John Renbourn

John Renbourn has been paramount to the guitar community for over 35 years, from his solo recordings, duets with Bert Jansch and Stefan Grossman, and as founding member of The Pentangle.

There are many guitar tablatures available for John's music.  Listed below are many of his books and videos, along with where they may be purchased.  You can also find many tabs at the Tabledit and Guitar Pro archives, as well as at Mammola's (see my links page).

Visit John at his new web page here.  

Some tabs in tabledit format are available here.

Commercial Guitar Transcriptions:

John Renbourn  Videos:  All videos are available at Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop

Folk Blues and Beyond : White House Blues, Judy, Anji, Watch the Stars, Lord Franklin, My Sweet Potato, Abide with Me, and Great Dreams from Heaven
Celtic Melodies & Open Tunings : The South Wind, The Blarney Pilgrim, Bunyan's Hymn, I Saw Three Ships, The English Dance, Lament for Owen Roe O'Neill, Mist Covered Mountains of Home, The Orphan, Lindsey and Sandwood Down to Kyle
The Jazz Tinge  : Buffalo, Transfusion, My Dear Boy, Little Niles and Cherry
Medievel & Renaissance Music for Fingerstyle Guitar : The Earle of Salisbury (standard tuning), Saltarello (DGDGCD tuning), Saltarello II (EAEF#AD tuning), Trotto (DGDGCD tuning), Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone (standard tuning)

 

John Renbourn  Performance Videos:

Rare Performances 1965 - 1995 : England, 1965 I Know My Rider, Bert & John Rehearsing · England, 1968 (w. Pentangle) Travelling Song, Let No Man Steal Your Thyme · England, 1971 (w. Pentangle) In Time · England, 1974 Blues In A, Rosslyn · Italy, 1977 Medley: Trotto/The English Dance, Whitehouse Blues · U.S.A., 1981 (w. The John Renbourn Group) The Fair Flower Of Northumberland, Medley: Pavane/Tourdion U.S.A., 1982 (w. Stefan Grossman) Candyman, Goodbye Porkpie Hat · Sweden, 1988 (w. Stefan Grossman) 'Round Midnight · Canada, 1990 Medley: Abide With Me/Great Dreams From Heaven · Northern Ireland, 1992 Sweet Potato · Spain, 1993 Lord Franklin, Little Niles · U.S.A., 1995 Young Man Who Wouldn't Sow Corn, Medley: The Lament For Owen Roe O'Neil and Mist Covered Mountains Of Home, Medley: The Wedding/Cherry
John Renbourn in Concert 1990 : TSweet Potato, Medley: Abide With Me/Great Dreams From Heaven, Lord Franklin, Little Niles, Lindsay, From Sandwood Down To Kyle, Medley: The South Wind/The Blarney Pilgrim, Kokomo Blues, Medley: Lament For Owen Roe O'Neill/Mist Covered Mountains Of Home/The Orphan, Medley: Bunyan's Hymn/I Saw Three Ships/The English Dance and Cherry.
John Renbourn and Stefan Grossman in Concert  : Looper's Corner, The Shoes Of The Fisherman's Wife Are Some Jive Ass Slippers, Struttin' Rag, The Assassination of John Fahey, Tightrope, Judy, Angie, White House Blues, The English Dance, Trotto, Goodbye Porkpie Hat, Candyman, Spirit Levels and Take A Whiff On Me

 

John Renbourn  Books:

British Fingerpicking Guitar -  Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Lady Nothynge Toye Puffe, The Moon Shines Bright, The Hermit, Faro's Rag, Bransle Gay, The Lamentation Of Owen Roe O'Neill, Lord Inchiquin, Carolan's Concerto, Mrs. O'Rourke, Lament For Charles Mac Cabe
Folk, Blues, Jazz and Beyond Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop: Water Gypsy, Luckett Sunday and Luke's Little Summer
Deluxe Anthology of O'Carolan Music for Fingerstyle Guitar   Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop:
John Renbourn Original Guitar Solos - Elderly Music
Complete Anthology of Medievel & Renaissance Music for  Guitar - Elderly Music
Art of Fingerstyle Guitar  -  Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop : Judy, Buffalo, Bransle Gay

Magazine Articles:

John Renbourn is featured in the following magazines:

Guitar Player:   3/71, 12/71, 4/79, 4/92
Acoustic Guitar:   Jan/Feb, 1991, #4

Acoustic Guitar:   March/April 1994, #23

Fingerstyle Guitar:   #6 : Little Niles, Lady Goes to Church

Fingerstyle Guitar:   #14 : A Toye