If director/producer Liam Barker had simply assembled a collage of pretty nature footage while laying American mystical folk guitarist Robbie Basho’s coruscating river of music over it for 90 minutes, he would’ve created a superior documentary. Of course, Barker went far beyond that, and his extensive research and revealing interviews with fellow guitarists like Pete Townshend, Glenn Jones, and Max Ochs, Basho’s Sufi friends, and family members result in a moving portrait of a tormented genius. The Baltimore-born guitarist’s fervent cult has steadily grown since his freakish death in 1986, and Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho should add even more devotees to his fan base…
Voice of the Eagle plays at the Grand Illusion on Tuesday, August 23.
