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Acoustic Routes (1992)
Directed by Jan Leman
Overview
The story of seminal guitarist and singer Bert Jansch, from his early days in Edinburgh, Scotland, to becoming the acoustic guitarist that everyone wanted to be. As a teenager, in the early 1960’s Bert sat at the feet of Brownie McGhee at the Howff Folk Club in Edinburgh mesmerised by ‘Key to the Highway’. Armed with that raw American Blues influence and a bewildering technique, he fashioned sublime interpretations of traditional and blues music on the acoustic guitar. The result was music that had a profound influence on a generation of musicians including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Neil Young, and it still inspires todays’ generation of guitarists and singers.
Rated NR | Length 102 minutes
Actors
Bert Jansch | Brownie McGhee | Davy Graham | Ralph McTell | Jacqui McShee | Wizz Jones | Martin Carthy | Anne Briggs | John Renbourn | Al Stewart | Albert Lee | Peter Kirtley | Duck Baker | Billy Connolly | Hamish Imlach | Archie Fisher | Jackson C. Frank