Birthday Blues (album)
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Birthday Blues is the sixth album by Scottish
folk musician Bert Jansch
, released in 1969.
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
folk musician Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch
Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...
, released in 1969.
Track listing
All songs composed by Bert Jansch except where noted.- "Come Sing Me a Happy Song to Prove We All Can Get Along the Lumpy, Bumpy, Long and Dusty Road" – 2:05
- "The Bright New Year" – 1:34
- "Tree Song" – 2:37
- "Poison" – 3:16
- "Miss Heather Rosemary Sewell" – 2:10
- "I've Got a Woman" – 5:15
- "A Woman Like You" – 4:27
- "I Am Lonely" – 2:31
- "Promised Land" – 2:51
- "Birthday Blues" – 1:14
- "Wishing Well" (Jansch, Anne BriggsAnne BriggsAnne Briggs is an English folk singer. Although she traveled widely in the 1960s and early 1970s, appearing at folk clubs and venues in England and Ireland, she never aspired to commercial success or to achieve widespread public acknowledgment of her music...
) – 2:17 - "Blues" – 2:40
Credits
- Bert Jansch - vocals, guitars
- Danny ThompsonDanny ThompsonDaniel Henry Edward 'Danny' Thompson is an English multi-instrumentalist best known as a double bassist and businessman...
- bass - Terry CoxTerry CoxTerence William Harvey 'Terry' Cox played drums in the British folk rock bands The Pentangle, Duffy's Nucleus and Humblebums....
- drums - Ray WarleighRay WarleighRaymond 'Ray' Kenneth Warleigh , is a leading UK-based alto saxophonist and flautist...
- alto sax, flute - Duffy PowerDuffy PowerDuffy Power is an English blues and rock and roll singer, who achieved some success in the 1960s and has performed and recorded intermittently since then.-Career:...
- harmonica