On listening to the half minute on samples on iTunes I'd say "Sheep's
Head, 1968" was the one, or failing that "King Dawn" or "First Light".
"Life on Venus" is more reminiscent of Derek Bailey.
--- In robbiebasho_forum@yahoogroups.com, "Robbie Dawson"
<robbie.dawson@...> wrote:
>
> Nice one. I'm not all that familiar with Henry Cow or Fred Frith, but
> am most interested now. I would guess that "Life on Venus" be the
> hommage though.
>
> Robbie
>
> --- In robbiebasho_forum@yahoogroups.com, "altmark47" <robin_ward@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Maybe some of you have come across the guitarist (and violinist,
> > keyboardist, etc, etc) Fred Frith over the years. I suppose for want
> > of a better term that he could be called avant garde, experimental
> > .... He's probably best known, at least in the UK, for his work with
> > Henry Cow, but he also made a number of "solo" albums (two classics
> > from the late 1970s and early 1980s are "Gravity" and "Speechless")
> > and many other albums in collaboration with other musicians. It's
> > sometimes pretty difficult and elusive stuff to get accustomed to (as
> > he writes in the notes to "Speechless", the theme of the album is
> > "remaining always on the edge of being understood"), but if one does
> > manage it it's well worth the reward....
> >
> > Anyway, out of curiosity I looked up his official website the
other day:
> >
> > http://www.fredfrith.com/
> >
> > and found out to my surprise that he's recently put out an
> > all-acoustic CD called "To Sail, To Sail", which evidently includes a
> > hommage to Robbie Basho. I've not been able to get hold of a copy yet,
> > but have found out that the track listing is as follows:
> >
> > Because Your Mama Wants You Home
> > Weather Gauge
> > Reconstructed
> > Life on Venus
> > Mondays
> > Life-Enhancing Interior
> > First Light
> > Jeratch Orchestra
> > Wrong Door
> > Circuit Breakers and Fuses
> > Slightest Shiver
> > Sheep's Head, 1963
> > Life by Another Name
> > Dog Watch
> > Hopscotch Horizon
> > King Dawn
> >
> > I don't recognise any of these as being a Basho title, so I wonder
> > which of them is the actual hommage ....
> >
> > Anyone else come across the CD, I wonder?
> >
> > - Robin
> >
>