Open G tuning. An overlooked gem. Lee Gardner writes “To fill out the original record Fahey played a series of variations of his own composition On the Sunny Side of the Ocean which ED Denson later edited into the de facto suite heard here.” This editor goes a little further: 0:00 - 3:30 Variations on Sunny Side of the Ocean 3:30 Special Rider Blues – I’d prefer to say Banty Rooster Blues/It Won’t Be Long since it reminds me more of that; also the bass run is a quote from Hambone Willie Newbern’s Rolling and Tumbling. But all of the above tunes may share a common ancestor. Steve Cal… read more
Open G tuning. An overlooked gem. Lee Gardner writes “To fill out the original record Fahey played a series of variations of his own composition On t… read more
Open G tuning. An overlooked gem. Lee Gardner writes “To fill out the original record Fahey played a series of variations of his own composition On the Sunny Side of the Ocean which ED D… 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 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
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 descri… read more