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The album's notes indicate that its tracks were "recorded circa 1995/96, mostly in John Fahey's room at a Salem, Oregon boardinghouse". [1] Tracks A3, A4, B2, and B3 were originally released in 1996 as Double 78 by Perfect Records .
"Jiroscho Ascopi" (Fahey, Terry Robb) – 5:20 "Saint Patrick's Hymn" (Traditional) – 2:38 Note that both "Layla" and "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" were originally issued on the previous year's Let Go album, and did not appear on the vinyl release.
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.
The Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology is a compilation album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1994. Fahey's career, health and personal life had been in decline. The release of The Return of the Repressed, along with an article in Spin magazine by Byron Coley served to provide a renewal of ...
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."
It was Fahey's first album playing solo electric guitar and was recorded at the release party for his earlier 1997 release Womblife. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] George Winston , whom Fahey had signed and first recorded on Takoma Records stated regarding Fahey's switch to electric, "He exhausted everything that he wanted to do with the acoustic guitar."
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court has halted enforcement of an anti-money laundering law that requires corporate entities to disclose the identities of their real beneficial owners ...
Red Cross was Fahey's last album, recorded a few months before his death in February 2001. The album was intended for release in 2001 but was delayed due to Fahey's declining health. [ 2 ] The title was derived from a sermon recorded in 1928 by Rev. Moses Mason titled "Red Cross Disciple of Christ Today".