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Death Chants, Breakdowns And Military Waltzes

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Death Chants, Breakdowns And Military Waltzes
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13 October 1998
In the hot summer months of July and August, dust rises in the quiet streets of Takoma Park. The Sligo River becomes a chain of narrow muddy ponds. The rural Maryland countryside becomes a veritable pot of steam as the temperature passes 110, and the humidity is not far behind. The old southern Negroes who work in the cottonfields there, have a volk saying which expresses all this quite well: "If the temperature passes 110, can the humidity be far behind?" I stopped in at Whelan's drugstore. "Has anyone seen John Fahey or Blind Joe Death, or maybe Gerhaupt Hauffm… read more
In the hot summer months of July and August, dust rises in the quiet streets of Takoma Park. The Sligo River becomes a chain of narrow muddy ponds. T… read more
In the hot summer months of July and August, dust rises in the quiet streets of Takoma Park. The Sligo River becomes a chain of narrow muddy ponds. The rural Maryland countryside becomes… read more

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13 Play track Sunflower River Blues
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14 Play track When The Springtime Comes Again
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15 Play track Stomping Tonight on The Pennsylvania/Alabama Border
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17 Play track On the Beach at Waikiki
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18 Play track Spanish Dance
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19 Play track John Henry Variations
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20 Play track Take A Look At That Baby
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21 Play track America
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22 Play track Episcopal Hymn
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John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitive Guitar, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American roots music, having compiled many forgotten early recordings in these genres. He would later incorporate classical, Portugue… read more
John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style ha… read more
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