After the Ball

by John Fahey and His Orchestra

After the Ball cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1973
  • Label: Reprise
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:44
  • Community rating: 3.14/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A radical and highly polarizing departure from his intense, unaccompanied acoustic masterworks, John Fahey's first major-label venture surrounds his signature fingerpicking with a full, traditional Dixieland jazz band. The arrangements playfully explore vintage early 20th-century pop standards and ragtime tunes, maintaining a deeply nostalgic and slightly eccentric atmosphere. While it alienated portions of his core folk audience, it remains a charmingly whimsical exploration of archaic American musical forms.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, melodic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Horses (2:04)
  2. New Orleans Shuffle (3:14)
  3. Beverly (4:44)
  4. Om Shanthi Norris (5:47)
  5. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free (2:33)
  6. When You Wore A Tulip (And I Wore A Big Red Rose) (2:30)
  7. Hawaiian Two-Step (2:38)
  8. Bucktown Stomp (2:11)
  9. Candy Man (1:24)
  10. After The Ball (3:39)

Credits

  • John Fahey and His Orchestra - primary artist, ensemble
  • John Rotella - alto saxophone
  • Jack Feierman - arranged by, trumpet
  • Joel Druckman - bass
  • Joe Darensbourg - clarinet
  • Peter Jameson - guitar
  • Chris Darrow - guitar, fiddle
  • Allan Reuss - mandolin, ukulele [uke], banjo

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