John Fahey - Best of the Vanguard Years
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Artist: John FaheyEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-07-07
Music Label: Vanguard Records
Soundtracks:
- The Yellow Princess
- View (East From The Top Of The Riggs Road B&O Trestle)
- Lion
- March! For Martin Luther King
- The Singing Bridge Of Memphis, Tennessee
- Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Invisible City Of Bladensburg
- Charles A. Lee: In Memoriam
- Irish Setter
- Commemorative Transfiguration And Communion At Magruder Park
- Requiem For John Hurt
- Requiem For Russell Blaine Cooper
- When The Catfish Is In Bloom
- Fight On Christians, Fight On
- Requiem For Molly (Part 3)
- Requiem For Molly (Part 4)
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Free Music Review: For Those So Unfortunate As To Be So Young ...
Hit: 5 Stars
... as not ever to have heard John Fahey during the Vanguard Years, this album is the cure to the terrible deprivation visited upon you by the tenderness of your years. The only guitarist even capable of open-tuning American Primitive Guitar, the sheer brilliancy of John Fahey is unparalleled and will forever be unmatched. It is a "Spiegel im Spiegel" -- a mirror within a mirror -- of endless dimensionality. If you hear only one thing this man played in his life, let it be "When the Catfish is in Bloom." Sound funny? It's as deep as an ocean.
There is not, there never was, there never will be again another John Fahey. And this album is about the best work he ever did. Don't let your life slip away without hearing this. It is a kind of accompaniment to a place everyone goes if they're lucky. Deep in the mind, somewhere in the back recesses of the best of your heart, this 12-string strummed by a genius sings your song.
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Dark, brooding, and adventurous, John Fahey stands alone among 1960s folk guitarists. An avid record collector and Delta blues revivalist, Fahey somehow absorbed his influences without succumbing to them, remaking them in startlingly new ways (nowhere more evident than on his moving "Requiem for John Hurt" and the contemplative "View [East from the Top of the Riggs Road B & O Trestle]"). An excellent guitarist, Fahey's real talent lies in his ability to create strangely memorable melodies out of atypical chord progressions, odd tunings, and found noises. Even at its most esoteric, Fahey's music is never anything less than captivating and often it is simply beautiful. At times, it's even funny, as in his peculiar nod to pop culture, "Requiem for Molly (Part 3)"--a wry, understated instrumental rendition of the Mamas and Papas' hit, "California Dreamin'," set to a meandering collage of taped noises. Although titled Best of the Vanguard Years, this collections brings together all but two songs from his years with Vanguard. Still, Fahey is a unique talent and these recordings capture him at his unique, and essential, best. --Percy KeeganBlues Music CDs
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