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Robbie Basho: Visions Of The Country

The strange life and death of the enigmatic American primitive guitarist

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Stephan Kunze
Jan 20, 2024
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Robbie Basho, Portrait of Basho as a Young Dragoon

Who was Robbie Basho?

Depending on who you ask – a virtuoso guitarist, a troubled eccentric, a spiritual seeker, a shy and quiet loner.

When he died in a freak accident, he left behind a catalog of 14 albums, all of them out of print by then.

His 1978 album Visions of the Country, originally released on new…

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