' I remember asking Bert, 'When you were doing it, did you know that you were like … heavy? Heavier than all those bands that were heavy? He nodded this thoroughly appropriate nod and passed me a ...

Bert Jansch, who died on Thursday aged 67, was one of Britain's greatest folk guitarists, but had an influence that spread far beyond the genre, reaching rock musicians as diverse as Jimmy Page, ...

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You could hardly call Bert Jansch an unsung hero, though it has been his fate to remain a niche artist to whom assorted legends doff their caps. Jimmy Page and Neil Young have acknowledged their debts ...