This album is slowly taking over my life. I recently purchased my own Ronroco - it is a Bolivian lute with ten strings. It has such a strange and mystical tone. Gustavo claims he barely new how to play it when he made this record. I beg to differ. The melodies are so haunting - every track sounds like it could have been composed centuries ago. My next album will feature the Ronroco prominently, for which I am permanently indebted to Gustavo.
I seem to be the only person on earth who prefers the Dead's mid 70's studio records to their live out put. Likely a side effect of my ongoing sobriety. Crazy Fingers is so good, I could listen to this whole album a thousand times and never get tired of it.
Anyone with a passing interest in the guitar should give this record a listen.