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Bert Jansch (1943-2011) was a singer and guitarist who influenced successive generations of folk and rock musicians. He began his career in the folk clubs of his home city, Edinburgh, quickly gaining a reputation as a skilful and original guitarist. Visits to London made him known on the folk scene outside Scotland, and he recorded his first album, simply entitled Bert Jansch, for Transatlantic Records in 1965. Although the LP was on a small label and had very little promotion or media attention, it sold remarkably well and established Jansch as a key figure of the contemporary, beatnik-influenced strand of the folk scene, centred around clubs like Soho's Les Cousins. At this time some critics even compared him to Bob Dylan, although Jansch lived like a typical "folknik" and had little of

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abstract	Bert Jansch (1943-2011) was a singer and guitarist who influenced successive generations of folk and rock musicians. He began his career in the folk clubs of his home city, Edinburgh, quickly gaining a reputation as a skilful and original guitarist. Visits to London made him known on the folk scene outside Scotland, and he recorded his first album, simply entitled Bert Jansch, for Transatlantic Records in 1965. Although the LP was on a small label and had very little promotion or media attention, it sold remarkably well and established Jansch as a key figure of the contemporary, beatnik-influenced strand of the folk scene, centred around clubs like Soho's Les Cousins. At this time some critics even compared him to Bob Dylan, although Jansch lived like a typical "folknik" and had little of Dylan's commercial ambition. Further LPs for Transatlantic followed, some featuring collaborations with fellow guitarist John Renbourn. The two guitarists began weekly sessions at the Horseshoe Inn, Tottenham Court Road in 1967, and other musicians attending these included bassist Danny Thompson, drummer Terry Cox and vocalist Jacqui McShee, with whom Jansch and Renbourn formed Pentangle, the successful and influential "folk-jazz" group which gained international acclaim and lasted until 1973. During this period Jansch continued to record solo albums but these were usually overshadowed by Pentangle's more widely-promoted recordings. After Pentangle split up Jansch resumed a solo career, but this remained a low-key affair, due to his distaste for the limelight and also because of drink problems which, for a time, had an adverse effect on his performances and his reliability. He remained a respected figure, recording in Los Angeles in the mid-1970s, collaborating with other musicians and participating in various revivals of Pentangle. His first LP in particular continued to sell and became recognised as a classic. With folk music back in fashion in the 1990s, Jansch was rediscovered by a new generation of folk-influenced musicians and enjoyed a renaissance of his career in the twenty-first century.

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