Track Listings (15) - Disc #1| All Artists: John Fahey & Friends Title: Friends of Fahey Tribute Members Wishing: 5 Total Copies: 0 Label: Slackertone Records Original Release Date: 1/1/2006 Re-Release Date: 3/14/2006 Genres: Blues, Folk, Jazz, Pop Styles: Traditional Blues, Traditional Folk, Traditional Jazz & Ragtime, Tributes Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 755491222126 |
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When Grammy Award winner John Fahey passed away on Feb. 22, 2001, he left behind a legacy of groundbreaking guitar styles, roots music innovations, and a generation of musicians who were inspired by his creative vision.... more » |
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Album Description When Grammy Award winner John Fahey passed away on Feb. 22, 2001, he left behind a legacy of groundbreaking guitar styles, roots music innovations, and a generation of musicians who were inspired by his creative vision. The five years since his death have shed new light on his reputation as a giant in the blues, folk, post-punk and alternative genres, and on 20th century American music itself. Several recorded salutes to Fahey's prowess as a musical treasure have recently emerged, all of them reverential toward the both iconic and iconoclastic shadows he cast on contemporary music. But how does one best understand the man himself and offer plaudits to his abilities? Perhaps by asking his closest peers to musically explain who he was to them on a personal level. His albums always taught the listener to expect the unexpected, and this recording is no exception. Along with twelve of his famous friends, students, and disciples, Fahey himself appears with a long lost guitar track from his last ever acoustic recording session and a spoken message to his friends which will bring smiles to the faces of both his new and longtime fans. The CD is called John Fahey & Friends - Friends Of Fahey Tribute. With songs either written or inspired by Fahey, George Winston, John Renbourn, Stefan Grossman, Paul Geremia, Woody Mann, Mark Lemhouse, Tinh, Terry Robb, Mitch Greenhill, Peter Lang, Mayne Smith and John Doan lay down solid tracks with the beauty and artistry that have made them famous around the world. It's a fond farewell to the man they all considered to be a close friend. These artists have generously donated their proceeds to the non-profit Village School Foundation. When's the last time a noble cause sounded this good? Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsThe Greatest Tribute To The Greatest Guitar Player Jennifer Scott | 06/22/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Having every Fahey album I've been able to get my hands on, I had to get this too - just to see if it was any good. And I was more than pleased! Tinh who studied under Fahey have done a great job producing this album with an impressing line-up of artists. Instead of re-hashing Fahey songs, that no one could do better than the Man himself, most of these artists have written beautiful songs inspired by and in respect and rememberance of John. If I should have to pick favorites I think that would have to be track 2: "I remember John Fahey" by Tinh and 3: "Spanish Nights" by Woody Mann. The long lost track by Fahey himself "Why haven't I heard from you?" from his last ever acoustic session, starting with a vocal message from John (a message left on someone's answering machine) brings joy to your heart and tears to your eyes. It's the greatest tribute to the greatest guitar player I've ever heard." A Well-balanced and Respectful Tribute jimnypivo | west of Chicago, USA | 08/31/2006 (5 out of 5 stars) "Musical Tribute discs should be a celebration and honor of the featured artist. `Friends of Fahey Tribute' succeeds because the musical selections are varied and interesting--all are well-executed, passionate, and reverent. The liner notes say the disc's sales proceeds go to The Village School Foundation, a charity that provides scholarships and schools to the children of Viet Nam.
Fahey's career spanned six decades. That vast continuum of music is well-represented here. In review in of another John Fahey Tribute disc, `I am the Resurrection', I commented that my expectation of a Fahey Tribute would be "of imitative playing style, and played...as John would himself." On both that recording and on `Friends of Fahey Tribute', I was pleasantly surprised because we get that, plus interpretive extrapolations, and original tunes. Celebration, respect and honor for Fahey shines through in all of them. George Winston says it so well in his slow, deliberate, bluesy rendition of Fahey's `Steamboat Gwine `Round de Bend', playing it like Fahey's New Orleans Funeral March might sound. Mississippi Delta stylings of early Fahey are done faithfully by, Peter Lang (`Poor Boy') and Terry Robb (`Impressions of Susan'). Others are respectful of the Master's style, and render faithful versions of His songs. I especially like the songs dedicated to Fahey's memory which are Fahey-like, but completely original. Best examples are the selections from Tinh, Mark Lemhouse, and John Doan. Strangely, the weakest piece is a ghostly John Fahey answering machine message grafted onto a musical recording from later life titled `Why Haven't I heard from You?' It's like JF's placing a call from the great beyond. I hope John is pleased with the result. I am. " |
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