Side (see what he done there?) on his 1966 album, Jack Orion,...