![]() ![]() ![]() Renbourn claims to be the "catalyst" that brought the band together but credits Jansch with the idea "to get the band to play in a regular place, to knock it into shape". McShee began to join them as a vocalist and, by March of that year, Thompson and Cox were being billed as part of the band. In 1967, the Scottish entrepreneur Bruce Dunnet, who had recently organised a tour for Jansch, set up a Sunday night club for him and Renbourn at the (now defunct) Horseshoe Hotel in Tottenham Court Road. Thompson was well-known to Renbourn through appearances at Les Cousins and working with him on a project for television. By 1966, they were both part of Duffy Power's Nucleus (a band which also included John McLaughlin on electric guitar). Thompson and Cox were well known as jazz musicians and had played together in Alexis Korner's band. She sang on Renbourn's Another Monday album and performed with him as a duo, debuting at Les Cousins club in August 1966. Jacqui McShee had begun as an (unpaid) "floor singer" in several London folk clubs, then, by 1965, ran a folk club at the Red Lion in Sutton, Surrey, establishing a friendship with Jansch and Renbourn when they played there. Their use of complex inter-dependent guitar parts, referred to as " folk baroque", had become a distinctive characteristic of their music. Renbourn and Jansch, who shared a house in St John's Wood, were already popular musicians on the British folk scene, with several solo albums each and a duet LP, Bert and John. The following June, all five original members embarked on a twelve-date UK tour. In 2007, the original members of the band were reunited to receive a Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and to record a short concert that was broadcast on BBC radio. ![]() The name Pentangle was chosen to represent the five members of the band, and is also the device on Sir Gawain's shield in the Middle English poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which held a fascination for Renbourn. The original line-up, which was unchanged throughout the band's first incarnation (1967–1973), was Jacqui McShee (vocals) John Renbourn (vocals and guitar) Bert Jansch (vocals and guitar) Danny Thompson ( double bass) and Terry Cox (drums). The original band was active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and a later version has been active since the early 1980s. ![]() Pentangle (or The Pentangle ) are a British folk-jazz band with an eclectic mix of folk, jazz, blues and folk rock influences. So we needed this! The Pentangle.Pure Love & Appreciation! There is a "The Pentangle" thread but it starts off badly, right off, wherein the OP posts he's not really a fan.but Basket Of Light is "easy listening". Don't mistake the Duo-Sonic for the Duo-Sonic II - the II is bigger, featuring a 24-inch scale length.A place to express love and appreciation for The Pentangle. The Duo-Sonic, released in 1956, is notable for its small body and short scale length, and sports two pickups, unlike the single-pickup Musicmaster. The Duo-Sonic features typical Fender construction techniques with a bolt-on maple neck, attached to a solid body.Īlong with the Musicmaster and the Duo-Sonic II, the Fender Duo-Sonic electric guitar was released as one of the brand's first student-level guitars. The “Duo-Sonic” features two single-coil pick-ups and a vertical switch on the lower horn of the body to select bridge, neck or both pickups in a humbucking style configuration (as opposed to the blade switch more common on Fender guitars). As you can see the guitar is in excellent and original condition. This is a Vintage Fender Duo-Sonic natural refin? Electric Guitar. ![]()
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