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John Aloysius Fahey (/ ˈ f eɪ h i / FAY-hee; February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument.
Acoustic guitarist John Fahey (1939-2001) was impossible to classify. His eclectic music included traditional-sounding folk pieces, Indian ragas, blues, and unpredictable modern works, not...
23 Feb 2001 · John Fahey, a musical prodigy and innovator of folk and avant-garde guitar, died in 2001 at age sixty-one. He founded Takoma Records, released influential albums such as Blind Joe Death and The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, and collaborated with young artists like Glenn Jones.
22 Feb 2001 · One of acoustic guitar's prime innovators (and eccentrics), who mixed traditionalist forms (folk, blues, country) with a decidedly modernist sensibility. Read Full Biography.
The Fahey Files The Site Archives For Guitar Players Sligo River Music How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life Purchase HITOMI on CD here. ... John Fahey Guitar discussion group & mailing list: Find a copy of RED CROSS Fahey's final release on REVENANT RECORDS ...
12 Apr 2018 · Amanda Petrusich writes about the Thousand Incarnations of the Rose, a festival dedicated to the music of the American-primitive guitar player John Fahey.
Out of his entire discography, John Fahey rarely sung on his records. Instead his guitar did. His mix of folk, blues, and 20th contemporary classical has been hailed as some of America’s best...
