Master Guitarist of The Sahara: Ali Farka Touré

North African guitar music in the 70s/80s was off the chain, and nobody did it better than Ali Farka Touré. As one of the first to infuse Mali's deeply spiritual traditional music with electric guitar, his distorted, hypnotic riffs bring you places you didn't think were possible.

**Learn desert guitar from the masters! World Music Method is beginning a 30-day course on Saharan guitar this September, led by Justin Adams. Previous guests included Vieux Farka Touré (Ali's son). More info here: https://worldmusicmethod.com/l....earndesertguitar-ban (Note: Bandsplaining will earn a small commission from each sign-up. That said, I have personally attended one of these lessons and they are indeed the real deal.)**

0:00 Ali Farka Touré - Lalayche
0:59 Bazoumana Sissoko - Kaba Balla
1:38 Ali Farka Touré - Street Jam from "Springing from the Roots" Documentary
1:55 Ali Farka Touré - Ketiné
5:25 Les Ballets Africians - Boundessa
6:46 John Lee Hooker - Never Get Out of These Blues Alive
7:47 Zani Diabate & The Super Djata Band - Fadingna Kouma
8:31 Ali Farka Touré - Biennal
9:13 Ali Farka Touré - Gambari
9:54 Ali Farka Touré - Kadi Kadi
10:54 Ali Farka Touré - Goye Kur
12:12 Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder - Soukora
12:29 Tinariwen - Sastanàqqàm
12:45 Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder - Soukora (again)
14:42 Ali Farka Touré - Yulli
15:12 Khaira Arby - Amalgam (from "They Will Have To Kill Us First" Documentary)

Sources:
Jahtigui: The Life and Music of Ali Farka Toure" by Corey Harris
https://www.goodreads.com/book..../show/20964470-jahti

"Springing From The Roots" (2000, French)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268908/

"A Visit To Ali Farka Touré" (2002 French)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1bNX6dgTs0

PBS's "The Blues" Episode One (2003)
https://www.pbs.org/theblues/a....boutfilms/scorsese.h

"They Will Have to Kill Us First" (2015)
https://www.theywillhavetokillusfirst.com/