Listening to John Fahey's "Days Gone By", perfect music for waking up, snow on the ground, drinking coffee. I have five of his albums and I think this is my favorite, though I like the title of another the best, "Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories". Fahey plays solo steel-string guitar that probably sounds more like folk than anything, but has strong elements of blues and even classical. His style has been called "American Primitivism", which I think is a cool description. On "Days Gone By" there is a two-part song called "A Raga Called Pat" that has some cool sound effects, a train going by, weird jungle birds, with the guitar lines moving in and out of focus in the background; the title track has trippy voices in the background. Recorded in 1967, it sounds timeless and ahead of its time.
Monday, January 19, 2009
John Fahey
Listening to John Fahey's "Days Gone By", perfect music for waking up, snow on the ground, drinking coffee. I have five of his albums and I think this is my favorite, though I like the title of another the best, "Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories". Fahey plays solo steel-string guitar that probably sounds more like folk than anything, but has strong elements of blues and even classical. His style has been called "American Primitivism", which I think is a cool description. On "Days Gone By" there is a two-part song called "A Raga Called Pat" that has some cool sound effects, a train going by, weird jungle birds, with the guitar lines moving in and out of focus in the background; the title track has trippy voices in the background. Recorded in 1967, it sounds timeless and ahead of its time.
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