What a sad moment. One of the great acoustic guitarists, a member of Pentangle.
Here's a clip with Whiz Jones, John Renbourn on the left in the cap, beautiful complementary playing, recorded last summer -
- and a spellbinding bit on his own in the Albert Hole down Bedminster,
Folk guitarist John Renbourn dies in Hawick home
John Renbourn, RIP
John Renbourn, RIP
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious. [Fred Wedlock, "The Folker"]
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When you design tactics to maximise suffering on civilian populations and your only constraint is operational rather than moral, you've told the world who you are.
John Renbourn, RIP
That is very sad, spot. That is the sort of guitar playing that I could listen to all day, and fail miserably to emulate. Another musician gone.
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