RC Johnston - THE FAHEY PROJECT
A wonderful tribute to John Fahey, available for free download over at Delta-Slider. Not quite covers, these are really imaginative interpretations that go beyond mere mimicry and into the realm of the sublime. For real.
Tracklist:
Pea Vine Apocalypse Then
Variations on John Henry
Variations Edgar Allan Poe Boy
Night Train to Land O’ Lakes
Blind Thomas’s Blues
Pea Vine Apocalypse Now
Night Train to Great Neck
On the Shady Side of the Desert
Takoma Two Step
The Wonderful Waltz I Heard on That Day
Jolly Joe’s Fonotone Blues #2
Tel Her to Go Back Home
I Love My Blind Joe Death Steam Engine Tattoo
Oh, and while we’re on the subject of Blind Joe Death, can I recommend this excellent, Fahey-related John Jeremiah Sullivan article? Yes, I can.
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