the john fahey appreciation thread (1 Viewer)

[oh shit]

"I do not, and have never thought of myself as a "folk" musician or a new age musician, guitarist, or sympathyzer. I despize all "revivalists" of folk music, and I despize all "New Age" music.

I have never used my music or stage or anything to push some kind of politics or ideology or religion or whatever.

In all my music I never tried to do anything except express emotions, sometimes very dark emotions, depression, hatred, etc., in a coherent musical language.

My category is Alternative, period. I object to any other categorization. I do hope that nobody will try to make me out as a child of the sixties. I was playing what I play before and after the sixties. This period had very little effect on me. I was never a hippie, and had no hippie friends. "

 

[Kid Lovebeach]

america from 'america' is one of my favorite things ever.
legend.

 

[BC]

my favourite guitarist... "the transfiguration of blind joe death", "voice of the turtle" and red cross have been getting played the most here lately...

 

[Eddie Gorilla]

My brothers obsessed with him.
He's amazing.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

picked up "america" and leo kottke st in (amzing) tiny shop in tiny village in whales at the weekend. good score!

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

can we praise robbie basho in here too?

I love robbie basho.
especially "visions of the country".

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

while praising people hows about doc watson?fucking legend

 

[ratso]

Charlie Parr sometimes plays some John Fahey compositions live.

 

[nEiLo]

All I have it "America" - It's amazing. Great song titles too

 

[Jerry Twig]

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.

 

[oh shit]

you will be

 

[oh shit]

my friend lent me this dvd with a 1969 television show called 'guitar, guitar' that he was on, has anyone else seen it? it's fucking brilliant. he makes a total idiot out of the presenter.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

can we praise robbie basho in here too?

I love robbie basho.
especially "visions of the country".

basho is amazing! this morno i described him as
"remember the guitar guy who goes "EWAaaaaWHouuuuuuuuuu YeeeeeeeeeAwhhhhhhhhO Yoooooooo Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!"

throwin some love out to: Sandy Bull!

shane - did you see James Blackshaw in lazybird that time? heard bits and pieces of his recent stuff - the kid is growing so quick.

for fans of the above

funny how he was singer in my mates spazzy vss style band a few years ago

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

does he tour much these days?

 

[potlatch]

I doubt it.

Anyone heard the stuff Fahey did with Cul de Sac?

My friend lent me this dvd with a 1969 television show called 'guitar, guitar' that he was on, has anyone else seen it? it's fucking brilliant. he makes a total idiot out of the presenter.

Any chance of horseing that up on t'internet?

 

[oh shit]

if i knew how to...
how to?

 

[Jerry Twig]

you will be

!! he sounds awful concerned about being pidgeon holed though.
such a bummer.

 

[Unknown Convict]

my friend lent me this dvd with a 1969 television show called 'guitar, guitar' that he was on, has anyone else seen it? it's fucking brilliant. he makes a total idiot out of the presenter.

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.

 

[nEiLo]

!! he sounds awful concerned about being pidgeon holed though.
such a bummer.

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