the john fahey appreciation thread (1 Viewer)

[oh shit]

yeah it's not total ridicule, but at the same time he's doing it in response to her patronising tone which makes it pretty hilarious, i thought. she reminded me a lot of this old music teacher from school.

 

[Unknown Convict]

does he tour much these days?

if you mean fahey, he's dead. quintuple heart bypass that he never woke up from. see red cross liner notes for the story of his funeral. he did play live here in c.1999/2000 in whelans but it was closer to the sound of the altanta struts album than any of the takoma stuff - serpentine, improvised, electric guitar.

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

if you mean fahey, he's dead. quintuple heart bypass that he never woke up from. see red cross liner notes for the story of his funeral. he did play live here in c.1999/2000 in whelans but it was closer to the sound of the altanta struts album than any of the takoma stuff - serpentine, improvised, electric guitar.

ah fuck, i was talkin about him with someone a while back and i was told he was still alive.

 

[Jerry Twig]

You should put your prejudice aside and check him out. Your ears will thank you.

you might be right there. although, he's a bit of a folkie, isn't he? Just not my scene atall atall. But sure i'll give it a go anyway.

 

[oh shit]

as the quote said, he weren't no folkie

 

[Unknown Convict]

can we praise robbie basho in here too?

took me a long time to warm to basho - the vocals seemed more than a little affected. now i can't live without them. had song of the snowy ranges on just last night. pity his albums are so hard to find. there's a great one from c.1981 - art of the acoustic steel string guitar, 6 & 12 - on some german label where he revisits lots of tunes from throughout his career, including a blistering version of pasha.

http://www.bluemomentarts.de/bma/rbasho/en/disco.html

he also has some of the greatest cover art ever:

 

[Unknown Convict]

http://psychedelicfolk.homestead.com/guitar.html

 

[plug]

 

[Jerry Twig]

as the quote said, he weren't no folkie

so he says, but that don't automatically make it so. whatever, i'll give it a go.

 

[BC]

i've never heard of the fella, but reading that top bit, it sounds like he thinks he's fuckin bob dylan. he also sounds like a bit of a knob. sorry.

i.m.h.o., he is so much more talented than dylan could ever be.

 

[BC]

yeh, i have it. don't think it's fair to say he makes a 'total idiot' of her - it's not exactly pistols/grundy territory. he spins her a couple of yarns which she falls for, alright, but this is the same guy who put copies of his first lp in the used bins of record shops, trying to pass them off as old bluesman albums (blind joe death). any cursory reading of his vast liner notes shows what a prankster he was, nothing more. in fact, his entire career seemed designed to confound and amuse.

aye, spot on, fahey had a tremendous sense of humour...

 

[Charlie Bucket]

aye, spot on, fahey had a tremendous sense of humour...

yeah just check out his and jim o rourkes shorts

 

[Unknown Convict]

i hear there's a fahey/mazzacane duet or two on loren's latest table of the elements 2cd, taken from the long-rumoured upstate ny session, possibly recorded by dean roberts. can't wait to hear it...

 

[ron]

Saw him in the Elmwood Hall in Beal Feirste a couple of years ago and it was qwality. He zapped people with his guitar until there was only a few people left at the end. Don't think he opened his mouth. According to the promoter, he was a bit of a nightmare.
He did a guitar instruction video which you can borrow from the fabulous music library in the main library just passed The Belfast Telegraph offices.
I loved that library.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

they used to have that video in lazer (according to p-tone)

 

[MDR]

while praising people hows about doc watson?fucking legend

Poor guy. He's blind and his son (Merle) got killed (aged 36) in a tractor accident.

 

[Jerry Twig]

Poor guy. He's blind and his son (Merle) got killed (aged 36) in a tractor accident.

doc watson was a legend alright, but so what if he was blind, he never complained about it.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

doc watson was a legend alright, but so what if he was blind, he never complained about it.

thank you,was beginning to think no one else cared about the poor fella!wasnt aware he was blind though...

 

[the departed]

sign me up..

yeah just check out his and jim o rourkes shorts

was just gona ask about that..
where might i find it?
for some reason i always thought him & towns van sant would make some grreat songs..

 

[Charlie Bucket]

Poor guy. He's blind and his son (Merle) got killed (aged 36) in a tractor accident.

if we're talkin tragic musicians then the king has got to be
Jackson C. Frank.... burnt in a fire, kid died, mental homes, homeless, shot in a driveby....


http://www.blueangel.demon.co.uk/jcfrank/froots.html