Birthday Blues

by Bert Jansch

Birthday Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: January 1969
  • Label: Transatlantic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 33:06
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded during his highly productive tenure with Pentangle, the legendary acoustic guitarist's solo effort benefits greatly from the empathetic rhythm section of Danny Thompson and Terry Cox. The intricate, fingerpicked melodies beautifully intertwine jazz phrasing with traditional British folk structures, resulting in a remarkably warm and intimate autumnal soundscape.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, folk, bluesy, traditional, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Come Sing Me a Happy Song to Prove We Can All Get Along the Lumpy Bumpy Long and Dusty Road (2:05)
  2. The Bright New Year (1:35)
  3. Tree Song (2:37)
  4. Poison (3:16)
  5. Miss Heather Rosemary Sewell (2:12)
  6. I've Got a Woman (5:18)
  7. A Woman Like You (4:26)
  8. I Am Lonely (2:31)
  9. Promised Land (2:52)
  10. Birthday Blues (1:13)
  11. Wishing Well (2:17)
  12. Blues (2:40)

Credits

  • Bert Jansch - primary artist, guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Ray Warleigh - alto saxophone, flute
  • Danny Thompson - bass
  • Terry Cox - drums
  • Gordon House - graphics
  • Duffy Power - harmonica
  • Anne Briggs - written-by

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