Wednesday 21 November 2007

Pentangle

This band contained not only two of the finest 60s folk guitarists (Bert Jansch and John Renbourn) but also the delightful vocals of Jacqui McShee.

Added to that you have my favourite stand up bass player (Danny Thompson) and Terry Cox on drums. Pretty hard to define their sound but they lie somewhere between folk/jazz/blues.

Here are two songs from their Basket of Light album (1969), Light Flight and Train Song.
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3 comments:

Sezme said...

Melloooooooow! They remind of something I've heard before, but I have no clue what the name of the band is. That's the kind of music you cook and drink a few drinks to on a very lazy day.

I hit a couple of songs (their amps and heads cracked me up) and I liked this one.

22 November 2007 at 02:15
Lin said...

Aye, you and my Mark have something in common there - he really enjoyed Pentangle as well. You wouldn't believe the sound equipment and recordings we donated before heading off the grid. I later heard that some dude who walked into Salvation Army nearly had a heart attack when he saw it all sitting there. I guess. I guess I don't mind if he really was an audiophile and just not another eBay flipper schmuck.

22 November 2007 at 09:28
DBA Dude said...

rt, another fine tune - really like the guitar break in it. Orange amps were so cool back in the seventies - valve amps in an outrageous colour!

Lin, that is why I could never do what you guys have done - I could not exist without my hi-fi and collection.

Hope that yours found a good home.

22 November 2007 at 09:42

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