American Primitive Guitar

In this series for the intermediate guitarist John Fahey teaches a wide variety of instrumental solos. Critics have called John's style American Primitive Guitar.Some of the classic tunescovered are In Christ There Is No East Or West Take A Look At That Baby Some Summer Day Indian Pacific Railroad Blues (also known as Beverley) The Last Steam Engine Train When The Springtime ComesAgain and The Approaching Of The Disco Void. As part of Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop Audio Series not only does this book contain valuable lessons but as an added bonus the three accompanyingCDs also contain three full hours of instruction featuring note-by-note phrase-by-phrase instruction. The 56-page booklet is written in both standard notation and tablature.

John Fahey is truly an original and distinctive voice in the musical world revered by artists and performers the world over for his unusual compositions and cross-pollination of genres. His recording career has drawn influencefrom Country Blues Old-Time music Indian ragas the European classical tradition and Gregorian tonalities. He formed a loosely defined 'school' of American Primitive guitarists that included such diverse characters as LeoKottke and Robbie Basho.In 1968 Fahey released his first album of Christmas songs and holiday melodies to great critical acclaim. The arrangements reflect Fahey's preference for slightly Jazzy and upbeat styles - hedemonstrates and dissects nine of his most popular and requested versions. These songs will showcase your fingerstyle techniques and slide-style playing in both standard and open G tunings.

John Fahey is truly an original and distinctive voice in the musical world revered by artists and performers the world over for his unusual compositions and cross-pollination of genres. His recording career has drawn influencefrom Country Blues Old-Time music Indian ragas the European classical tradition and Gregorian tonalities. He formed a loosely defined 'school' of American Primitive guitarists that included such diverse characters as LeoKottke and Robbie Basho.In this not-to-be-missed set of tutorials Fahey himself teaches the techniques and arrangements for fifteen of his best-known instrumentals using regular open G and open D tunings. A 48-pagetablature booklet is included.