Dazzling StrangerBert Jansch is the guitarists' guitarist and songwriters' songwriter. He has been admired by stars as diverse as Bob Dylan, Johnny Marr and Jarvis Cocker. This biography follows his career from his early days in Scotland to his current status. |
Contents
Foreword by Johnny Marr | 1931 |
The First Days 15 | 1949 |
The First Days 45 | 1779 |
Three Dreamers 83 | 1819 |
Peregrinations 109 | 1851 |
Nineteen SixtyFive 151 | 1891 |
Pentangling 195 | 1935 |
Rosemary Lane 219 | 1955 |
After the Goldrush 241 | 1973 |
Heartbreak 267 | 1984 |
Notes 319 | |
Select Bibliography 357 | |
Acknowledgements 387 | |
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