Vol. II: Death Chants, Breakdowns, & Military Waltzes

by John Fahey

Vol. II: Death Chants, Breakdowns, & Military Waltzes cover art

John Fahey fuses the fingerpicking techniques of Piedmont blues with 19th-century parlor music and classical forms. Recorded with minimal equipment, the solo acoustic instrumentals employ alternate tunings and syncopated basslines to create complex, polyphonic textures.

Genres

  • American Primitivism

Tracklist

  1. Sunflower River Blues
  2. When The Springtime Comes Again
  3. Stomping Tonight On The Pennsylvania/Alabama Border
  4. Some Summer Day
  5. On The Beach At Waikiki
  6. Spanish Dance
  7. John Henry Variations
  8. The Downfall Of The Adelphi Rolling Grist Mill
  9. Take A Look At That Baby
  10. Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Phillip XIV Of Spain
  11. America
  12. Episcopal Hymn