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Fahey in studio with Recording King guitar, c. 1970 While Fahey lived in Berkeley, Takoma Records was reborn through a collaboration with Maryland friend ED Denson.Fahey decided to track down blues legend Bukka White by sending a postcard to Aberdeen, Mississippi; White had sung that Aberdeen was his hometown, and Mississippi John Hurt had been rediscovered using a similar method.
Music critic Richie Unterberger called the film "well done" and respectful, but noted the film "could have been more comprehensive." [5] Writing for The Quietus, Sean Kitching praised the film as a "wonderful, expressionist documentary [that] admirably portrays the many facets of the man behind the music and the myth."
John Fahey may refer to: . Jock Fahey (1911–1936), Australian rules footballer and coach; Jackie Fahey (1928–2019), Irish politician; John Fahey (musician) (1939–2001), American guitarist and composer
John and Colleen Fahey's daughter, Tiffany, was killed in a road accident, at the age of 27, on 26 December 2006. John and Colleen Fahey became the legal guardians of Tiffany's children, Campbell and Amber. His son, the eldest of three children, is Matthew Fahey and his elder daughter is Melanie Fahey. [19] [20]
Indian-Pacific R.R. Blues" is actually "Beverly", a studio recording from After the Ball. "The Approaching of the Disco Void" is a re-working of "Wine and Roses". [3] It was in 1981 that Fahey and his second wife Melody left Los Angeles after he had lived there nearly 20 years and moved to Salem, Oregon. [4]
Fare Forward Voyagers received generally positive reviews from music critics. In reviewing the album for Allmusic, Eugene Chadbourne compared it to Indian ragas, but noted a divergence, stating, "the compositions are something in the order of unpredictable miniature symphonies, each with different sections, variations, and developments."
Barry Hansen wrote in 1972, "John Fahey is the original underground musician. Dylan was still at Hibbing High School when John Fahey made his first record." [8] Fahey's earliest recordings were released on custom edition 78-rpm discs released by Fonotone, a record company run by his friend Joe Bussard.
I Remember Blind Joe Death is an album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1987.. This album was later disregarded by Fahey, stating the album suffers from sloppy playing due to the Epstein–Barr virus he was suffering from at the time.