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Have just seen that John Renbourn has died. I never saw Pentangle live but did see him playing either solo or duets a few times. Now where's my copy of Bert & John ...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/26/guitarist-and-songwriter-john-...

In reply to Doug:

Very sad....an inspiring guitarist!

In reply to Doug:
bugger hadn't seen this. He was very entertaining on Cerys Mathews a week or two ago. Pentangle never really did it for me, but he had some proper talent

In reply to Doug:

Basket of Light - my second ever LP

In reply to Doug:

Sad to see this. Saw him in a village hall playing solo and with other guitarists, a real musician.

In reply to Doug:

Really sad to hear this as he and Bert Janshe were my early guitar heros.
I saw him in a folk club in the 90's but my rather sad but memorable memories were when I saw Pentangle recording a track for the BBC in the late 60's.
Watching guitarists like these live made me realise just how good they were.

In reply to Doug:

It is sad news indeed - my unrealistic dream of becoming a guitar genius, learning at John Renbourn's feet in a nice place will be forever unfulfilled.

Back to reality - his albums Ship of Fools and Nine Maidens are two of my absolute all time favourites. He leaves a bit of a hole in the medieval adaptation to the modern ear genre. Brilliant guitarist. His ability to make one instrument sound like 2 was astonishing - like this: youtube.com/watch?v=8EH3Bh3Sc2k&
I have a vague feeling that I may have seen Pentangle in Liverpool in the 70s, but possibly just dreaming