I am thrilled to see that three new members have joined the forum in the past few weeks, please feel free to post new topics and comment on the existing ones...
Two bits of news of interest to Basho fans: 1. The new Imaginational Anthem Volume 2 compilation includes a live version of Basho performing ³Kowaka...
wow. thats great to hear. i just saw james blackshaw here in nyc at tonic. good stuff. those live tapes that you have, are they home recordings or from shows...
Excellent news! I can finally retire my shoddy CD-R of this one. Hopefully one day we'll see all his other records reissued. They're definitely long...
I just did two weeks of touring with James ‹ a fine guitarist and an even nicer guy. (I have to say that ‹ he might be reading!) Sometime in the early...
To the Group: I'm trying to get pictures of the back covers of all the Basho albums, need a little help. Need the backs of Seal of the Blue Lotus, The Grail...
Seal of the Blue Lotus Seal of the Blue Lotus --- DGBbGBbD Mountain Man's Farewell --- CGCGCC (12) Dravidian Sunday --- CGCGCE Cmajor Sansara in Sweetness...
Hello Will & friends, Just back from a short tour of New England with Jack Rose. So how was Steffen?! Just got a couple new albums from him the mail ‹ ...
Hi, He was excellent! I recall him playing some of what I've heard of his recent 'In the Morning Twilight' live CD - mostly new works, I think. One of his new...
I would definitely recommend 'Inside' if you haven't heard that one, it is my favourite of his by a long chalk and easily in my top 5 favourite guitar...
Thanks for the suggestions Robbie. I think I heard a sample of a track from 'Inside' once and liked it. I'll put 'em on my never-ending list.. Good job with...
Does anyone here know anything about the 'tiny altar' alluded to in Fahey's notes for the Bashovia comp? Does it even exist? I received this email today from a...
This pretty much clears everything up: "Kiyohide drew the map for Bill Bellmont and Fantasy Records, and was very surprised to see it actually used in the...
Hi Robbie, It's great to see you've started a Basho forum, many thanks for setting it up. I play a lot of 12 string guitar, and I'd like to share my ...
Hi Andy, You're suggestion seems very plausible, the idea of slackening the strings like that is very common, but there are a few things that i'm not so sure...
I have noticed with some astonishment that Robbie Basho doesn't have a page for himself on Wikipedia. Would ayone here be interested in helping to initiate...
Hi all, In case you haven't made your own way there yet, I highly recommend you go to grown-so- ugly.blogspot.com/, they've just put the whole of the Takoma...
Hi all, I received some exciting news from Glenn Jones recently regarding Vanguard's plans to 'digitally re-issue' Robbie Basho's two releases - Voice of the...
hi folks! i'm new here, and very glad reading all the messages on this forum dedicated to the great Robbie. i wonder if someone has that interview for Fret mag...
Hi Toni, There is a text version of the Frets article in the 'files' section that may want to look at. I copied the words out from some rather sleuthy-looking...
many thanks, robbie! i'll need some time to see that page of folklore center in tokyo.. ... http://homepage3.nifty.com/tokyo-folklorecenter/zakki.htm ... ...
First of all, a big welcome to all the new members here. There are 20 of us now. As ever, if anyone has any queries, information, guitar tips, etc., please...
Hi Robbie. I found a rip of Rainbow Thunder through Soulseek a few years ago now. It's in Ogg Vorbis format and quite high quality. (The music is pretty high...
I spotted the "Rainbow Thunder" LP on eBay and intended to bid on it myself if I could get it for a reasonable price. Unfortunately $213-50 falls outside my...
Wow, That's amazing, I had no idea those existed on the internet! The rip of Rainbow Thunder is very high quality indeed, except i'm having the usual...
Yes, $200+ was too much for me as well :( On the upside, my stupidly high bid probably meant that the guy (a German collector of psych lps etc) that got it in...
I have a Tascam CD recorder so it's fairly easy for me to connect my record deck to it and record - the only difficult bit is pressing the button in between...
Good Day, I am an independent filmmaker, and I've just made a short film that I'd like to use one of Robbie's songs in (from the "Guitar Soli" album). Any...
Hi Mark, I'm quite ignorant about this stuff, but I think that Concord now own the rights to Robbie Basho. Here are a few links to their site: A page on...