The Rapids - Oregon (Ralph Towner, composer)

[@stratoleft]

When I first hear Ralph play a 12 string guitar, I didn't have any clue that a 12 string could even be played liked that, or sound like that. Neither did anybody else. And nobody ever has since.

[@steveowen7475]

Astonishing still.......a monster piece for Oregon....... COMPELLING structure

[@megasoid]

"The Rapids" is one of Oregon's best compositions.

[@thomaspotschka5618]

Happy to explore it again, after so many years! Thank you! God, we were young!

[@reverendbarker650]

Wonderful

[@jaimesoto1663]

this song reminds me of the torrents that descended in the 20th century in the Central Cordillera of Chile

[@christianku2065]

Pioneros, mucha gente perdiendo su tiempo, eh aki... Verdaderos músicos🔥🔥🔥

[@reverendbarker650]

Last weekend I had the opportunity to introduce a new friend to this music, he'd never heard of Oregon,. but he loved it instantly . Its sad there are so few videos of Oregon in this era, I did come across a guy many years ago who stated that the band allowed to film them frequently , but I lost touch with him, no doubt his vids are in some vault somewhere moldering , or someone has binned them if hes died.

[@ebaylistentomusic]

They could play pretty much anything except dull derivative music...

[@Erschophone]

I remember Ralph playing "Blues night" on piano at the club in Boulder CO in 08/1980…

[@gautammukhopadhaya4546]

Ralph Towner’s piano version on ‘The Silence of the Candle’ in his solo ECM album, Diary’, is a liquid, limpid version, unmatched.