Lonnie Knight "Improvisation (for Bert Jansch)" (FIXED IT)

[casualplayerpaul]

IMO, quintessential Lonnie acoustic. Subtle, string bending. A tip of the hat to Mr. Jansch. (Specifically, I think his version of "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," which was a fixture in Lonnie's early 70's sets):


 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YThSEZ0jmlQ

This appears to have been uploaded with no audio, as I am an idiot. Off to work. Will fix later. Sorry!

[james]

Lonnie was evidently an admirer of Blackwaterside.

[casualplayerpaul]

I think Jeff Beck was Lonnie's go-to on all things electric, and that Bert Jansch served that same inspiration on acoustic. Though in all cases it got put through the LK blender and came out as something else, all his own.

[dradtke]

I would throw Mark Knopfler in there with Lonnie's influences.