Robbie Basho
Robbie Basho (August 31, 1940 – February 28, 1986) was an American composer, guitarist and pianist, and a proponent of the acoustic steel string guitar in America.
Biography
Basho was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was orphaned as an infant. Adopted by the Robinson family, Daniel Robinson, Jr. attended Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and went on to study at University of Maryland College Park. Although he played the euphonium in the high school band and sang in middle school and high school ensembles, his interest in acoustic guitar grew during his college years, as a direct result of his friendships with fellow students John Fahey, Ed Denson, and Max Ochs. In 1959, Basho purchased his first guitar and immersed himself in Asian art and culture. It was around this time that he changed his name to Basho, in honor of the Japanese Poet, Matsuo Basho.
Basho's vision was to see the steel string as a concert instrument and to create a raga system for America. During a radio interview in 1974, promoting his album Zarthus, Basho discussed his music in detail. He described how he had gone through a number of "periods" related to philosophy and music, including Japanese, Hindu, Iranian and Native American. Zarthus represented the culmination of his "Persian period". Basho asserted his wish, along with John Fahey and Leo Kottke, to raise the steel-string guitar to the level of a concert instrument. He acknowledged that the nylon-string guitar was suitable for "love songs", but its steel counterpart could communicate "fire".
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ALBUMS
- Twilight Peaks released: 2012
- Bonn Ist Supreme released: 2008
- Zarthus released: 2001
- Guitar Soli released: 1996
- Rainbow Thunder: Songs Of The American West released: 1981
- Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12 released: 1979
- Visions of the Country released: 1978
- The Voice of the Eagle released: 1972
- Song of the Stallion released: 1971
- Venus in Cancer released: 1969
- Basho Sings released: 1967
- The Grail & the Lotus released: 1966
- The Seal of the Blue Lotus released: 1965
Born: 1940-08-31
Died: 1986-02-28
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by: Robbie BashoI am the Voice of Sun and Thunder
I am the Voice of Sky so Blue
I am the Voice of Constant Wonder
And I am the Voice that`s a-calling
you, to be true
And I am the Voice that`s a-calling
you, TAIOWA
I Sail the Silent Scenes of Summer
I Sail the Snows of Winter too,
I Sail the Golden Fields of Autumn
And I Sail the Spring that`s a-calling
you, to be true
And I Sail the Spring that`s a-calling
you, TAIOWA
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