Rating: 5/5
Review:
Great stuff
Listening to John Renbourn play the guitar has been one of
the great pleasures of my life for half a century or so now. This, his final recording is well up to the
standard we'd expect from the man.
Recorded live with his great friend and musical partner Wizz
Jones, this is a record of two outstanding guitarists and very, very fine
musicians having a great time playing together and generating a terrific set as
a result. The standard of guitar work is,
of course, phenomenal from both men (including the odd tiny fluff you always
get in live performance) and their obvious enjoyment of what they're doing is
infectious – several tracks end with a delighted laugh from Jones, and quite
right, too.
On the inner gatefold of Sweet Child in 1968, Renbourn said
"I started off trying to play like Big Bill Broonzy, and I'm still
trying." In my case, that could
read "I started off trying to play like John Renbourn, and I'm still
trying." I'm nowhere near playing
like John and never will be, of course, but he's still a huge hero of mine, and
this just confirms his stature. All
Renbourn fans will really need to know is that this is a well recorded disc and
that John plays as we all know he can.
Warmly recommended.
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