Led Zeppelin had a reputation for lifting music that didn’t belong to them, and one guitarist insinuated that Jimmy Page felt guilty about it. Page idolized Bert Jansch, a Scottish folk musician. He attended concerts and admired his innovation. Jansch inspired Page, though the Led Zeppelin guitarist may have borrowed from him a bit too liberally. Jansch said Page ripped him off and, in the years afterward, could barely look him in the eye.
Guitarist Bert Jansch accused Jimmy Page of stealing from him
Page often discussed Jansch’s influence on him, noting that he was “obsessed” with the Scottish guitarist.
“It was so far ahead of what everyone else was doing,” he said, per The Guardian. “No one in America could touch that.”
Jansch’s influence on Page was clear, particularly in the songs “Bron-y-Aur Stomp” and “Black Mountain Side.” Jansch’s bandmate Jacqui McShee said they were...
Guitarist Bert Jansch accused Jimmy Page of stealing from him
Page often discussed Jansch’s influence on him, noting that he was “obsessed” with the Scottish guitarist.
“It was so far ahead of what everyone else was doing,” he said, per The Guardian. “No one in America could touch that.”
Jansch’s influence on Page was clear, particularly in the songs “Bron-y-Aur Stomp” and “Black Mountain Side.” Jansch’s bandmate Jacqui McShee said they were...
- 6/27/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
George Harrison wrote The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” because he liked descending chords. The star who inspired the song also inspired The Beatles’ “Dear Prudence” and “Blackbird.” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was not a single in the United States. The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
A star said he helped inspire George Harrison to write The Beatles‘ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” The star revealed what he thought of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” when he first heard it. Subsequently, the tune appeared on a hugely successful album.
How folk singer Donovan inspired The Beatles’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’
During a 2016 interview with Westword, folk singer Donovan revealed he learned to play the guitar in a fingerpicking style from Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family. For context, the Carter Family was a folk group that recorded songs between the 1920s and the 1950s. Subsequently,...
George Harrison wrote The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” because he liked descending chords. The star who inspired the song also inspired The Beatles’ “Dear Prudence” and “Blackbird.” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” was not a single in the United States. The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
A star said he helped inspire George Harrison to write The Beatles‘ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” The star revealed what he thought of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” when he first heard it. Subsequently, the tune appeared on a hugely successful album.
How folk singer Donovan inspired The Beatles’ ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’
During a 2016 interview with Westword, folk singer Donovan revealed he learned to play the guitar in a fingerpicking style from Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family. For context, the Carter Family was a folk group that recorded songs between the 1920s and the 1950s. Subsequently,...
- 6/4/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Johnny Marr has widely been considered one of alternative rock’s most influential guitarists. As an homage of sorts to the instrument that made him, his new book Marr’s Guitars, out October 17th, is a retrospective dedication to some of his most epochal strings.
Shot by photographer Pat Graham, Marr’s Guitars will be filled with The Smiths musician’s most notable acoustic and electric guitars, alongside intimate details about the moments and milestones each of them marked in his career. Some embody specific songs, sounds, concerts, and other career highlights. “Guitars have been the obsession of my life,” Marr said in a statement. “They’ve been a mission and sometimes a lifeline.”
Some of Marr’s significant guitars will look familiar to fans, from his Signature Fender Jaguar to his Gibson Es-355 and Rickenbacker 330. Some were passed down to him from other renowned musicians — Bryan Ferry’s Roxy Music Hagstrom,...
Shot by photographer Pat Graham, Marr’s Guitars will be filled with The Smiths musician’s most notable acoustic and electric guitars, alongside intimate details about the moments and milestones each of them marked in his career. Some embody specific songs, sounds, concerts, and other career highlights. “Guitars have been the obsession of my life,” Marr said in a statement. “They’ve been a mission and sometimes a lifeline.”
Some of Marr’s significant guitars will look familiar to fans, from his Signature Fender Jaguar to his Gibson Es-355 and Rickenbacker 330. Some were passed down to him from other renowned musicians — Bryan Ferry’s Roxy Music Hagstrom,...
- 4/18/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
When I reach Robert Plant on the phone, it’s a few days before he and Alison Krauss play Glastonbury. Plant has just arrived back in England in a great mood and describes his day so far in his very Plant-like way: “It’s summer solstice — it’s magnificent,” he exclaims. “I was able to experience the very first rays of the sun this morning and the sound of a female blackbird. So it’s a wonderful day.”
Plant and Krauss released their second album together, Raise the Roof, last fall,...
Plant and Krauss released their second album together, Raise the Roof, last fall,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ “Searching for My Love” gets a weathered storybook journey in a newly shared music video directed by Matt Mahurin.
The video follows Julia Lucey and Rolan Meyer through a narrative that spans land and sea, blending the storylines of an ocean-bound mermaid and a treasure-hungry pirate.
The cover, originally recorded by Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces, appears on Raise the Roof, the duo’s first joint album in 14 years. Produced by T-Bone Burnett, the record features only one original song on its 12-song tracklist...
The video follows Julia Lucey and Rolan Meyer through a narrative that spans land and sea, blending the storylines of an ocean-bound mermaid and a treasure-hungry pirate.
The cover, originally recorded by Bobby Moore and the Rhythm Aces, appears on Raise the Roof, the duo’s first joint album in 14 years. Produced by T-Bone Burnett, the record features only one original song on its 12-song tracklist...
- 2/28/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss joined forces for NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert series, performing three songs. The pair filmed the concert at Sound Emporium, the studio where they recorded their new album, Raise the Roof.
The set includes a rendition of “Can’t Let Go,” originally recorded by Lucinda Williams, a cover of Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces’ “Searching for My Love,” and “Trouble With My Lover,” written by Allen Toussaint and recorded in the Sixties by Betty Harris. In the clip, the duo is joined by several musicians,...
The set includes a rendition of “Can’t Let Go,” originally recorded by Lucinda Williams, a cover of Bobby Moore & the Rhythm Aces’ “Searching for My Love,” and “Trouble With My Lover,” written by Allen Toussaint and recorded in the Sixties by Betty Harris. In the clip, the duo is joined by several musicians,...
- 12/14/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss will return to the road together for the first time in 12 years next June.
The duo will kick off a 10-date U.S. tour June 1, 2022 at Cmac in Canandaigua, New York, and the trek will wrap June 16 at the Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park in Atlanta. Plant and Krauss will then head to the U.K. and Europe for a string of dates at the end of June and into July.
Tickets for the U.S. shows will go on sale Dec. 3 at 10 a.
The duo will kick off a 10-date U.S. tour June 1, 2022 at Cmac in Canandaigua, New York, and the trek will wrap June 16 at the Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park in Atlanta. Plant and Krauss will then head to the U.K. and Europe for a string of dates at the end of June and into July.
Tickets for the U.S. shows will go on sale Dec. 3 at 10 a.
- 11/19/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
It only takes the first two seconds of the first song on their first record for Led Zeppelin to make crystal clear exactly what they intend to do — and exactly what they intend to do to you. In the opening to “Good Times Bad Times,” the band drops a two-note attack that falls like a cartoon safe, clearing the air for John Bonham’s syncopated groove, Jimmy Page’s swift-sword guitar and Robert Plant’s high-end howling about sex so loud it gets the neighbors talking. “It really wasn’t a pretty thing,...
- 1/12/2019
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a moment on the Beatles’ new “Super Deluxe” edition of the White Album that sums up all the glories of their 1968 masterpiece. And weirdly, that moment is “Good Night.” There’s always been something mysterious about “Good Night” — the album’s orchestral finale. It’s a tender ballad from John, one he always meant for Ringo Starr to sing, without ever explaining to Ringo (or anyone else) why. Many fans dismissed it as a coy joke. But it nearly steals the show on the new box set, in...
- 11/9/2018
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
On the latest episode of our podcast, Rolling Stone Music Now, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr stops by our SiriusXM studio for a discussion ranging from his formative, pre-Smiths years to the band’s break-up to his time with Modest Mouse to his well-received new solo album, Call the Comet. A couple highlights are below; to hear the episode, press play below or download and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.
Finding his guitar style before the Smiths
“It would almost be easier to say what I rejected. If something sounded too bluesy,...
Finding his guitar style before the Smiths
“It would almost be easier to say what I rejected. If something sounded too bluesy,...
- 10/25/2018
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Davey Johnstone was watching Top of the Pops with his father one night in 1970 when a young singer-songwriter named Elton John came onto the screen. Johnstone was a folkie guitarist into artists like Bert Jansch and John Martyn, but he was still extremely intrigued by this eccentric young piano player. “I remember thinking, ‘Holy shit,'” he says. “‘I love this. This is really cool. We need more of this around!'”
In his wildest dreams, he couldn’t have imagined that mere months later he’d not only play...
In his wildest dreams, he couldn’t have imagined that mere months later he’d not only play...
- 9/7/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are about to climb the stairway to the Los Angeles courthouse. On Friday, U.S. district judge Gary Klausner ruled that while there is no evidence of a "striking similarity," Led Zeppelin's classic "Stairway to Heaven, bears enough resemblance to "Taurus" by Californian rock band Spirit for a jury to decide on a possible breach of copyright. The L.A. court must now rule whether the British rockers ripped off the opening tabs of "Taurus" for their most famous song, which Judge Klausner called "arguably the most recognizable and important segments" of the two tunes.
- 4/13/2016
- by Philip Boucher and Peter Mikelbank with Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are about to climb the stairway to the Los Angeles courthouse. On Friday, U.S. district judge Gary Klausner ruled that while there is no evidence of a "striking similarity," Led Zeppelin's classic "Stairway to Heaven, bears enough resemblance to "Taurus" by Californian rock band Spirit for a jury to decide on a possible breach of copyright. The L.A. court must now rule whether the British rockers ripped off the opening tabs of "Taurus" for their most famous song, which Judge Klausner called "arguably the most recognizable and important segments" of the two tunes.
- 4/13/2016
- by Philip Boucher and Peter Mikelbank with Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
The mainstream drew me back in a little this year, though mostly by looking back several decades to the same things I love and incorporating them into music that doesn't especially sound like 2014.
1. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (Constellation)
I think of Silver Mt. Zion as the post-rock Pogues. They have the drunken singing and the scratchy fiddling and the punky energy, but in a sort of gritty yet sophisticated Godspeed! You Black Emperor musical context (and in fact founder/singer/guitarist Efrim Manuel Menuck used to be in Godspeed!). On their eighth album, the added intensity that appeared on their previous album is increased; this may be their best yet. My favorite track is "What We Loved Was Not Enough," where at first it seems like he's singing "The days come when we no longer fail," but then when...
1. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra: Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything (Constellation)
I think of Silver Mt. Zion as the post-rock Pogues. They have the drunken singing and the scratchy fiddling and the punky energy, but in a sort of gritty yet sophisticated Godspeed! You Black Emperor musical context (and in fact founder/singer/guitarist Efrim Manuel Menuck used to be in Godspeed!). On their eighth album, the added intensity that appeared on their previous album is increased; this may be their best yet. My favorite track is "What We Loved Was Not Enough," where at first it seems like he's singing "The days come when we no longer fail," but then when...
- 1/4/2015
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
It's a riff you've likely heard hundreds of times. And it might not even belong to the band most associated with it. Led Zeppelin are in court (again) for allegedly plagiarizing their best-known work, "Stairway to Heaven," from a little-known band called Spirit. "It's been a long time coming," attorney Francis Alexander Malofiy told Bloomberg Businessweek. Indeed: Videos showing the suspicious similarity between the introductory riff of "Stairway" and a passage from Spirit's instrumental "Taurus" have persisted for years on YouTube. Zeppelin also toured with Spirit in 1968, the year the group released "Taurus" and two years before Page claims to have written "Stairway.
- 5/20/2014
- by Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Have Neil Young completed an album of covers, produced by Jack White? So says Days of the Crazy website. And the idea isn’t that farfetched. Young was spotted in Nashville recording a few covers for Record Store Day, including Bert Jansch’s “Needle of Death” and Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter" (Of course, White also produced Lynn's "Van Lear Rose"). Young is also on “Willie Nelson & Friend At Third Man Records,” which came out last year. The blog cites a source associated with the project, who confirmed that the pair have recorded the full album and it will likely come out...
- 1/18/2014
- Hitfix
Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 2 | Stoker | Arbitrage | Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters | Caesar Must Die | The Bay | Sleep Tight | Broken City | Trashed | Safe Haven | Hi-So | Michael H. Profession: Director | The Gospel According To Matthew | The Attacks Of 26/11 | Acoustic Routes
Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 2 (18)
(Anurag Kashyap, 2012, Ind) Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Zeishan Quadri, Aditya Kumar, Huma Qureshi. 160 mins
It's over five hours long in all, but there's barely a slack moment in this exhilarating Indian epic as it races through generations of smalltown criminal, industrial and political enmity. Yes, it's violent, but like all great crime stories it's also a vibrant tapestry of family life and modern history, closer to Leone, Coppola or Tarantino than Bollywood.
Stoker (18)
(Park Chan-wook, 2013, Us/UK) Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode. 99 mins
The Oldboy director gives us a sensual, tantalisingly ambiguous thriller, centred on Wasikowska and her shifty smalltown family.
Arbitrage (15)
(Nicholas Jarecki, 2012, Us) Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling.
Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 2 (18)
(Anurag Kashyap, 2012, Ind) Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Zeishan Quadri, Aditya Kumar, Huma Qureshi. 160 mins
It's over five hours long in all, but there's barely a slack moment in this exhilarating Indian epic as it races through generations of smalltown criminal, industrial and political enmity. Yes, it's violent, but like all great crime stories it's also a vibrant tapestry of family life and modern history, closer to Leone, Coppola or Tarantino than Bollywood.
Stoker (18)
(Park Chan-wook, 2013, Us/UK) Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode. 99 mins
The Oldboy director gives us a sensual, tantalisingly ambiguous thriller, centred on Wasikowska and her shifty smalltown family.
Arbitrage (15)
(Nicholas Jarecki, 2012, Us) Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling.
- 3/2/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Billy Connolly shows good folk knowledge in this winning documentary on the works and influence of guitarist Bert Jansch
This is a 20th anniversary reissue of the documentary about folk guitarist Bert Jansch (who died in 2011), a pioneering musician who was to be an influence on Neil Young and Bob Dylan. It's a film that is preaching to the converted, and probably best savoured by those with a connoisseurship of folk, but I found myself won over by the music's melancholy beauty, and by Jansch's matter-of-fact modesty. This is not a music star who is after wealth and bling; in this film, he looks as if he lives just like the rest of us mortals. Billy Connolly introduces us to his work, and the comedian's love and expertise in all matters relating to folk music in general, and Jansch in particular, are very engaging. Jansch's musicianship and mastery of the acoustic guitar are quietly impressive.
This is a 20th anniversary reissue of the documentary about folk guitarist Bert Jansch (who died in 2011), a pioneering musician who was to be an influence on Neil Young and Bob Dylan. It's a film that is preaching to the converted, and probably best savoured by those with a connoisseurship of folk, but I found myself won over by the music's melancholy beauty, and by Jansch's matter-of-fact modesty. This is not a music star who is after wealth and bling; in this film, he looks as if he lives just like the rest of us mortals. Billy Connolly introduces us to his work, and the comedian's love and expertise in all matters relating to folk music in general, and Jansch in particular, are very engaging. Jansch's musicianship and mastery of the acoustic guitar are quietly impressive.
- 2/28/2013
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Cloud Atlas | To The Wonder | Lore | Gangs Of Wasseypur Part 1 | Song For Marion | Mama | Before Dawn | Crawl | Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World | Fire In The Blood | The Road: A Story Of Life And Death | We Are Northern Lights | Breath Of The Gods
Cloud Atlas (15)
(Andy & Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, 2012, Ger/Us/Hk/Sin) Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent. 172 mins
You've got to admire the ambition of trying to tell six stories at once, together spanning the 19th to 24th century. There are connections and parallels, of course, but also wild variations in tone and effectiveness. The experience is a little like channel surfing between Tom Hanks movies, but it's greater than the sum of its parts.
To The Wonder (12A)
(Terrence Malick, 2012, Us) Olga Kurylenko, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams. 113 mins
Those entranced (or put off) by The Tree Of Life will get more of the same from...
Cloud Atlas (15)
(Andy & Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, 2012, Ger/Us/Hk/Sin) Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent. 172 mins
You've got to admire the ambition of trying to tell six stories at once, together spanning the 19th to 24th century. There are connections and parallels, of course, but also wild variations in tone and effectiveness. The experience is a little like channel surfing between Tom Hanks movies, but it's greater than the sum of its parts.
To The Wonder (12A)
(Terrence Malick, 2012, Us) Olga Kurylenko, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams. 113 mins
Those entranced (or put off) by The Tree Of Life will get more of the same from...
- 2/23/2013
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The best of your comments on the latest films and music
After the great guitarist Bert Jansch died last week, Pete Paphides penned a lengthy tribute for Film&Music – a tribute a great many of you appreciated (and which brought tears to the eyes of gpwayne and steewart54). In fact, just about the only gripes were from those complaining that a musician of Jansch's stature did not need character references from mere rock musicians in order to persuade the world of his greatness. "I hate having to read about Johnny Marr, Neil Young and no-marks like Devendra Banhart in whatever few Jansch pieces I read," wrote DeathByEnnui. "Bert Jansch needs no validation, no stamp of approval. All you need to do is tell people that they simply must own a copy of Rosemary Lane because it's one of the greatest albums of all time."
Amid some discussion about who was the better guitarist,...
After the great guitarist Bert Jansch died last week, Pete Paphides penned a lengthy tribute for Film&Music – a tribute a great many of you appreciated (and which brought tears to the eyes of gpwayne and steewart54). In fact, just about the only gripes were from those complaining that a musician of Jansch's stature did not need character references from mere rock musicians in order to persuade the world of his greatness. "I hate having to read about Johnny Marr, Neil Young and no-marks like Devendra Banhart in whatever few Jansch pieces I read," wrote DeathByEnnui. "Bert Jansch needs no validation, no stamp of approval. All you need to do is tell people that they simply must own a copy of Rosemary Lane because it's one of the greatest albums of all time."
Amid some discussion about who was the better guitarist,...
- 10/13/2011
- by Michael Hann
- The Guardian - Film News
In the past decade, New York City folkie Pat Gubler has recorded a series of weird, gorgeous records under the name of P.G. Six, with a revolving cast of musicians. But for the fifth P.G. Six LP, Starry Mind, Gubler put himself at the forefront of a real band that imbued his eccentric songs with rock ’n’ roll grit and breathtaking majesty. A skilled guitar player whose style has been likened to the late British six-string legend Bert Jansch, Gubler teams up with second guitarist Bob Bannister to make Starry Mind a rousing, subtly virtuosic electric folk record ...
- 10/11/2011
- avclub.com
AP Scottish folk guitarist Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch, who helped invigorate the British folk movement of the 1960s, died today in Hampstead, London, following a bout with lung cancer. He was 67.
Born in Glasgow, Jansch was one of the most influential guitarists of the 20th century, counting among his fans and followers Bernard Butler, Donovan, Nick Drake, Johnny Marr, Jimmy Page, Paul Simon and Neil Young. As a solo artist, with guitarist John Renbourn and later as a member of Pentangle,...
Bert Jansch, who helped invigorate the British folk movement of the 1960s, died today in Hampstead, London, following a bout with lung cancer. He was 67.
Born in Glasgow, Jansch was one of the most influential guitarists of the 20th century, counting among his fans and followers Bernard Butler, Donovan, Nick Drake, Johnny Marr, Jimmy Page, Paul Simon and Neil Young. As a solo artist, with guitarist John Renbourn and later as a member of Pentangle,...
- 10/5/2011
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
London (AP) — He was quiet, modest, uncomfortable in the spotlight — not looking for No. 1 hits or commercial ditties. But when Bert Jansch picked up an acoustic guitar, people listened, often spellbound by his subtle innovation and mastery. Jansch, who died of lung cancer Wednesday at the age of 67, was a virtuoso, hailed by the likes of Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, Canadian rocker Neil Young and Johnny Marr of the Smiths as a force to be reckoned with, and learned from. He was at the center of the British folk revival of the late 1960s and early 1970s...
- 10/5/2011
- by Gregory Katz (AP)
- Hitfix
Bert Jansch has died at the age of 67. The founding member of folk-rock band Pentangle reportedly passed away in a hospice in Hampstead after suffering from cancer for many years. Matt Everett on BBC 6 Music received a statement from the family confirming the news. "Bert Jansch has unfortunately passed away last night after a long battle with cancer," Terrascope wrote on Twitter. "A true legend the likes of which we shan't see again for a while." Jansch had recently been forced to cancel a live show in Edinburgh due to his ill health. The guitarist (more)...
- 10/5/2011
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Fantastic news for fans of American singer Pegi Young, who has announced she will be touring in December opening shows for legendary guitarist Bert Jansch on the east coast. This follows the west coast trek they did together at the start of the summer just after Pegi released her new CD titled Foul Deeds on Vapor Records. (Their original dates from October which was sidelined due to Bert.s health have been rescheduled where possible.) Pegi will also be performing on The Late Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, December 14. .The CD is full of dark themes.divorces, debauchery, disillusionment and despair. So the titled .Foul Deeds. summed it up,. laughs Pegi. According to allmusic.com: .The set thematically...
- 11/11/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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