Robbie Basho -Italy 1982 Live In Forli -ESP Disk / Indigo CD Grooves.land/Playthek

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01. "Redwood Ramble"

02. "Song Of The Stallion"

03. "The grail and the lotus"

04. "Interlude 1"

05. "German Chocolate Cake"

06. "Interlude 2"

07. "Cathedral et fleur de lis"

08. "Pavan India"

09. "Interlude 3"

10. "Claire de lune (For Twelve Strings)"

11. "California Raga"

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This 1982 concert was part of a four-show Italian tour. It took place at the 18th-century Palazzo Gaddi that housed the local music high school and was mostly used for classical concerts, in an intimate space co-organizer Mario Calvitti (whose memories of the events surrounding this concert make up the bulk of the liner notes) says Basho called "one lovely little room where I could play all night." Only previously released incompletely as a download, this show can now be heard in its full glory. -

Robbie Basho (1940-86), who died young after a stroke, never got his due in the culture at large, but steel-string guitar enthusiasts have known for decades that he was one of the greats of "American Primitivism". Technically adept and compositionally imaginative, fusing the music of many cultures into a mesmerizing solo style, he has been an inspiration for many; his music has generated a surge of interest in recent years. This 1982 concert was part of a four-show Italian tour. It took place at the 18th-century Palazzo Gaddi that housed the local music high school and was mostly used for classical concerts, in an intimate space co-organizer Mario Calvitti (whose memories of the events surrounding this concert make up the bulk of the liner notes) says Basho called it "one lovely little room where I could play all night." Only previously released incompletely as a download, this show can now be heard in it's full glory. This release is in cooperation with the Official Robbie Basho Archives. No. 2 in the RB-Archives-Live series. Produced by Buck Curran; Co-released with Obsolete Recordings."American musician Robbie Basho (1940-1986) is without doubt one of the greatest pioneers of world guitar music. To this day, his songs and compositions for the acoustic guitar remain wholly unique, contemporary, and otherworldy. Though largely unknown in Italy when he toured there in 1982 (in the company of Italian acoustic guitarist Maurizio Angeletti), the small to medium size audiences who attended his performances were overwhelmingly sympathetic to his musical vision and deeply entranced in the glow of his musical presence. From what is documented on this recording from Forlì, we are given witness to Basho's idiosyncratic spirit and musical artistry. Wielding only a six and twelve-string guitar and his powerful voice, we hear rapturous fingerpicking and singing. As the concert evolves, Basho's spirit rises high above terra firma as he transforms into a wild mythical winged stallion, riding waves of colour and sound... charging across plains of cosmic light towards the outer regions of space and time." -Buck Curran, September 11, 2017, Bergamo, Italy

Recorded live at Sala Gaddi in "Palazzo Gaddi". Comes in a Digisleeve. Different from [r=11656338] in name of labels and in catalogue numbers. Cat# '005' printed on disc and back of Digisleeve. Cat# 'OR005' printed on sticker affixed to shrink-wrap. Cat# 'OR 005' printed on on spine of Digisleeve. Cat# '5024' printed on disc. Cat# 'ESP 5024' printed on spine of Digisleeve.

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05156082

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