The Guitar of John Fahey Volume 1 - DVD

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 another fifteen of his best-known instrumentals using regular open G and open D tunings. A48-page tablature booklet is included.

John Fahey transformed the world of the acoustic flat-top steel-string Guitar by bringing it to the concert stage as a respected solo instrument. Blind Joe Death: Volume 1 looks at theimportant people and genres that shaped him as a composer. This volume focuses on Side 1 of the original 1967 Blind Joe Death LP a collection of mostly traditional music that was adapted for solo Guitar. HintsofHints of Fahey's early influences endured throughout his career as a composer yet early on and in Blind Joe Death a unique voice is coming into focus one that is not afraid to explore theavant-garde with journeys into collage and expressionism.Six extensively edited solos from Blind Joe Death are included in Volume 1: 'On Doing an Evil Deed Blues ' 'St. Louis Blues ' 'Poor Boy a LongWays from Home ' 'Uncloudy Day ' 'John Henry' and 'In Christ There Is No East or West.' Within these transcriptions Andrew Lardner has provided admirers of John Fahey's body of work with theessential keys to launch their own journeys into replicating the sounds and style of Fahey's landmark solos from Blind Joe Death.