The Best Guitarist in The World: # 13 – Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch died in October 2011. He was one of my favourite guitarists; one of my favourite acoustic players. He opened up a whole new world of music to me.

Jansch was a leading figure in the British folk boom of the 1960s, a revivalist and innovator. He was a pioneer and a guitar prophet – his work hung, wafting, waiting and so many guitarists discover…