Bert Jansch

Pentangle, the five points of light being Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox. Formed in 1967, they took Trad folk and blended it with a mixture of jazz, blues and a sprinkling of rock. Hugely successful, they even had a hit single with the song "Light Flight" which was the theme to the BBC series "Take Three Girls". The band toured extensively, and made numerous TV appearances. While others were combining folk with rock with varying degrees of success, these alchemists blended Trad folk with jazz and blues in an original recipe which has not been duplicated since

This artist, who influenced Jimmy Page, Neil Young, Noel Gallagher and many others, is often called the Scottish Bob Dylan, although such a comparison is incorrect. After all, if Dylan's work was based on text, then for Jansch, music was always primary...

A Tea-time Granada TV series of live studio performances by rock/pop bands in front of a small audience with each show being devoted to one act.