Volume 2: Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes

by John Fahey

Volume 2: Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1967
  • Label: Takoma
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:39
  • Community rating: 4.15/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A monumental re-recording of his highly influential 1963 release, the pioneering acoustic guitarist updates his intricate fingerpicking compositions with enhanced recording quality and expanded arrangements. The record masterfully synthesizes traditional country blues forms with avant-garde dissonance, defining the idiosyncratic parameters of the American Primitivism movement. It remains a staggering exhibition of solo steel-string guitar technique.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, Folk, acoustic, progressive, lo-fi, complex, folk, guitars, instrumental, ballad

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

Credits

  • John Fahey - primary artist, guitar, written-by
  • Pat Sullivan - written-by
  • Nancy McLean - written-by
  • Two Poor Boys - written-by

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