Some Plucking Good

The first time I heard of Bert was from the group Pentangle. A good friend from the record store I used to frequently visited loved my wide array of taste in music and suggested Pentangle to me and thought I would like it. Sure enough I fell in love with the album. But one guy stood out more than anyone else in the band and that was Bert Jansch. His finger plucking was extraordinary. I searched far and wide for Jansch on vinyl but could never find any of his solo stuff. Finally one day my friend Paul at the record store had one kept behind for me. It was Birthday Blues and I fell in love with it. Its scattered with both beautiful songs with great songwriting to breathtaking acoustic instrumentals. I can listen to this song all day and never be sick of it. Every time I listen to it I hear something new. His voice is hallowing with a slight echo that melds well into the hard plucking of his strings. Its no wonder that Neil Young has been one of Berts biggest fans, even taking him on his recent tour. You can hear how Neil was influenced by him especially in this song.