Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist
Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist
by Steve Lowenthal,David Fricke
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Book Summary
John Fahey is to the solo acoustic guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric:
the man whom all subsequent musicians had to listen to. Fahey made more than 40
albums between 1959 and his death in 2001, most of them featuring only his solo
steel-string guitar. He fused elements of folk, blues, and experimental
composition, taking familiar American sounds and recontextualizing them as
something entirely new. Yet despite his stature as a groundbreaking visionary,
Fahey's intentions—as a man and as an artist—remain largely unexamined.
Journalist Steve Lowenthal has spent years researching Fahey's life and music,
talking with his producers, his friends, his peers, his wives, his
ISBN-13
9781613738795
Language
English
Binding
Paper Back
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Publishing Date
2018-04-01
Total Pages
240
Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist
John Fahey is to the solo acoustic guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric:
the man whom all subsequent musicians had to listen to. Fahey made more than 40
albums between 1959 and his death in 2001, most of them featuring only his solo
steel-string guitar. He fused elements of folk, blues, and experimental
composition, taking familiar American sounds and recontextualizing them as
something entirely new. Yet despite his stature as a groundbreaking visionary,
Fahey's intentions—as a man and as an artist—remain largely unexamined.
Journalist Steve Lowenthal has spent years researching Fahey's life and music,
talking with his producers, his friends, his peers, his wives, his