Co-authored by Pat Sullivan, of whom it has been said that she was “the coolest. blues chick on the East Coast.” (R. Robinson). Early pressings of the album credited this as Fahey/Sullivan. In a 1992 interview Fahey said of Pat Sullivan in this period: “I had all these pieces in my head, you know, and she seemed to be able to hear them, I swear. She was more certain of me and my talent than I was. We had two guitars and we were doing all these incredible things and learning new stuff every day just by listening to each other. I mean, we’d play for eight hours and think nothing of it… read more
Co-authored by Pat Sullivan, of whom it has been said that she was “the coolest. blues chick on the East Coast.” (R. Robinson). Early pressings of th… read more
Co-authored by Pat Sullivan, of whom it has been said that she was “the coolest. blues chick on the East Coast.” (R. Robinson). Early pressings of the album credited this as Fahey/Sulliv… 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