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John Aloysius Fahey (/ ˈ f eɪ h i / FAY-hee; [1] February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument.
The discography of the American guitarist and composer John Fahey consists of thirty-six studio albums, five live albums and sixteen compilation albums, as well as five tribute albums. A number of semi-official releases are excluded here, as are bootlegs and material from unreleased recording sessions which circulate among fans and collectors.
The Best of John Fahey was reissued on CD in 2002 by Takoma and included three bonus tracks taken from three later albums. It includes liner notes and commentary by such guitarists as Leo Kottke, Peter Lang, Jim O'Rourke, and George Winston, some of whom had recorded numerous Fahey compositions on their own albums or who were once signed to his Takoma label.
Red Cross is the 33rd and final studio album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released posthumously in 2003. The Revenant Records catalog refers to the album's title as Red Cross Disciple of Christ Today .
John Fahey (musician) (1939–2001), American guitarist and composer; John Fahey (equestrian) (born 1943), Australian Olympic equestrian; John Fahey (politician) (1945–2020), Australian politician and president of the World Anti-Doping Agency; John M. Fahey Jr. (fl. 1990s–2010s), CEO and president of the National Geographic Society
Critic Derek Taylor summed up the compilation writing "Those seeking the virtuosic Fahey of albums like God, Time and Causality will find him largely absent here, but the trade-off comes in a haunting set of performances that can swallow the listener whole, much like the ancient marine life named in the collection’s cryptic title."
The John Fahey Christmas Album is an album by the American musician John Fahey, released in 1991. [2] [3] It was originally released by Burnside, a record store in Portland, Oregon. [4] [5] The John Fahey Christmas Album was one of five Christmas albums recorded by Fahey. [6] "O' Holy Night" was included on the Imaginational Anthem compilation. [7]
"Requiem for John Hurt (Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt)" – 4:12; Contrary to the official track listing on the CD package, tracks 11 and 12 are incorrectly labelled. They should be as follows: 11. "In Christ There Is No East or West / Beverly" 12. "Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Philip XIV Of Spain"