― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 18 December 2005 07:04 (eighteen years ago) link
reference points / descriptors ? hmm.. maybe like Tim Buckley at his most yodelriffic except with a much thinner / weedier voice..
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 18 December 2005 07:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 18 December 2005 07:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Sunday, 18 December 2005 07:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― el sabor de gene (yournullfame), Sunday, 18 December 2005 10:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaxon (jaxon), Sunday, 18 December 2005 11:05 (eighteen years ago) link
"Waiting, in the Warm Golden RainThe Sweet Silent Reign of the SunTo come againAre you ready, My SonFor to ride the Rainbow of His Light?I am ready, My FatherFor to ride this Rainbow of Your Light"
Plus several sections written in Sioux! Actually I love this stuff, but like I say it's for comedy reasons as much as for his amazing playing.
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Sunday, 18 December 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― sweet earth flying (sweet earth flying), Sunday, 18 December 2005 14:46 (eighteen years ago) link
which record of his do you have, ian?
― O RLY? (eman), Sunday, 18 December 2005 16:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― O RLY? (eman), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Sunday, 18 December 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― NickB (NickB), Sunday, 18 December 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ogmor Roundtrouser (Ogmor Roundtrouser), Monday, 19 December 2005 02:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― I know, right?, Saturday, 12 May 2007 21:22 (sixteen years ago) link
― Drew Daniel, Saturday, 12 May 2007 22:22 (sixteen years ago) link
― am0n, Sunday, 13 May 2007 06:51 (sixteen years ago) link
On iTunes there's a Vanguard Digital Vaults release of an unissued album, "Indian II"
Never seen or heard talk of this, but it seems it surfaced 2006. Downloaded and it's pretty solid Basho, though no highlight. I like that the opening track is a piano number. Still, would be worth Vanguard doing at least an actual, physical, limited release.
― matinee, Saturday, 31 May 2008 16:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been thinking without listening to this album for a while now. Very beautiful, strange music.
― I know, right?, Sunday, 1 June 2008 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I love how the melodies follow their own tails up surprising directions.
unreleased live album?
http://static.boomkat.com/images/130055/333.jpg
Live at the Kulturforum, Bonn, Germany, November 24, 1980
― eman, Monday, 13 October 2008 03:02 (fifteen years ago) link
i remember someone or other on fmu talking about the situation regarding all the live tapes that exist - that they ended up with the, uhh, religious faction that he was involved with towards the end of his life, and that no-one knew where they were, how to get in touch, what was recorded, etc.
― schlump, Monday, 13 October 2008 05:39 (fifteen years ago) link
haha what religious faction was that? i gave this a listen and it's great. possibly the best album i've heard of his.
― eman, Monday, 13 October 2008 13:28 (fifteen years ago) link
listened to basho all day yesterday, it's been a long time since i just played the same records over and over. mostly 'Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12' but also some 'Rainbow Thunder'. i like his singing but i do prefer the instrumentals, i feel like his voice overshadows the guitar a bit too much when it comes in
― 6335, Wednesday, 8 April 2009 14:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i have all these mislabeled basho mp3s but I've been listening to them over and over that one that's all "on my waaay, Colinda, lord, I'll catch the, westbound train" is slaying me lately.
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Sunday, 13 September 2009 20:52 (fourteen years ago) link
who is this colinda chick anyway?
i once used a song from 'basho sings' in a skate video and most people really dug it in that context. i suspect most of them really would not have cared for it on its own. maybe basho's ready for the big screen. he'd sure add some intensity to a sequence.
― matinee, Sunday, 13 September 2009 21:09 (fourteen years ago) link
these make a great soundtrack to forrest bess paintings btw
― ❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Sunday, 13 September 2009 21:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i've grown to like his vocal albums now except for voice of the eagle which is too cheesy
― am0n, Sunday, 13 September 2009 21:52 (fourteen years ago) link
crazy this is the only basho thread! anyone heard this "new" thing? http://dustedmagazine.com/reviews/7065sample sounds gorgeous.
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 April 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
anyone see this? only know video footage of basho posted here: http://robbiebasho.com/Home_Page.htmlcool site overall too.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
Holy smoke, those videos! They seem to confirm what I thought I heard in the music -- there is very little random in his playing -- when improvising, he might surprise the audience, but he seems to know precisely what he's doing at all times. Also his right hand tonal and dynamic control are phenomenal.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 19:59 (eleven years ago) link
amazing! i knew his right hand wld be crazy but it looks so strange: floppy wrist, hand really far away playing loosely at the bridge. incredible to see.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 09:23 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, the right hand was what was most interesting to me, don't know if i've seen anyone playing like that. hope there's more!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
Fuck, this rules! I too like how his right hand kinda curls around the guitar and the way he's almost bent over double so that his ear is right near the sound hole.
Love Basho so much but I've never explored his ouvre much beyond Bashovia and Guitar Soli. Guess I really should buy some more albums! He inspired me to play open tuned exclusively like 10 years ago when I was just starting out on guitar and I'm forever in his debt.
― liam fennell, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
Anyway, I am surprised that no one in this thread about Basho's singing mentioned Antony Hegarty.
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Well, if people mostly know his singing from the 60s, it's not that much of a surprise, but he got really good through the 70s, and his best vocal tune -- man, wow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYaGChm8RWw&feature=related
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 16 August 2012 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
holy cats
― contenderizer, Thursday, 16 August 2012 06:31 (eleven years ago) link
afterwards, it ask me if i want to listen to 15 minutes of pharoah sanders "the creator has a master plan"
um, yeah
― contenderizer, Thursday, 16 August 2012 06:35 (eleven years ago) link
I can't see youtubes at work but I really hope that's "Orphan's Lament".
― cwkiii, Thursday, 16 August 2012 13:05 (eleven years ago) link
Nah, it was "Blue Crystal Fire" from one year earlier -- but I do dig Orphan's Lament as well, so here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjkdjb7WNs
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 16 August 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
Actually, that's from the same record. Best thing Windham Hill ever put out, and it's not Windham Hilly at all.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 16 August 2012 14:46 (eleven years ago) link
Excellent! Love "Blue Crystal Fire" too...Visions of the Country just kills me; I think it's probably his best record.
― cwkiii, Thursday, 16 August 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
xp liam there have been a few great releases since the comps & Seal of the Blue Lotus reissue. Venus in Cancer has been reissued by tompkins square & is first-class basho imo, features both the tracks in the video footage, a surprisingly amazing piece w/ french horn & some great vocal stuff. bo'weavil also issued a nice live concert from 1980, Bonn ist Supreme, which has lots of good stuff which is otherwise OOP.
i've bitten the bullet and forked out for the reissue of Twilight Peaks which came out earlier this year - http://en.smalltownromanceblog.com/new-robbie-basho-reissue-twilight-peaks/ - some live&unreleased stuff, really good sound & quite a bit slower than versions floating around online, although idk what has gone on w/ the cover art, which imo should have been:
http://www.musikzimmer.ch/pics/covers/albums/20124.jpg
but yeah it's amazing, his technique has improved so much compared to the early recordings & it's an incredibly tender, gentle & calm record, mb my fav basho.
obv all his stuff should be reissued but Basho Sings!, Voice of the Eagle, Visions of the Country, & Rainbow Thunder especially. mb Zarthus too but it seems like his fruitiest record.
something i doubt will be reissued any time soon, at the other end of his career, is this lone track from a takoma comp, The Thousand Incarnations Of The Rose, which is an awesome instance of ambition carrying him through even if the technique is not 100% there & incredibly dramatic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFshZQYmLBY
― ogmor, Thursday, 16 August 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
*listens to robbie basho instrumental song*
"OMG this guy is the greatest of all time"
*robbie basho singing song comes up*
"....oh dear god"
― rap game klaus nomi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 October 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
^ hahahah otm
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 15 October 2012 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
the worst is when it's like a sublime 9 minute track that you think is instrumental but then his vocals kick in around the five minute mark
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 15 October 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
his singing rules fuiud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJKhHY2OhEQ
― (╯︵╰,) RIP (am0n), Monday, 15 October 2012 21:42 (eleven years ago) link
i'm afraid i will be fu'd in this case
― rap game klaus nomi (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 October 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYaGChm8RWw
not loving this does not compute imo
― 69, Monday, 15 October 2012 22:59 (eleven years ago) link
oh, haha. already upthread oops.
basho sings is not one of my favorite bashos, but song of the stallion and visions of the country are two of my vary favorite vocal records.
― 69, Monday, 15 October 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
very
someone upthread compared his voice to antony hegarty, which was quite apt, as I cannot stand hegarty's voice either. i dunno, just something about it. basho is a pretty unstoppable guitarist, though. people always say jack rose was a fahey acolyte but i'd say he was more the reincarnation of basho. big arpeggiated 12 string epics. i've never been able to get into basho because his stuff is hard to find around the internet and physical copies of his stuff are also hard to find! it's almost like his work didn't get any momentum out of the takoma revival, i wonder if it's becuz of his singing/that some of his stuff was released as 'easy listening' near the end of his career?
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 12:42 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, when he wasn't wearing his dr ragtime hat, jack rose played a lot on the 2nd & 4th beats, loose & expansive ala basho. he cribbed p evenly from both tho imo
― ogmor, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
So can someone recommend me some more players doing stuff similar to Basho on tracks like "The Falconer's Arm" and "Lost Lagoon Suite"? I am pretty firmly entrenched in Takoma worship, and am already quite enamored of Jack Rose, who I feel comes closest to evoking that feel imo (Catedral et Chartres <3 omg). However, James Blackshaw puts me to sleep for whatever reason, so don't tell me to check him out, unless I'm really missing something. So enlighten me. Who am I missing?
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 29 October 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
Hey global, check out William Tyler - Behold the Spirit...
Also did you ever get lessons with peter lang?
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 29 October 2012 14:17 (eleven years ago) link
new album by daniel bachman is very jack rose-y. not super basho-y
― tylerw, Monday, 29 October 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah dude, 8-9 of em! It was fun. We'd do a lot of b.s'ing about music in general. He'd get a bit rambly at moments but I didn't mind- he's kind of like an endearing kooky uncle. He said I was one of the more advanced/quick learners he'd taught at the school in terms of the American Primitive style, so he taught me a lot of tunes he doesn't generally teach? Got to learn Thoth Song, which is a fun one, in fact we did all four of his off that Lang/Fahey/Kottke one. Also learned some basic blues/folk standards. Probably 15 songs in total.
Overall, it's fun to learn straight from the mind of the guy who wrote the songs, and hear stories about hanging out with Fahey/touring, the 60s, etc. I don't think I got a ton better technique wise, since I was already fairly decent. But I definitely broadened my overall sense of the fretboard and songwriting, which is probably more of a fundamental thing in American Primitive since it's less about chops and more about spirit? At the same time, he seemed like he could really get you going if you've never fingerpicked in your life, too, he's got like 3-4 more basic tunes he teaches to newer players as well. He's a good teacher in that he can teach to all levels. It was funny listening to him talk about teaching Turnpike Terror to a group of 10 year olds!
The WBSM is a fantastic thing for the community, too, so there's that too.
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 29 October 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
I'm surprised at the number of people here do dislike Basho's singing, A North American Raga is one of my favorites of his, and all of Song of the Stallion. I especially love the songs where his voice comes in after 5 minutes of beautiful guitar. What I dig about Basho is how serious he was, his mysticism and all.
― JacobSanders, Monday, 29 October 2012 15:49 (eleven years ago) link
cool global, currently playing phone tag w.him can't wait to start...
it's less about chops and more about spirit?
man i've just now started playing closer attention technique in listening to fahey and that guy's tempo is BONKERS...like he's constantly speeding up and slowing down, maybe on purpose?
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i think it's mainly on purpose, there was some quote where he talked about his sense of time, but i can't remember where. there are definitely tempo things that fahey does that i've found to be mindsplitting, sort of other dimension playing that i don't think you could ever "learn."
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
i need to read more about fahey, but yeah it's striking, where, god, i bet he's swinging 20 bpms either way in the course of one song
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
or the same larger phrase!
been a while since i read it, but fahey wrote his thesis on charley patton, and patton is the king of irregular tempos/bizarro rhythms. as well as being the king of the delta blues.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
yeah duh, of course, tons of those delta dudes had way fucked up phrasing and meter, so i guess that's only natural
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
My God, how was anyone able to enjoy music before drum machines were invented? (What's amatta with you people?)
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
i wasn't saying it was bad, just notable.
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
― JacobSanders, Monday, October 29, 2012 3:49 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
EXACTLY
― 69, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
The phrasing/timing variations are definitely intentional, warping time/space to get into your subconscious.
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
fahey version of waltzing matilda makes a good case study imo
― ogmor, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
just got into him for the first time because myspace, of all places, suggested him after i listened to the only HQ version of Gene Estribou's "Eeee Minor" on the internet.
it's been a day, and all i've done all day is listen to him, and holy fuck.
― hilarious topless cookie chef (the table is the table), Friday, 25 January 2013 02:29 (eleven years ago) link
sooooo have we all checked this out yet? http://archive.org/details/RobbieBashoLiveAtTheDeliNaturalRestaurantCedarRapidsIowa
― tylerw, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 22:09 (ten years ago) link
actually a bunch of live basho on the archive (and the same stuff here: http://www.bluemomentarts.de/bma/rbasho_archives/en/special.html)
― tylerw, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 22:41 (ten years ago) link
:D thx
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Wednesday, 8 May 2013 22:53 (ten years ago) link
listening to this early 80s interview/performance now - pretty sweet: http://archive.org/details/1.RobbieBashoLiveFromStudioOneKuni
― tylerw, Wednesday, 8 May 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
all of this stuff is amazing fyi
― tylerw, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
When Robbie says at the beginning of the California Raga, "well he knows where the vibes are" it was because a large dog had climbed on stage and laid his head on Robbie's foot, where he remained staring up at him throughout the rest of the song
:D
― am0n, Thursday, 9 May 2013 15:05 (ten years ago) link
Thanks for this! Gonna enliven a dull day at work
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 9 May 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
Also that Basho doc doesn't seem like it's gonna hit its Kickstarter goal. Dunno why but I find that a bit sad :(
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 9 May 2013 15:19 (ten years ago) link
lol:
Basho lashes out at Americans for their " degenerate moral standards and lack of manners " which he says are evident in comtemporary music. " Punk rock is demonic, degenerate ". He advocates a " back to basic melodies "
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 9 May 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
I agree and disagree with that.
― ḉrut (crüt), Thursday, 9 May 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
haha, well he was signed to windham hill...can't imagine any of those dudes would be like oh yeah i love the dead boys.
― tylerw, Thursday, 9 May 2013 15:50 (ten years ago) link
the syntax on that is pretty fucked but if i'm reading it right, he's advocating going back to basics? and yet, as awesome as his music is, it is pretentious and obtuse and overstuffed in so many myriad ways, and punk would fulfill a 'back to basics' to a much greater extent imo?
it's fun hearing his chatter on these boots, he seems ever more like a big weirdo, i love it
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 9 May 2013 16:08 (ten years ago) link
And he never lost the Baltimore accent, which I find awesome.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
i couldn't really imagine any of those guys loving punk rock really
― jay-z's ansari (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 13 May 2013 18:42 (ten years ago) link
Blue Crystal Fire... Oh man... I don't know much by this guy but that song is incredible...
― Pingu Unchained (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
new visions of the country reish sounds great. the vinyl rip i had was not doing the album justice.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 01:44 (ten years ago) link
just picked up bashovia and guitar soli comps after learning about him. really excited to dig into it.
― the late great, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
fahey's liner notes to bashovia are fucking excellent. i love that he came back to basho and got into it. didn't know there was a visions of the country reissue, that's great! the twilight peaks reissue a year or two ago was great, highly recommend it.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
yeah here's the info - http://www.gnomeliferecords.com/robbie_basho.html
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
everyone I've ever played 'Blue Crystal Fire' to has loved it, it's a massive hit in some parallel universe.
btw the documentary Kickstarter that looked like it was gonna fail managed to creep over the finishing line at the last second - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/326705872/voice-of-the-eagle-the-enigma-of-robbie-basho. Could be v interesting.
― Clyde One DJ Diane “Knoxy” Knox-Campbell (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 21 August 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
think i've pretty much come around on basho's vocals. this dude is magic.
― tylerw, Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:02 (ten years ago) link
fahey's liner notes to bashovia are fucking excellent.― ogmor, Wednesday, August 21, 2013 1:37 PM
are those online anywhere
― am0n, Thursday, 22 August 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
i don't think so. fahey says there is a tiny robbie basho shrine in tokyo somewhere. he draws a map!
listening to pavan hindustan, it is an awe-inspiring bit of music imo, glistening, regal & so expansive, like galloping across the steppes towards the altai mountains
― ogmor, Thursday, 22 August 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
soooo visions of the country is pretty much the best album ever
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
did it get reissued on CD?
― the late great, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
sure did - http://grasstopsrecording.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-the-country
― tylerw, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 19:46 (ten years ago) link
i had a great moment with a friend of mine recently where i discovered she's a huge robbie basho fan. she didn't know about VotC but now loves it.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 13 November 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
Alright, I'll buy the reish lp that is at the local shop.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
Do it!!! And listen to it at a spot with a dramatic view of the countryside.
― Evan, Wednesday, 13 November 2013 20:09 (ten years ago) link
this is so great
― the late great, Thursday, 21 November 2013 04:16 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I played it on a hill we were on while camping this summer and it was just one of those moments where music and environment go hand in hand.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Thursday, 21 November 2013 07:31 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCnPiMM0tIU
gorgeous song from Rainbow Thunder.
― Merdeyeux, Friday, 22 November 2013 19:21 (ten years ago) link
this show is the perfect companion to Visions of the Country, so beautiful - https://archive.org/details/RobbieBashoSinclairAuditoriumCedarRapids1stSet7221978.mp3
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 December 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
Reissue of the year. Is it eligible for eoy?
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Thursday, 19 December 2013 17:29 (ten years ago) link
not really. i may have voted for the twilight peaks reissue last year tho.
― ogmor, Thursday, 19 December 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
I just got the Voice of the Eagle reissue cd - really crazy and joyous and funny stuff! There is just the right amount of madness in his method. Sounds great. Some of it is very Ennio Morricone. Hopefully they will reissue Zarthus, too!
― liam fennell, Friday, 2 May 2014 12:09 (nine years ago) link
met a fellow in MPLS (Kyle Fosburgh, a great guitarist in his own right!) who is reissuing a bunch of Basho stuff via his company Grass Tops records- he's a nice dude and the remasters sound amazing (he said 8 reissues are in the pipeline) this CD version of Visions of the Country is the first CD version of the album, actually. This song absolutely floored me, made me cry in my car on the way to work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lFzu74gtQo
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 03:10 (nine years ago) link
oh, well, i need to read the thread, you were all talking about the VotC reissue like 7 months ago. Oh well, got to bump a Basho thread.
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 03:11 (nine years ago) link
You can never say enough good things about Visions of the Country though. That record is not of this earth.
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:06 (nine years ago) link
yeah it is pretty amazing.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 04:09 (nine years ago) link
Don't know if I mentioned this already but one of my all time favourite memories from last year was camping in the Peak District and sitting on a hill playing VotC.
― 3kDk (dog latin), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 09:20 (nine years ago) link
When corn is ripe I light my pipe And smoke the peace of the world
― ogmor, Tuesday, 8 July 2014 14:19 (nine years ago) link
didn't know those guys were from minneapolis!
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 July 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
i think i'm coming around to his voice, it's just so singular. i like it better when he's in the higher registers but overall don't find it as abhorrent as i once did. and damn, he's a hell of a whistler
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 13:35 (nine years ago) link
visions is definitely what brought me around to his vocals, he sounds so good there
― tylerw, Wednesday, 9 July 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link
if anyone in this thread is interested, kyle fosburgh at grasstop records is bringing out a reissue of robbie basho's "rainbow thunder" sometime the middle of next year; also, he will also be issuing an lp of totally new, never before released songs by robbie basho that kyle recently acquired.
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Friday, 26 September 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
! what era is the new stuff from?
― ogmor, Friday, 26 September 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
it spans his career,i believe--
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Friday, 26 September 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
hmm, will this be released through the usual channels (whatever those are)
count me, sadly, among those who can't really handle basho's singing :(
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 20:15 (nine years ago) link
well, actually i can handle it some times. visions of the country is nice.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 26 September 2014 20:16 (nine years ago) link
On that record particularly his singing matches the vibe so perfectly.
― Evan, Friday, 26 September 2014 20:17 (nine years ago) link
the lps will be released by grasstops recordings, kyle's record label. here is the link https://grasstopsrecording.com/
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Friday, 26 September 2014 20:23 (nine years ago) link
the new material is from takoma era to '85, '86
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Friday, 26 September 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
visions of the country brought me around on his singing
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 September 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
i saw the posts from people admiring "blue crystal fire", here is a link to the recording of the violin/guitar duo that opened for robbie at sinclair auditorium in 1978---tacked on the end is the duo's version of 'blue crystal fire" played at Chuck Sherer's Deli Natural restaurant in cedar rapids, iowa, where basho also performed.
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Friday, 26 September 2014 21:36 (nine years ago) link
The link's missing!
― Evan, Saturday, 27 September 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
that's so zen
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 27 September 2014 05:36 (nine years ago) link
cedar rapids, iowa is a pretty happening place, even if the art museum is at the opposite end of a block with a strip club IIRC
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 27 September 2014 05:39 (nine years ago) link
which has better nudes
― schlump, Saturday, 27 September 2014 06:17 (nine years ago) link
^ the voice of the oogle
― john wahey (NickB), Saturday, 27 September 2014 07:25 (nine years ago) link
sorry here's the link---didn't intend to be so zen https://archive.org/details/SamWeisAndCarlisFaruot
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Saturday, 27 September 2014 10:55 (nine years ago) link
btw the violinist playing on the "blue crystal fire" recording on the link works at the cedar rapids art museum---so i sent him the part of the thread dealing with nudes, the c.r. art museum and strip clubs...
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Saturday, 27 September 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
that cover is cool! i learned "blue crystal fire" a little while ago because it is probably the only basho song I'll ever be able to play.
― tylerw, Saturday, 27 September 2014 20:03 (nine years ago) link
the strip might be a full block away? my memory is a little rusty. i went to a show there (as in, an art show, not a rock show) and it was neat. the museum that is.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 27 September 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
AVAILABLE TODAY : Robbie Basho's 'Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12', remastered from the original studio tapes — This marks the first ever reissue of this 1979 Windham Hill album from the legendary guitarist/composer ...
This release is available in both CD and LP formats and each purchase of either format comes with a free digital download of the complete album. To order the LP, please visit GnomeLifeRecords.com. To purchase our CD edition, simply click the link below.
The CD edition comes with exclusive and extensive liner notes written by Anil Prasad of the Innerviews publication, and include thoughts from Windham Hill founder and original album producer Will Ackerman, legendary guitarists Peter Lang and Henry Kaiser, and reissue producer Kyle Fosburgh.
Housed in a beautiful six panel digipak design, this historic and beautiful work of art is once again made widely available to the world. The music shall never die!
Store - Grass-Tops Recording imageStore - Grass-Tops RecordingDigipak design with liner notes by Kyle Fosburgh – The CD version contains an exclusive track titled “Something, Or Oil Paintings”.View on grasstopsrecording.comPreview by Yahoo
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
Ahhh awesome I will probably buy this today or tomorrow.
― Evan, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
for those who haven't already heard. a post from the yahoo robbie basho group
Hey Richard, Kyle & Basho fans,
First let me say congrats to Kyle on the CD reissue of Art of the Acoustic 6 & 12! It's always welcome news when an important and long out-of-print album is brought back to life (first time ever on CD!) and I'm especially pleased that there are in-depth liner notes for this one; I'm always grateful when someone goes to the effort to put a reissue into historical context. Very good job!
Everyone: This reissue, whether you buy it on CD or LP, deserves your support. To keep the gates open to future high quality, legit reissues of Robbie's recorded legacy, so much of which is unavailable, we need to support the efforts of people like Kyle. Do it!
* * * OK -- Basho's 12-string -- there's much I don't know; what little I do know is thanks to Liam Barker, who, as I think everyone here knows, is working on a documentary about Robbie Basho.
This is a roughly the story as I got it.
After learning about his documentary, someone contacted Liam claiming to have Robbie's original 12-string. Liam visited this person in order to ascertain that it really was Robbie's guitar, as the assumption has always been -- among those of us who care about such things -- that all of Robbie's possessions, including his guitars, went to Sufi Reoriented when Robbie died.
As soon as Liam saw it he recognized that it was, indeed, the legendary 12-string that Robbie used on all of his recordings.
The seller said that after Robbie’s death, he had been entrusted with the job of finding a buyer for Basho's 12-string guitar, which he did. He sold it to someone who was a big fan of Robbie’s, "an undisclosed Bay Area guitarist." (I have no idea who.) That guitarist has had the guitar for all the years between shortly after Robbie's death and a year or so ago. (BTW, I also have no idea if the original seller was a friend of Basho's or someone from the Sufi Reoreinted group to whom Robbie had willed his possessions -- many questions!) Perhaps (I'm speculating here) the person who first got the guitar after Robbie died figured that Robbie's guitar might be of interest after realizing a documentary was in the works, but whatever his reason, he contacted the guitarist he'd sold it to and learned, to his dismay, that the guitar had not been well-taken care of and was now damaged. This was about a year ago.
Apparently the news of the guitar's condition upset him enough that he bought the guitar back with the intention to find someone who would give it a better home. Before Liam could announce the discovery of the guitar, the owner did an online search, discovered Steffen Basho-Junghans' Robbie Basho web pages and wrote Steffen offering him the guitar.
I assume Steffen jumped at the opportunity -- who wouldn't!?
IMO, it's great that it ended up with Steffen who certainly appreciates its iconic value. Whether Steffen will invest in having it made playable again is up to him -- in the state it's in now, it's not much more than a keepsake.
(Because of the severe warping between the end of the fingerboard and the soundhole, the guitar will likely have to have a whole new top made for it in order for it to be playable again, which will mean removing the neck and the old top. Robbie replaced the top once, between the time he got it and the time he recorded Art of Acoustic, so it's safe to assume that Robbie's motivation was keeping the guitar playable, not keeping it original.)
As with John Fahey's Recording King -- which, for a couple decades, was merely shards of wood and splinters in a box till Fred Sheppard rebuilt it -- I'm sure it's possible to make it sing again. In the hands of the right luthier, possible, but probably not cheap.
BTW, Fred documented the restoration of the Recording King here: http://www.parachodelnorte.com/FallenAngel.htm
Glenn//.
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 14:16 (nine years ago) link
Yikes that really bothers me! Why don't people take care of objects with that kind of significance?
― Evan, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
thanks for the info! cool stuff.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
Steffen deserves it, hope he gets it up&running again
― ogmor, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 15:01 (nine years ago) link
Somebody send Steffen here in a couple weeks; he will find the right restorer: http://holygrailguitarshow.com/
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 15:26 (nine years ago) link
is the documentary going to be finished?
― u2 removal machine (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 19:00 (nine years ago) link
good news---grasstops records re-release of basho's "rainbow thunder" album should be available this summer https://grasstopsrecording.com/
liam barkers has also told kyle the documentary will be out "in 2015."
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Thursday, 12 February 2015 20:56 (nine years ago) link
good news on both counts!i don't think i've ever heard rainbow thunder...
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 February 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
i don't think i'd even heard /of/ it, but i'll buy it!
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 13 February 2015 03:45 (nine years ago) link
kyle fosburgh has put together the entire nightflight interview with robbie basho https://soundcloud.com/grasstopsrecording/sets/bfbs-nightflight-interview
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Monday, 2 March 2015 16:17 (nine years ago) link
robbie basho's american indian album, "Rainbow Thunder" (songs of the american west) Release date is 9/8/15 ! by grasstops records
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Tuesday, 16 June 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
Wanted to post this here for those interested, but wanted to make sure I secured my own copy first - ha! Original, sealed copies of Rainbow Thunder going for the relatively inexpensive price of $36.
www.grasstopsrecording.bandcamp.com/album/rainbow-thunder-songs-of-the-american-west?mc_cid=a5e92b6448&mc_eid=db424a4d62
Never heard this album, but if it's anything like Visions Of The Country, I'm excited. Does anyone know if this is an all-vocal album, or are there instrumentals mixed in?
― Wimmels, Friday, 19 June 2015 20:35 (eight years ago) link
It's vocal bar the opener (Redwood Ramble), one track is just vocals and drums, but it has some really lovely guitar playing on it too
― ogmor, Sunday, 21 June 2015 14:02 (eight years ago) link
Rainbow Thunder is a collection of songs expressing the feelings and textures of the West in its Prime, and of the Native American Peoples who lived there. I hope it does them some small degree of justice — they who looked so hard into Nature – Robbie Basho
- Track listing -
1. Redwood Ramble2. Crashing Thunder3. Moving Up A'Ways4. Legend of Mount Tamalpias5. Rainbow Thunder (hear a rare live version)6. The Pathfinder7. The White Buffalo8. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee9. Home Again10. The Long Lullaby11. Black Hills Soliloquy
CD reissue Produced by Kyle Fosburgh Originally Produced by Silver Label Recording Originally recorded by Dennis Reed CD remastered by Joe Churchich
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 20:26 (eight years ago) link
p.s. i'm not sure that track 5 is a live version on the reissue---i believe it's studio, but i ould be wrong.
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 20:35 (eight years ago) link
think they were just linking to this: https://soundcloud.com/grasstopsrecording/rainbow-thunder-by-robbieexcited to hear the reissue! they've done a great job with the others...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 20:38 (eight years ago) link
this looks nicely done too https://smeraldina-rima.bandcamp.com/album/twilight-peaks
― tylerw, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
Highly recommend that Twilight Peaks LP to anyone who doesn't have it. Unlike anything else in Basho's catalog and "Nice Enough For Love" is one of his most haunting and beautiful tunes. LP reissue sounds superb too, with great liner notes.
In other news, 2014 was the year I finally stopped disliking Basho's vocals; 2015 is the year I began to actually prefer them.
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 7 July 2015 21:51 (eight years ago) link
definitely agree that anyone who likes basho should get twilight peaks, it's absolutely gorgeous, so pleasing that he ended on such a high. no idea why they keep changing the cover, mutilated duck or whatever the latest is doesn't fit the vibe at all, the ganesh (or just an elephant?) was my favourite but I don't know where it originally came from
― ogmor, Friday, 10 July 2015 07:48 (eight years ago) link
the basho documentary is finished; the maker is looking at which festivals to premiere it at.
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Thursday, 27 August 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link
RobbieBasho.comSeptember 9 at 12:16pm · Edited · The Basho Renaissance begins! Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho will be screening at the 23rd Raindance Film Festival in London ...raindancefestival.org
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 16:58 (eight years ago) link
tempted to try to go to this, anyone else considering it?
― ogmor, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
world premiere will take place on Saturday the 3rd of October at Vue Piccadilly in London.
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 19:31 (eight years ago) link
shoulda gotten this already, bummer
Our release of Portrait of Basho as a Young Dragoon has been suspended indefinitely due to the discovery of the original reel-to-reel tapes and the entity claiming ownership of this material. For those who were looking forward to this release, we sincerely apologize.
― sleeve, Saturday, 19 December 2015 19:53 (eight years ago) link
mysterious entity wants its money
― ogmor, Saturday, 19 December 2015 20:04 (eight years ago) link
Saw that -- total bummer! The music is incredible.
― tylerw, Saturday, 19 December 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
better get this one now as well:
https://bandcamp.com/download?id=3702802609&ts=1456258426.1017183570&tsig=f999ff72bebfd3c37b70dc312979be91&type=album
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 20:15 (eight years ago) link
weirdness! at least they're getting the music out there... kyle and those grasstops guys are super nice, and i'm sure they haven't been doing anything shady with this music. someone must think they're sitting on a Basho goldmine or something.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 20:17 (eight years ago) link
I imagine it has something to do with why those Takoma records haven't been reissued. madness.
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 20:19 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the heads up! I love his singing, btw
― albvivertine, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 20:22 (eight years ago) link
awesome
right now a woman is talking about the rainbow king while robbie "aaaahs" in the background. so good to visit a new bit of bashovia
― ogmor, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 20:37 (eight years ago) link
lol at THE "PERFECT" CHRISTMAS GIFT!https://40.media.tumblr.com/f826f2f6e864e10e2e959f7947951b53/tumblr_nxzhxkYfUl1rl3uofo1_500.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 20:56 (eight years ago) link
love badly used quotation marks
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 21:12 (eight years ago) link
this record is sounding pretty solid! had never heard it before.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 February 2016 21:24 (eight years ago) link
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yeah the whole thing is really dumb, grass tops just wants it available
i would say they are making an extremely modest amount if they are making anything doing these projects, they have a put a ton of work into them
― uptown garfunkel (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 23 February 2016 22:14 (eight years ago) link
yeah, i mean, they're actually putting the work into it all -- getting the best sounding versions they can get, creating nice packages ... i mean, if someone else actually holds the rights to the recordings, they should work something out -- i agree that Basho would probably just want his music heard.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
Is "The Entity" the Meher Baba Trust?
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 17:12 (eight years ago) link
i don't think so
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
Why not?
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 17:23 (eight years ago) link
ha well i *know* it's not -- kyle at grass-tops told me who was behind it all, but I don't think it's my place to put it out there in a public forum.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 17:24 (eight years ago) link
Fair enough. (I figured you had insider knowledge and understand if you can't spill.)
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 18:19 (eight years ago) link
yeah don't mean to be mysterious, just don't want to potentially make things worse!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Someone shared this on Facebook and for some reason if put me in mind of Basho, something about the voice/guitar combo, only beamed in from a whole other world/tradition. Anyway, ver nice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7ICTX4MwRY
― Chicamaw (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 6 March 2016 23:28 (eight years ago) link
more previously unreleased basho up via grass-tops: https://soundcloud.com/grasstopsrecording/robbie-basho-interview-performance-the-coffeehouse-program-wers-boston-ma-71383
― tylerw, Monday, 7 March 2016 15:29 (eight years ago) link
that bonfa is exquisite, much tidier than basho could ever manage but the romance is there
― ogmor, Monday, 7 March 2016 19:19 (eight years ago) link
http://www.robbiebasho.com/ the new robbiebasho.com
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Friday, 24 June 2016 23:39 (seven years ago) link
Anyone know if the documentary will get a DVD release? I'm very eager to see it, but it isn't playing anywhere near here I live.
― Wimmels, Sunday, 21 August 2016 16:30 (seven years ago) link
i bet it'll get on youtube. the fahey one was off-and-on on there for awhile. probably not legal, but could give it a look
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 21 August 2016 16:44 (seven years ago) link
Hope so! But would gladly buy a DVD if one became available. I bought the Fahey DVD, and it'd almost have to be better than that.
Anyone see this btw?
― Wimmels, Sunday, 21 August 2016 17:18 (seven years ago) link
Thanks to this wonderful forum, I have discovered the music of Robbie Basho - one of my favourite discoveries of the past few years. I took Visions of the Country to record club the other night.
https://devonrecordclub.com/2016/09/02/robbie-basho-visions-of-the-country-round-94-toms-selection/
Which album(s) should I get next?
― yugi ex, Friday, 2 September 2016 12:02 (seven years ago) link
Visions Of The Country is a great one. Basho albums are pretty much divided (somewhat superficially) between vocal albums and instrumental albums. For years the prevailing logic was that the vocal ones were bad and the instrumental ones were good, but I think that consensus has changed a bit in recent years. I was a person who initially couldn't deal with the vocals, but at some point I realized how much a part of Basho's music / imagination / gift his vocals were, and that to truly appreciate him, you had to reckon with the singing (which I now find quite beautiful, though like I said, it took me years to come around). He held nothing back.
If you like Visions of the Country, you'll probably like any other of his vocal albums. Rainbow Thunder is a somewhat obscure one that was recently reissued and iirc this was from the same general period as VFTC.
Not sure you can go wrong with any Basho album though (some here may disagree). Good luck and enjoy the search!
― Wimmels, Friday, 2 September 2016 12:35 (seven years ago) link
Oh, also, read this! www.elephantjournal.com/2011/07/robbie-basho-was-an-angel-i-dont-believe-he-was-terrestrial-jerome-burdi/
― Wimmels, Friday, 2 September 2016 12:36 (seven years ago) link
that's a good article, though I think basho was playing steel string before he met fahey (fahey says they were introduced on the basis that they both had 12 strings) and it's worth noting that both his guitar and footage of him playing have turned up since it was published.
you'll probably want to stick to his guitar albums at first (there are some with piano and drumming and so on). the earliest are a bit rough technically but fiery and a lot of fun. I recommend going for his early-mid period where he's marking out his territory and is very much in full bloom, maybe the falconers arm I, venus in cancer or voice of the eagle
― ogmor, Friday, 2 September 2016 13:18 (seven years ago) link
Thanks for the info. I'll try to find one of those three on vinyl. The other album that seems to be particularly rated is Zanthus...have you heard this one?
― yugi ex, Saturday, 3 September 2016 06:45 (seven years ago) link
My mistake...Zarthus.
― yugi ex, Saturday, 3 September 2016 06:46 (seven years ago) link
zarthus is very much basho at his celestial fruitiest, lots of piano etc, will revisit it at some point
― ogmor, Saturday, 3 September 2016 09:32 (seven years ago) link
Shame the Grass-tops label that did the Bouquet reissue seems to have vanished.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
Apparently closed up earlier in the year. Glad they put out what they did at least.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 November 2016 00:05 (seven years ago) link
Don't have any inside info, but really seemed from afar that this labor of love was cock-blocked at every turn
― Wimmels, Thursday, 24 November 2016 00:22 (seven years ago) link
How would one track done that reissue at this point?
― Evan, Thursday, 24 November 2016 03:08 (seven years ago) link
There will be a showing of the movie "Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho" at Coe College, Cedar Rapids Iowa, at Sinclair Auditorium where Robbie performed in 1978. Admission is free, and it is open to the general public.
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Sunday, 5 February 2017 21:37 (seven years ago) link
Time and date of the above movie showing:7:30 Sunday March 19th 2017
― tessaract3@gmail.com, Sunday, 5 February 2017 21:39 (seven years ago) link
https://obsoleterecordings.bandcamp.com/album/robbie-basho-live-in-forl-italy-1982
The samples sound great on this one. They're funding a short run vinyl.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 23 May 2017 14:53 (six years ago) link
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0098279777_16.jpg
great cover
― ogmor, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 15:04 (six years ago) link
is he throwing up?
― henry s, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
enjoying some fresh rocky mountain creek water
― tylerw, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
better to drink fresh rocky mountain creek water from your hands than...
― ogmor, Tuesday, 23 May 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
Hey everyone--
Just to let you all know, tessaract3 from this thread passed this morning in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was 67 years old.
As it happens, he was my wife's birth father. He had a rough go of it for many years, but it was neat to see him connect with people over music he loved over the past several years.
(As for me, I'm a San Francisco-based mostly-lurker who's been here for the fifteen years or so.)
― fajita seas, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
I'm sorry to hear that. I really love the community that built up around Fahey, Basho & Takoma, always seems to be really good, interesting people
― ogmor, Tuesday, 12 September 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
anyone heard this new rarities compilation?
― ogmor, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 11:46 (four years ago) link
i didn't know there was one!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:34 (four years ago) link
Land of our fathers, released on a swiss label called 'holographic ontological networks'. You think you've seen all the rad basho pics and then they dig this one out:
https://assets.boomkat.com/spree/products/606201/large/R-12025590-1526807186-3343.png.jpg
1000 incarnations of the rose and then a bunch of stuff I don't know.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 15:46 (four years ago) link
Oh, I ordered that one in 2018! So not quite brand new. Definitely great though.
― Evan, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
huh looks like boomkat have the wrong date! what's it like?
― ogmor, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 16:04 (four years ago) link
To be honest, I got it right before I moved so it quickly went out of sight and out of mind. Since finding it I've only spun it once so far.
I can't confirm any time soon (traveling), but the youtube list on the discogs page might be accurate?
https://www.discogs.com/Robbie-Basho-Land-Of-Our-Fathers-Rarities-1967-1983/release/12025590
― Evan, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
ah, so a lot of the bouquet stuff!
― ogmor, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
Basho died unexpectedly at the age of 45 due to an accident during a visit to his chiropractor, where an "intentional whiplash" experiment caused blood vessels in his neck to rupture, leading to a fatal stroke.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 29 April 2020 02:21 (three years ago) link
Yup. Super freaky!
― Evan, Wednesday, 29 April 2020 03:17 (three years ago) link
Phew -- new 5 CD set of unreleased Basho due out in December:
http://www.tompkinssquare.com/bashoboxset.html
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 October 2020 19:36 (three years ago) link
It's out, and it's spectacular - depending on your tolerance for his voice, which is all over these tracks. (My personal tolerance is sky-high.) Other than some random string-tunings and asides to studio personnel, the tracks are pretty realized, not odds-n'-endsy at all.
― henry s, Sunday, 6 December 2020 21:24 (three years ago) link