Robbie Basho
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Biography
Robbie Basho, born Daniel R. Robinson Jr. in 1940 in Baltimore, was an American acoustic guitarist and singer who adopted his name from the Japanese poet Matsuo BashÅ. He began playing guitar during his college years at University of Maryland, College Park, influenced by friends John Fahey and Ed Denson. Basho's debut album The Seal of the Blue Lotus was released in 1965 on Takoma Records. His subsequent albums included The Grail & the Lotus, Basho Sings, and Venus in Cancer. In 1974, he released Zarthus, which marked his "Persian period" of musical exploration. Basho's unique finger-picked guitar technique was heavily influenced by sarod playing and Indian classical music. He died unexpectedly in 1986 at the age of 45 due to a fatal stroke caused by complications from a visit to his chiropractor.
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- Chung Mei (The Chinese Orchid)
- Sea of Light (Baba's Ship Song)
- Lord of Roses
- The White Buffalo
- Green River Suite
- Omar Khayyam Country
- The Song of Leila
- Blues From Lebanon
- Tears of Teresa
- Orphan's Lament
- American Sunday
- Bride of Thunder
- A Song of Kings
- Memorial
- Kateri Tekakwitha
- Great Depression Blues
- Four Ladies Across the Water
- Moon Milk
- Califia
- Ride the Buffalo
- Majnun's Lament
- Wonder Song
- The Fortunes of War
- Tree of Love
