Beware of the Man (Who Calls You Bro) — rootsy, slidey sinister song

Cory Doctorow 1:54 am Mon Dec 10, 2007

This week's Spider Robinson podcast features a wonderful musical interlude: Doug Cox, Salil Bhatt and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt performing "Beware of the Man (Who Calls You Bro)" from their new CD Slide to Freedom, which features Bhatt playing his trademark instrument the mohan veena, a stringed slide instrument of his own invention. The podcast also includes a few other interludes from the CD, but this is the standout track, a rootsy, slidey, funny and raucous track.

Also on the podcast is Robinson reading excerpts from all three volumes of the Lifehouse Trilogy, including Chapter 2 of Mindkiller, also published as a story under the title "God is an Iron," one of my favorite Robinson pieces.

MP3 Link (Music begins at 19:27),

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