Bert Jansch dies

He was an icon in Britain, perhaps not so much in NA, but his playing was a revelation to me when I first heard it. His version of Davey Graham's "Angie" ( covered also by Paul Simon ) was the piece I and probably a thousand British youths longed to be able to play. "Needle of Death" introduced us to heroin. His duo album with John Renbourn, with its "complex inter-dependent, guitar parts" (Wikipedia) was a revelation. I hadn't realized folk blues could give a pleasure resembling that of Bach's counterpoint. There's a great deal more to say -- Pentangle is probably still my absolute fave group -- but that's for other places. Here I just want to wish him well on his journey and send thanks from the heart.