Vieux Farka Touré

Public On Sale : FRI April 5th @ 10 AM PSTOften referred to as The Hendrix of the Sahara, Vieux Farka Tour was born in Niafunk, Mali in 1981. He is the son of legendary Malian guitar player Ali Farka Tour, who died in 2006. Ali Farka Tour came from a historical tribe of soldiers and defied his parents in becoming a musician. When Vieux was in his teens, he declared that he also wanted to be a musician. His father disapproved due to the pressures he had experienced being a musician. Rather, he wa...