Duet with Bill Barth and on the first pressing of this record credited to “Fahey/Barth”. The Ouachita River (sic) passes through north Louisiana and Arkansas. From the sleevenotes: “At its first performance, given at a private party of select people in a suburb of the nation’s capitol, the hostess was so overcome that she gave John and his friends 3/4 of a chocolate cake, 2 plates of spaghetti, a fifth of bourbon, and 8 penicillin pills.” This piece is an expansion of the theme music to Pather Panchali by Satjajit Ray (1955) which was composed by Ravi Shankar. The theme copied by Fa… read more
Duet with Bill Barth and on the first pressing of this record credited to “Fahey/Barth”. The Ouachita River (sic) passes through north Louisiana and … read more
Duet with Bill Barth and on the first pressing of this record credited to “Fahey/Barth”. The Ouachita River (sic) passes through north Louisiana and Arkansas. From the sleevenotes: “At i… read more
John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitive Guitar, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American roots music, having compiled many forgotten early recordings in these genres. He would later incorporate classical, Portugue… read more
John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style ha… read more
John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been descri… read more