John Fahey
John Fahey
John Aloysius Faheywas 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 February 1939
CountryUnited States of America
Geographic illiteracy impacts our economic well-being, our relationships with other nations and the environment, and isolates us from the world.
We're trying to find ways for our kids to give back to the community, give back to the school, ... We're also really working on giving them the work they can take with them way beyond high school.
While I recognize in the back of my mind that I am an occasionally brilliant guitar composer and arranger, innovator and player.
Regarding fame, fortune and Oregon I do wish I had more money.
Someone once said that war is God's way of teaching geography, but today, apparently war or even the threat of war cannot adequately teach geography,
Well when I made my first record I thought it would be a good joke to have me on one side, have the lable say John Fahey on one side, and this guy Blind Joe Death on the other side.
We'll buy over 800,000 gallons of diesel fuel so every rise in cost is a major issue for us.
I do not even laugh at this like others do because the relationship between entertainers and groupies is pathological.
The other thing in composition is opening up the unconscious.
Being worshipped is a horrible experience.
More American young people can tell you where an island that the 'Survivor' TV series came from is located than can identify Afghanistan or Iraq. Ironically a TV show seems more real or at least more meaningful interesting or relevant than reality.
But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me.
I had a big background in listening to classical music and I started trying to compose, like I was playing the guitar but I heard an orchestra in my head.
Well folks, that's about it for the show tonight.