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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by vilainde[/i] [br]This is so sad. That man was probably the greatest African musician of the last 20 years. <<BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian blues singer and guitarist Ali Farka Toure, one of Africa's best loved musicians, died in his sleep at home on Tuesday after a long fight with bone cancer. Dubbed "the African John Lee Hooker," the Grammy-winning bluesman was among West Africa's most internationally successful musicians, winning acclaim around the world for his 1994 album "Talking Timbuktu," recorded with Texan guitarist Ry Cooder. "An exceptional guitarist, he transposed the traditional music of his native north Mali and single-handedly brought the style known as desert blues to an international audience," World Circuit, the label that produced his music, said in a statement. Farka Toure, who was in his late 60s, won a second Grammy last month for "In the Heart of the Moon," recorded with his countryman Toumani Diabate and voted best traditional world music album. He had just finished work on a new solo album when he died, World Circuit said. "He will be buried in the village where he was born, Niafunke, where he is also the mayor," Malian state radio said.>> http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=peopleNews&storyid=2006-03-07T133714Z_01_L0746468_RTRIDST_0_PEOPLE-MALI-FARKATOURE-DC.XML Denis [hr][size=1]I love Guitar Wolf from the Erath![/size=1] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.