Robbie Basho - Song Of The Stallion

30.Aug.1940 - 28.Feb.1986

Born in 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland, he became an orphan in his early childhood and was adopted by Dr Donald R. Robinson and his wife, and grew up as Daniel R. Robinson jr.with a very typical middle-class childhood and youth.

Robbie Basho´s albums span everything from classical European artistry to songs of the Old West -he wove his Hindu, Chinese and Japanese scales and moods and Persian, Arabic or American Indian themes. He was sometimes criticized for taking too seriously the ragas that he offered up to the Beloved Higher Mind, but he also saw the lighter side of his musical cloud-tripping. “If you do it with reverence, it´s not as much of an insult to the Hindu gods,”he once joked in a Guitar Player interview. ...
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Interview (November 6, 1974)

An interview with Berkeley guitarist and composer Robbie Basho, one of the most innovative performers playing acoustically at the time of this recording. Robbie introduces music from his Vanguard record album "Zarthus" (1974) and talks with Charles Amirkhanian about world music influences in his recent work and his interest in American Indian music.




Robbie Basho - Song Of The Stallion
Recorded 1971
Label: Takoma Records; TAKCD 8913-2

Track Listening:

- Song Of The Stallion
- A North American Raga
- The Lady, She Is In Waiting
- Roses And Snow
- California Raga
- The Hajj
- Khatum


Basho's pure and crazy genius deserves a widespread hearing at last.

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Password:(1971) song of the stallion [takoma records, restored]