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1 Glasgow-born guitarist and singer Bert Jansch was an influential musician who inspired many, from Johnny Marr to Bernard Butler and Neil Young,…
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Just over three years since his last release, 2016’s In the Valley of the Purple Prince, Victoria-based Iceberg Ferg arrives again with a brief but sweet collection of folk songs with Let It Grow. With most of the tracks on Let It Grow, Iceberg Ferg manages to sound nearly timeless, though anachronistic might be a better word. Drawing heavily on the folk and country stylings of the ‘60s, Ferg’s songwriting and guitar-playing sound at home alongside the likes of Bert Jansch, John Fahey and Leo Kottke.Rarely on Let It Grow does the orchestration extend beyond guitar and vo...
Excerpted from Acoustic Rock Basics Dropped-D tuning has been popular among many influential folk and Celtic players. One example is Scottish folk guitarist Bert Jansch, whose arrangement of the traditional Irish tune “Blackwaterside” uses a fingerstyle lick similar to Example 1. Jimmy Page adapted Jansch’s arrangement to D A D G A D tuning, calling…