Find john fahey discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. Christmas guitar contains over 40 classic christmas songs. Since 1968 john fahey has recorded three more christmas albums, and one of easter hymns, but christmas with john fahey, volume two is easily the best of the rest, including, as it does, some gleaming and exciting duets with rick ruskin. The songs are easily identifiable and the unique fingerpicking style of fahey makes for a refreshing change to christmas music. Notefornote transcriptions for fingerstyle guitar from the album. The latest in a series of christmas john fahey albums, and perhaps the prettiest, with flute, piano and cello arrangements gracing some less obvious xmas pieces this is fahey at his most new age.
John fahey s guitar soli christmas album is a 1968 album by american folk musician john fahey. Faheys guitar playing has had tremendous influence on guitar players. John faheys guitar soli christmas album, fahey plays alone, using unusual harmonics and open tunings to turn in pleasant versions of classic christmas songs. At first glance christmas guitar may seem daunting. Listen to your favorite songs from christmas guitar soli with john fahey by john fahey now. The album is especially noteworthy since holiday music had never before been played in faheys acousticsteel.
John faheys most popular book is how bluegrass music destroyed my life. I was about thirteen and i saw some other guys, older than me, they were meeting girls in the park in the summer by taking guitars out and playing them and singing country western, so i bought a seventeen dollar sears and roebuck silver charm, the action was about that high, and i got to know these guys and. His father, al, played the concert harp, and his mother, jane, played the piano. A musical innovator in every sense of the word, john fahey began putting out his steelstring fingerpicking records on his own takoma label in the late 60s. Highly facile fingerpickingstyle blues folk guitarist john fahey has created an atmospherically standalone work on this cd 1999 reissue of the 1963 and 1967recorded album of the same title recorded by takoma. Dec, 2017 by the time fahey recut the bulk of the new possibility for 1982s christmas guitar, vol. John fahey s christmas songs for guitar this is the best christmas fingerstyle guitar tabulature extant. He broke fresh ground in recording guitar music that drew from such diverse sources as country blues, oldtime music, indian ragas, european classical music and gregorian chants.
John fahey, volume 6 days have gone by sheet music for impressions of susan with acoustic guitar jellynote, 400. Best sellers gift ideas new releases whole foods todays deals amazonbasics coupons. It is a collection of solo guitar arrangements of familiar christmas songs and has been fahey s best selling recording, remaining in print since it was first released. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. With songs like joy to the world, auld lang syne, we three kings, good king wenceslas, and lo how a rose eer blooming, the joy of the season will fill every heart. The discography of american guitarist and composer john fahey consists of thirtysix studio albums, five live albums and sixteen compilation albums, as well as five tribute albums. With songs like joy to the world, auld lang syne, we three kings, good king wenceslas, and lo how a rose eer blooming, the joy of the season. Takoma artist richard ruskin duets with fahey on a few of the numbers. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any. Unfortunately this red tinted sleeve release is a cdr issued by burnside records. The guitar players forum archive the guitar players forum 2019 johnfahey.
John faheys christmas songs for guitar with tablature by. John faheys guitar christmas book, a folio of guitar transcriptions of songs from the new possibility and christmas with john fahey vol. Stefan grossmans guitar workshop instructional and historical dvds books and materials. Richard ruskin john fahey arranged by, john stopes, john h. Even if you do not like fahey s other work, all of this is melodic and. John faheys guitar soli christmas album john fahey on allmusic 1968 this reissue of. John fahey s guitar soli christmas album, the acoustic guitarist s visionary 1968 set, was a scintillating collection of solo steelstring adaptations of beloved traditional yuletide melodies joy to the world, we three kings of orient are, god rest ye merry gentlemen. Fahey continued to release his own albums as well, including his bestseller the new possibility, a record of christmas carols released in 1967.
Firstly,if you are unfamiliar with fahey take note,the kings singers or charlotte church this is not,these are carols and christmas tunes played by j. Limited 180gm vinyl lp pressing housed in a tipon jacket per the original packaging. Christmas guitar soli with john fahey, an album by john fahey on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Enjoying its lambent simplicity, the listener would never realise that this is an album made by a man on a kind of precipice. John faheys guitar soli christmas album, lp, album, re, c1020 i bought this album somewhere around 19701972. Guitar of john fahey volume 1 stefan grossmans guitar. John fahey has 36 books on goodreads with 1867 ratings.
John fahey s christmas guitar offers solo renditions of favorite and rediscovered holiday songs. Fahey passed away on feb 22, 2001 at the age of 61. Guitarist john fahey s concept of christmas music was a little different from the norm. Dec 17, 2016 john fahey wikimediapascal p chassin john fahey made the best christmas album ever the solo guitar record the new possibility combines familiar and ageold tunes with wildass playing. John faheys christmas songs for guitar john stropes on.
A celebration of john fahey and americanprimitive guitar. All songs considered from faithful solo sets to televisionindebted deconstructions, 20 has been a. John fahey wikimediapascal p chassin john fahey made the best christmas album ever the sologuitar record the new possibility combines familiar and. I bought this cd to replace my cassette tape of this album. Guitar soli christmas albumchristmas with john fahey by. John faheys christmas guitar offers solo renditions of favorite and rediscovered holiday songs. It includes the liner notes by fahey on the back cover. Enjoying its lambent simplicity, the listener would never realise that this is. He broke fresh ground in recording guitar music that drew from such diverse sources as country blues, oldtime music, indian. John fahey christmas guitar volume one 1982, vinyl.
John fahey s stellar fingerpicking makes this a unique addition to any collection of christmas albums. Occupying a space somewhere between musique concrete and bluegrass, fahey found himself out of touch with both the incense burning pop world and the more militant folksingers of the day. Christmas guitar volume one, much like the rest of fahey s catalogue, is filled to the brim with assured and confident playing. Perfect to listen to while drinking cocoa by the fireplace, getting into the christmas spirit while wrapping presents, or while baking christmas cookies with the kids. John faheys guitar soli christmas albumchristmas with john fahey, vo to enjoy in your home or car, or gift it to another music lover. Nov 26, 20 a serious prankster whose genius led him down some dark roads, john fahey s made music without words on a sixstring guitar, music so brimful of ideas and invention, so steady and surefooted. John faheys christmas songs for guitar this is the best christmas fingerstyle guitar tabulature extant. John faheys guitar soli christmas album, an album by john fahey. Why you should listen to john faheys christmas musiceven if. Find john fahey discography, albums and singles on allmusic. It was hotat least ninety degrees, nelson recalls, under.
In the 1950s, fahey began to combine various styles of music he had heard on recordings, including the picking patterns and vocal styling of blues musicians and the abstract and dissonant. His style has been enormously influential and has been described as the foundation of american primitive guitar, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the selftaught nature. Christmas album by john fahey on amazon music unlimited. Fahey, john, robb, terry popular songs of christmas. Born on february 28 1939 in takoma park, maryland, usa, john fahey was an acoustic guitar pioneer, who studied folklore and the techniques of the bluesmen. John fahey death chants, breakdowns and military waltzes. On this particular label, this recording is a totally indigenous piece of american music, haunting, throbbing, eccentric, and unique. A serious prankster whose genius led him down some dark roads, john faheys made music without words on a sixstring guitar, music so brimful of. This cd in fact contains two christmas albums,one a solo by john fahey,and the other featuring duets with richard ruskin,so incredible value.
The official authentic cd is on john faheys own takoma label and is easy to spot due to its more attractive purple sleeve see link below. John fahey has created a unique body of guitar compositions and arrangements as well as a distinct approach to fingerstyle guitar. Listen to your favorite songs from christmas album by john fahey now. Thankfully, john faheys approach to the guitar and music in general give the album an advantage over the vast majority of cloying, monotonous holiday albums put out each year. Fingerstyle guitarist john fahey followed on the success of his first christmas record, 1968s the new possibility, with this 1975 title. Apr 15, 2008 listen to your favorite songs from christmas album by john fahey now. John fahey the new possibility john faheys guitar soli christmas album 1968 joy to the world.
This is a relaxed album, with a pleasing version of we three kings of orient are and a nice fingerpicking adaptation of god rest ye merry gentlemen fantasy. Christmas songs and holiday melodies stefan grossmans guitar. Christmas guitar soli with john fahey by john fahey on amazon. Songs arranged by fahey christmas medley arranged by fahey and richard ruskin. These christmas selections capture the warmth and charm of johns performances at his very best. One of acoustic guitar s prime innovators and eccentrics, he mixed traditionalist forms folk, blues, country with a decidedly modernist sensibility.
John fahey christmas with john fahey volume ii discogs. Joy to the world by john fahey christmas special guitar. This is a melodious rendition of 26 christmas carols on guitar by john fahey. The filmmaker erik nelson shot this video in john fahey s basement in santa monica, in the summer of 1981, for an mtv news segment. Joy to the world by john fahey christmas special guitar lesson. Most of the songs in the book feature three arrangements. By the time fahey recut the bulk of the new possibility for 1982s christmas guitar, vol.
This listing omits a label image so that sellers can add wakefield reissues to it. The fahey files the site archives for guitar players sligo river music how bluegrass music destroyed my life purchase hitomi on cd here. Feb 08, 20 john fahey the new possibility john fahey s guitar soli christmas album 1968 joy to the world. His style has been enormously influential and has been described as the foundation of american primitive guitar, a term borrowed from painting. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. Denson, by the way, teamed with guitarist and educator stefan grossman in 1973 to establish another steelstring guitar label, kicking mule records, that specialized in pretzelfingered transcriptions. John faheys guitar soli christmas album is a 1968 album by american folk musician john fahey.
Fahey plays the hymn with painstaking slowness, peeling apart the chords until you can make out each halting note and even the shifts of his. These christmas selections capture the warmth and charm of john s performances at his very best. India pacific railroad blues howto version i wish i knew how it would feel to be free. Although most of the songs here barely deviate from the original composition, fahey manages to incorporate plenty of subtle twists and turns to keep one interested. John faheys guitar christmas book, a folio of guitar transcriptions of songs from the new. February 28, 1939 february 22, 2001 was an american fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steelstring acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. Christmas fantasy parts 1 and 2 take up the complete side two. May 04, 2007 mix john fahey poor boys long way from home youtube. Mix john fahey poor boys long way from home youtube.
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