Dissatisfied Blues by Bert Jansch

[Mark G]

This is the first chorus and the main part of the song. Its unusual in that the bass notes are mainly major and the melody notes are minor pentatonic creating some interesting harmonies. One beat is the 5 and flat 5 simultaneously. Its not a great recording but I think you’ll get the gist of it.

[Richard G]

Three cheers to you Mark for taking this one on. Playing Bert Jansch is never easy, this essentially 145 contains some unusual harmonies which of course was Bert’s trademark.
Your version certainly had all the Jansch vibes, great post and I’d like to hear more.

Richard

[Mark G]

Thanks Richard – I always loved his guitar work, but really disliked his voice. I saw him once – around 1994. Lovely player and seemingly a lovely man and a shame that he’s no longer with us. Some of songs are not that hard to play – all fingerstyle and I’m a decent finger picker. He used DADGAD tuning a lot including on Black Waterside who Zeppelin covered and renamed Black Mountain Side.

[Dave O]

Never hear Bert Jansch until now. I’m going to check it out. Nice playin’ and thanks for the introduction!

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[JoeD1]

Never heard of him…thanks. Nicely played! At first I thought it sounded like the theme song to The Munsters (old 60’s comedy show here in the US).

Joe

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[Richard G]

Bert Jansch, unfortunately no longer with us, was a major influence in the folk blues scene around the 60/70’s in the UK. His acoustic guitar style is totally unique among his contemporaries and always worth a listen. As well as a great solo performer he founded the celebrated group The Pentangle, playing alongside John Renbourne and Danny Thompson.

I saw him perform live many times over the years and always felt he deliberately stayed under the limelight for reasons of his own.
The Blue Album, as it’s known is a must for the aspiring folk blues guitarists.

Richard

[AndréM]

Nice twist Mark.
Never heard of the guy, sounds like Jim Croce on steroid.
Well done.

AndréM

AndréM

[Andy N]

Fine picking Mark. I don’t think I’ve heard this track before though i do know of Bert. I’ve had a crack at his Angie and this has encouraged me to dust that off and have another go.

[Dieter]

Very nice.

Dieter

[Garry]

Unfamiliar with this guy too but I like your fingerpicking style Mark. Thanks for sharing. All the best! 😎🎸😎

[Jeff Davis]

Thanks for introducing me to another great picker. You inspired me to go listen to some of his catelog, You definitely captured his style and feel with your piece.

[Guido]

I’ve never heard of this artist before, so first of all thanks for sharing and for make me discover him, because thanks to this song that you played so nicely I can tell he was an extremely interesting guitarist (and in the song posted by Richard also a very good bluesy singer)! Brilliant finger picking rendition, Mark!

Guido

[Mark G]

Thanks for all the encouraging comments. I do need some fretwork done on that guitar – some of the pull-offs didn’t sound too good. Anyway much appreciated and for those who don’t know of Bert, he was somewhat of an introvert, but a fantastic acoustic finger picker so check out his catalog including the material he did with Pentangle.

Neil Young once called him “the Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar” – so the story goes.

Cheers
Mark

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