John Fahey - Greatest Hits (FULL ALBUM - THE BEST OF BLUES)
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A reissue of John's self-compiled "best-of" from his Takoma-label recordings, with the additions of the long-form guitar pieces America and Fare Forward Voyagers along with the classic Desperate Man Blues . Other tracks: Sunflower River Blues; In Christ There Is No East or West; Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry; The Last Steam Engine Train; When t... [Read More]
(Guitar Recorded Versions). 18 songs in note-for-note transcriptions with tab from the man who was considered the grandfather of instrumental acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Includes: America * Brenda's Blues * Desperate Man Blues * In Christ There Is No East or West * John Henry * Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home * Some Summer Day * Steamboat Gwine 'Rou... [Read More]
John Fahey is simply one of the most original and expressive guitarists ever. He created the American Primitive Guitar genre with his first Takoma Records release in 1959. Fahey’s guitar music is actually far from primitive; it is rich and complex, glowing with a deep emotional resonance, timeless and alternative. John was influenced by the rural... [Read More]
The Best of John Fahey: complete transcriptions of all the songs from his Takoma Records album of the same name. Plus his thoughts on guitaring, the best of his rambling and bizarre stories, many photos, a discography, and more from this pioneering American folk guitarist.
John Fahey's firsthand account of his activities as a U.S. naval officer in East Germany during the Cold War is a must read for everyone who enjoys true-life spy stories. An astonishing tale of overt reconnaissance, high-speed car chases, shootings, and detentions, the book chronicles Fahey's two years in the midst of twenty-two divisions of Soviet... [Read More]
Lake lovers everywhere are convinced their favorite body of water is the world’s greatest lake. John Fahey set out to prove it. What unfolds is a story of remarkable endurance through extensive travel, exhaustive research, and countless baffled looks from friends and family. By foot, barstool, and paraglider, John explored Lake Chelan’s complex... [Read More]
Guitarist John Fahey s concept of Christmas music was a little different from the norm.The New Possibility: John Fahey s Guitar Soli Christmas Album, the acoustic guitarist s visionary 1968 set, was a scintillating collection of solo steel-string adaptations of beloved traditional Yuletide melodies ( Joy to the World, We Three Kings of Orient Are, ... [Read More]
‘What characterises Australian poetry now is its variousness … Here are collage poems with a confessional impulse, short short stories, late surrealist couplets, poems that weave satire and lyric together, fragmentary essays in epistles, metaphysical pastorals, epic narratives glimpsed through keyhole lyrics, and lyrics that explode the idea of... [Read More]
Reissue of the long out of print 1968 Fahey Classic The Yellow Princess. Includes three new bonus tracks 'The John Fahey Sampler, Themes and Variations', 'Fare Forward Voyagers,1965' and 'Steel Guitar Medley'. Also includes new and original liner notes. Vanguard. 2006.
Born illegitimate in north east England in 1944, John Fahey was sent to his father's parents in western Ireland. John's parents later married and brought back to England when he was nine, he was continually beaten and battered by his father, who called him a bastard, throughout his teenage years. Surviving on his memories of Ireland, his trust in h... [Read More]
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