Bert's Blues

Donavan wrote this song by way of an apology for his friend and folk music notable Bert Jansch. He explained in an interview with Mojo magazine June 2011: "Bert Jansch was going out with Beverley (Kutner, nee Martyn) at the time, and for a brief while I was part of the triangle, although not in the way Bert thought I was. I wrote the song because I felt bad, as I loved Bert. It also captured everything I was concerned with at the time: jazz, classical, medieval troubadour and folk. (Arranger) John Cameron realized instantly that acoustic instruments would give the album its sound."

Bert Jansch's best known recording is "Needle of Death," which was hugely influential on the musical and drug habits of many British youth.