This is an utterly sublime LP from one of the greatest guitarists.
This was originally released on his own Takomo label in 1959 and has had periodic re-releases since then with different track lists. I reckon that this is the 1964 version.
On the A Side you get reworkings of traditional songs and country blues and the B Side is all of John's original work. It is a joyous event and will make you smile for a long time!
The post below is so obviously a doff of the hat to Mr Fahey (who died in 2001). It took a comment below to make me realise that I actually knew that to be the case. Anyway, just embrace this record!
Blind Joe Death
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ReplyDeleteThere is a brand new book about Fahey that's really good!
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It's a long time since I've listened to this, and I've now also just got Loren Mazzacane Connors and Christina Carter ~ Meditations On The Ascension Of Blind Joe Death Vol. One, so time to do a back-to-back perhaps? Thanks very much.
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ReplyDeleteall hail john fahey!
Thank you, it's a beautiful record.
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