John Fahey
- Type: Musician
- Born: February 28, 1939 in Washington, D.C., United States
- Died: February 22, 2001 in Salem, Oregon, United States
Biography
American guitarist from Washington, D.C. who created American primitive guitar, a solo steel-string style blending country blues fingerpicking with raga and classical dissonance. On his own #Takoma Records# he released 'Blind Joe Death' (1959) and 'The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death' (1965), and championed early blues reissues. Fahey's later years mixed obscurity with acclaimed returns such as 'Womblife' (1997), and his technique shaped players from *Leo Kottke* onward. He founded Takoma in 1959 with money saved from a gas-station job, pressing his first album in an edition of 100 copies.
Genres
John Fahey Discography
- Vol. II: Death Chants, Breakdowns, & Military Waltzes (1964) - Album - rated 4.05/5
- Vol 3: Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites (1965) - Album - rated 3.95/5
- Guitar Vol. 4: The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party and Other Excursions (1966) - Album - rated 3.97/5
- Requia (1967) - Album - rated 3.98/5
- Volume 6: Days Have Gone By (1967) - Album - rated 4.9/5
- Volume 5: The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death (1967) - Album - rated 4/5
- Volume 1: Blind Joe Death (1967) - Album - rated 4.07/5
- Volume 2: Death Chants, Breakdowns & Military Waltzes (1967) - Album - rated 4.15/5
- The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album (1968) - Album - rated 3.26/5
- The Voice of the Turtle (1968) - Album - rated 3.79/5
- The Yellow Princess (1968) - Album - rated 4.03/5
- America (1971) - Album - rated 4.6/5
- Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) (1973) - Album - rated 4.83/5
- Christmas With John Fahey Vol. II (1975) - Album - rated 3.02/5
- The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977 (1977) - Compilation - rated 3.98/5
- Visits Washington, D.C. (1979) - Album - rated 2.98/5
- Yes! Jesus Loves Me (1980) - Album - rated 2.77/5
- Live in Tasmania (1981) - Album - rated 3.74/5
- Christmas Guitar Volume One (1982) - Album - rated 2.84/5
- Railroad I (1983) - Album - rated 3.65/5
- Let Go (1984) - Album - rated 3.03/5
- Rain Forests, Oceans, and Other Themes (1985) - Album - rated 3.11/5
- I Remember Blind Joe Death (1987) - Album - rated 3.06/5
- God, Time and Causality (1989) - Album - rated 3.64/5
- Old Girlfriends & Other Horrible Memories (1992) - Album - rated 2.89/5
- The Legend of Blind Joe Death (1996) - Compilation - rated 4.1/5
- Womblife (1997) - Album - rated 3.68/5
- City of Refuge (1997) - Album - rated 3.51/5
- Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes (1998) - Compilation
- Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites (1998) - Album
- Hitomi (2000) - Album - rated 3.17/5
- + (Red Cross, Disciple of Christ Today) (2003) - Album - rated 3.78/5
- The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick (2004) - Album - rated 4.59/5