GW: Played on steel guitar, lap style, in a drone tuning John invented using all tonic and fifth notes (D-G-D-G-G-D). This song features another technique that John invented – a double strum using two different fingers going from the high strings to the low strings. This song is inspired in part by Hark from the Tomb by bluesman Jesse Fuller (GW).
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GW: Played on steel guitar, lap style, in a drone tuning John invented using all tonic and fifth notes (D-G-D-G-G-D). This song features another tech… read more
GW: Played on steel guitar, lap style, in a drone tuning John invented using all tonic and fifth notes (D-G-D-G-G-D). This song features another technique that John invented – a double s… 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