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The Legend Of Blind Joe Death

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The Legend Of Blind Joe Death
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Length
21 tracks
Release Date
3 September 1996
The saga of Blind Joe Death is an extremely confusing one, for those listeners who haven't been following Fahey's career from the beginning. In short: Fahey originally recorded Blind Joe Death in 1959, in an extremely rare, self-released edition of less than 100 copies. Though few heard it, his debut album was a groundbreaker on the acoustic folk scene in its unusually experimental approach to blues and folk styles, though its innovations sound relatively tame when compared to the best of Fahey's subsequent work. Fahey reissued the album in 1964 on Takoma, re-recordin… read more
The saga of Blind Joe Death is an extremely confusing one, for those listeners who haven't been following Fahey's career from the beginning… read more
The saga of Blind Joe Death is an extremely confusing one, for those listeners who haven't been following Fahey's career from the beginning. In short: Fahey originally recorded… read more

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1 Play track On Doing An Evil Deed Blues
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2 Play track St. Louis Blues
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3 Play track Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
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4 Play track Uncloudy Day
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5 Play track John Henry
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6 Play track In Christ There Is No East Or West
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7 Play track Desperate Man Blues
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8 Play track Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday Blues
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9 Play track Sligo River Blues
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10 Play track On Doing An Evil Deed Blues
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11 Play track St. Louis Blues
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12 Play track Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
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13 Play track Uncloudy Day
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14 Play track John Henry
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15 Play track In Christ There Is No East Or West
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16 Play track Desperate Man Blues
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17 Play track Sun Gonna Shine In My Back Door Someday Blues
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18 Play track Sligo River Blues
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19 Play track I'm Gonna Do All I Can For My Lord
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20 Play track The Transcendental Waterfall
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21 Play track West Coast Blues
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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
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

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