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Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival

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Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival

by Colin Harper

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Profiles the life and work of Bert Jansch, guitarists' guitarist and songwriters' songwriter. He has been admired by stars as diverse as Bob Dylan, Johnny Marr and Jarvis Cocker, and this book looks at his life from his early days in Scotland to his 1995 album "When the Circus Comes to Town".

As a long-time admirer, I came away with a deeper appreciation of just how remarkable his style was and how influential he would prove to be. Colin Harper has taken the opportunity of using much of the first half of the book to present an interesting history of the underground folk and blues scene in Scotland and London in the '60s, which seems by way of compensation for the fact that the figure of Bert remains elusive, even after this comprehensive bio (no criticism of the author: he is always thorough; it's the nature of the subject, I reckon). Though I agree with Chris Glenn that discussion of his albums is rather thrown away in comparison to the analysis of socio-historical background

THE GUITARISTS' GUITARIST AND THE SONGWRITERS' SONGWRITER, BERT JANSCH HAS BEEN ADMIRED BY THE LIKES OF JIMI HENDRIX, BOB DYLAN AND JARVIS COCKER.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-355), discography (p. [357]-382), and index.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival
Author
Colin Harper
Book Condition
Used - Good+
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Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0747553300
ISBN 13
9780747553304
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Place of Publication
UK
Date Published
2001
Bookseller catalogs
Folk Music;

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