John Fahey - Volume 1 / Blind Joe Death

Born on February 28 1939 in Takoma Park, Maryland, USA, John Fahey was an acoustic guitar pioneer, who studied folklore and the techniques of the bluesmen. He is the man who introduced stream of consciousness into folk music and turned folk into classical music, and then made it cross the boundaries of Western and Eastern music. The spiritual father of the "American primitive guitar", Fahey turned the guitar solo into a metaphysical exercise. He set up Takoma Records in 1959 to release not only his own albums but also Leo Kottke's "6 & 12 String Guitar" (1971), an artist with whom he later also collaborated. Fahey contracted the debilitating Epstein-Barr virus in 1986, which severely hampered his career for over 5 years. During this low period, he was championed by alternative artists such as Sonic Youth and Jim O'Rourke, and 'Spin' magazine included a large article on him by Byron Coley in 1994. The albums "City of Refuge" (Tim Kerr, 1997) and "Womblife" (Table Of Elements, 1997) marked his return to recording, showcasing a move into avant-garde, experimental, dissonant electric guitar music, far from his previous progressive-folk style. Fahey died on February 22 2001, Salem, Oregon, USA due to complications following a heart bypass operation.

Released: 2016-02-11

Label: 4 Men With Beards

Country: US

Tracklist

	Selections By Blind Joe Death
A1	On Doing An Evil Deed Blues
A2	St. Louis Blues
A3	Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
A4	Uncloudy Day
A5	John Henry
A6	In Christ There Is No East Or West
	Selections By John Fahey
B1	The Transcendental Waterfall
B2	Desperate Man Blues
B3	Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday Blues
B4	Sligo River Blues
B5	I'm Gonna Do All I Can For My Lord