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John Fahey (28 Feb 1939 - 22 Feb 2001)

Male Person - United States American composer and guitarist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (57)

Official

Album

  1. Blind Joe Death 1959
  2. Death Chants, Breakdowns and Military Waltzes 1963
  3. Volume 3: The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites 1964
  4. The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death 1965
  5. The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party and Other Excursions 1966
  6. John Fahey, Volume 6 / Days Have Gone By 1967
  7. Requia 1967
  8. The Voice of the Turtle 01 Jan 1968
  9. The New Possibility: John Fahey's Guitar Soli Christmas Album Dec 1968
  10. The Yellow Princess 1968
  11. America 1971
  12. Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier’s Choice) 1973
  13. Old Fashioned Love 1974
  14. Christmas With John Fahey, Volume II 1975
  15. John Fahey Visits Washington, D.C. 1979
  16. Yes! Jesus Loves Me: Guitar Hymns 1980
  17. Christmas Guitar, Volume One 1982 rerecording of The New Possibility
  18. Railroad 1983
  19. Popular Songs of Christmas & New Year’s 1983
  20. Let Go 1984
  21. Rain Forest, Oceans, and Other Themes 1985
  22. I Remember Blind Joe Death 1987
  23. God, Time and Causality 1989
  24. The John Fahey Christmas Album 1991
  25. Old Girlfriends and Other Horrible Memories 1992
  26. City of Refuge 11 Feb 1997
  27. Womblife 12 Aug 1997
  28. Hitomi 03 Jul 2000
  29. Red Cross, Disciple of Christ Today 11 Feb 2003
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Album - Compilation

  1. The Best of John Fahey 1959–1977 1977
  2. The Best of John Fahey 1977
  3. The Essential John Fahey 1993
  4. The New Possibility: John Fahey’s Guitar Soli Christmas Album / Christmas With John Fahey, Volume II 1993
  5. Return of the Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology 1994
  6. Best of the Vanguard Years 1999
  7. The Sunny Side of the Ocean 2005
  8. Sea Changes and Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide to John Fahey 21 Nov 2006
  9. Vanguard Visionaries 12 Jun 2007
  10. Best of Fahey, Volume 2 31 Mar 2009
  11. Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You: The Fonotone Years (1958–1965) 11 Oct 2011
  12. Christmas Soli 29 Oct 2013
  13. Masters of the Last Century: Best of John Fahey 01 Jan 2014
  14. Xmas Inspiration: White Christmas 23 Oct 2014
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Album - Live

  1. Live in Tasmania 1980
  2. Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts, and Other Contemporary Dance Favorites 03 Sep 1998
  3. The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick 19 Oct 2004
  4. On Air 13 Jun 2005
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Other

  1. Proofs & Refutations 08 Sep 2023
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Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. Live at Studio KAFE 23 Mar 2010
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Relationships (2)

Students

  1. Toulouse Engelhardt guitar

Member Of

  1. John Fahey & His Orchestra

Recordings by (534)

  1. On Doing an Evil Deed Blues 4:37 (1959)
  2. St. Louis Blues 5:29 (1959)
  3. Poor Boy Long Ways From Home 3:12 (1959)
  4. Uncloudy Day 3:12 (1959)
  5. John Henry 3:20 (1959)
  6. In Christ There Is No East or West 2:37 (1959)
  7. The Transcendental Waterfall 6:34 (1959)
  8. Desperate Man Blues 4:03 (1959)
  9. Sun Gonna Shine in My Back Door Someday Blues 3:32 (1959)
  10. Sligo River Blues 3:05 (1959)
  11. West Coast Blues 3:12 (1959)
  12. Sunflower River Blues 2:33 (1963)
  13. When the Springtime Comes Again 3:50 (1963)
  14. Stomping Tonight on the Pennsylvania/Alabama Border 6:58 (1963)
  15. Some Summer Day 3:20 (1963)
  16. On the Beach at Waikiki 2:55 (1963)
  17. Spanish Dance 1:53 (1963)
  18. John Henry Variations 5:40 (1963)
  19. The Downfall of the Adelphi Rolling Grist Mill 3:35 (1963)
  20. Take a Look at That Baby 1:25 (1963)
  21. Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV of Spain 2:28 (1963)
  22. America 7:52 (1963)
  23. Episcopal Hymn 1:13 (1963)
  24. Wine and Roses 3:28 (1964)
  25. How Long 2:52 (1964)
  26. On the Banks of the Owchita 3:48 (1964)
  27. Worried Blues 2:20 (1964)
  28. What the Sun Said 10:08 (1964)
  29. Revelation on the Banks of the Pawtuxent 2:31 (1964)
  30. Poor Boy 3:16 (1964)
  31. Variations on the Coocoo 3:56 (1964)
  32. The Last Steam Engine Train 2:14 (1964)
  33. Give Me Corn Bread When I’m Hungry 3:08 (1964)
  34. Dance of Death 7:35 (1964)
  35. Beautiful Linda Getchell 1:58 (1965)
  36. Orinda‐Moraga 4:00 (1965)
  37. I Am the Resurrection 2:57 (1965)
  38. On the Sunny Side of the Ocean 3:17 (1965)
  39. Tell Her to Come Back Home 2:45 (1965)
  40. My Station Will Be Changed After While 2:06 (1965)
  41. 101 Is a Hard Road to Travel 2:24 (1965)
  42. How Green Was My Valley 2:20 (1965)
  43. Bicycle Built for Two 1:15 (1965)
  44. The Death of the Clayton Peacock 2:58 (1965)
  45. Brenda’s Blues 1:51 (1965)
  46. Old Southern Medley 6:13 (1965)
  47. Come Back Baby 2:24 (1965)
  48. St. Patrick’s Hymn 0:56 (1965)
  49. The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party 19:08 (1966)
  50. Knott’s Berry Farm Molly 4:34 (1966)
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On Recordings (17)

Arranged

  1. I’m Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord 1:29 John Fahey (1967)

Instruments

  1. Parthenogenesis 19:54 Canned Heat (Oct 1968) guitar
  2. Parthenogenesis: Nebulosity / Rollin' And Tumblin' / Five Owls / Snooky Flowers / Sunflower Power / Raga Kafi / Icebag / Childhood 19:54 Canned Heat (1969) guitar
  3. Fare Forward Voyagers 23:37 John Fahey (1973) guitar
  4. When the Fire and the Rose Are One 13:54 John Fahey (1973) guitar
  5. Thus Krishna on the Battlefield 6:37 John Fahey (1973) guitar
  6. Wanda Russel's Blues 3:20 John Fahey (27 Oct 2005) guitar

Produced

  1. Miles City Train 6:09 George Winston (1972)
  2. Song 3:25 George Winston (1972)
  3. The Woods East of Deland 3:05 George Winston (1972)
  4. Untitled 5:56 George Winston (1972)
  5. Highway Hymn Blues 3:04 George Winston (1972)
  6. Deland, Florida Medley: Go ’way From My Window 1:32 George Winston (1972)
  7. Theme for a Futuristic Movie 1:56 George Winston (1972)
  8. New Hope Blues 1:46 George Winston (1972)
  9. Brenda's Blues 1:49 George Winston (1972)
  10. Rag 6:07 George Winston (1972)

Credited as (21)

  1. John Fahey
  2. John Fahey & Terry Robb
  3. Leo Kottke / Peter Lang / John Fahey
  4. No Neck Blues Band with John Fahey and Coach Fingers
  5. John Fahey & Nancy McLean
  6. Chip Vandiver & John Fahey
  7. John Fahey & Cul de Sac
  8. John Fahey feat. Brenda Pleasance
  9. John Fahey feat. Brenda Pleasance & Kate Finn
  10. John Fahey feat. Kate Finn
  11. John Fahey feat. Greg Fisher
  12. John Fahey feat. Joe Heinemann
  13. Blind Thomas
  14. Robbie Basho / John Fahey / Max Ochs / Harry Taussig / Bukka White
  15. John Fahey & Jim O’Rourke
  16. Maria Muldaur / John Fahey
  17. John Fahey & Davies Gilbert
  18. John Fahey & Edmund Sears
  19. John Fahey feat. Richard Ruskin
  20. John Fahey feat. Terry Robb
  21. John Fahey with Terry Robb

Works (12)

Arranged

  1. What Child Is This?
  2. The First Noel

Composed

  1. The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party
  2. Knott’s Berry Farm Molly
  3. Guitar Excursion Into the Unknown
  4. When the Fire and the Rose Are One
  5. Thus Krishna on the Battlefield
  6. Fare Forward Voyagers
  7. Dance of Death
  8. The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, California
  9. The Last Steam Engine Train

Dedicated Works

  1. Requiem for John Fahey

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. Guinness Fleadh Festival 1998: New York, day 1

Links (22)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.johnfahey.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/130584967
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/john_fahey
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1038181
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13994787s
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83176171
  6. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n83176171
  7. https://www.openlibrary.org/authors/OL38247A
  8. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65b13jm

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/John+Fahey

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/271611

Bookbrainz

  1. https://bookbrainz.org/author/240732e4-3b26-4f0f-b7f0-2e7487988ab0

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/65712
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/850736

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000223054

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2910635/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/12501264

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339380

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4js8BDiQwnHLlDmT1shPH7
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/64715

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/18432
  2. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/10690