The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick

by John Fahey

The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 November 2004
  • Label: Water
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:16:04
  • Community rating: 4.59/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Culled from a highly uncharacteristic, pristine 1968 live recording, this performance captures the enigmatic guitarist weaving complex, melancholic acoustic structures. It offers a rare, high-fidelity glimpse into his idiosyncratic fingerpicking style and dry stage banter in a live setting before an incredibly quiet, captivated audience.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Acoustic, Avant Garde, acoustic, instrumental, technical

Tracklist

  1. Introduction (0:12)
  2. When The Springtime Comes Again (9:48)
  3. Joe Kirby Blues (3:45)
  4. Requiem For Mississippi John Hurt (4:14)
  5. When The Catfish Is In Bloom (7:56)
  6. Fahey Blows His Nose (0:46)
  7. Intro To "Lion" / Challenges To Quitting Cigarettes (1:02)
  8. Lion (5:15)
  9. Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Philip XIV Of Spain (5:31)
  10. View East From The B&O Railroad Viaduct And The Riggs Road Intersection (5:36)
  11. On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean (3:31)
  12. The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick (6:36)
  13. In Christ There Is No East Or West (2:48)
  14. Announcement (0:36)
  15. The Death Of The Clayton Peacock (4:35)
  16. The Revolt Of The Dyke Brigade (4:01)
  17. Magruder Park (9:52)

Credits

  • John Fahey - primary artist, arranged by, written-by
  • Nathaniel Russell - design, layout
  • Filippo Salvadori - executive-producer
  • Glenn Jones - liner notes, producer [for release]
  • Matthew Azevedo - mastered by
  • Dean Blackwood - producer [associate]
  • Pat Thomas - producer [associate]

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