The modest genius of Bert Jansch

How a musical revolution was launched from a room on Edinburgh's High Street

I interviewed Bert Jansch a couple of times, and it’s fair to say he wasn’t garrulous. “I find it very hard to project myself in any way at all unless I’ve got a guitar,” he told me. The first time we met, he arrived at The Scotsman office in Edinburgh with his guitar on his back. It’s a matter of continuing regret that I didn’t invite him into the cant…