anyone have any opinions on this?

The Best Of John Fahey Vol. 2: 1964 - 1983

Really into The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death right now. "I Am The Resurrection" kills me.

He has a lot of "best of" albums, I think RETURN OF THE REPRESSED is the best. I'd just reccomend getting his albums proper. He doesn't really have any bad songs -- get the albums proper, then make your own best of.

Does this guy sound anything like Avril Lavigne?

no way! maybe to do coke and steal some licks...

Yeah I'll check out Avril when I buy the Fahey. I have always wondered what goes on in the mind of an 19 year old girl.

A DVD of John Fahey's amazing performance at Audimax in Hamburg on March 17th, 1978; is soon to be released by Blast First (petite):

http://blastfirstpetite.com/john-fahey.html

I found this a long time ago, then forgot about it. An excellent highly detailed blog with lots of research and outtakes to download: http://johnfahey.blogspot.com/

oh yeah, these links have been long dead. damn it. good site anyways

new Fahey post w/ 1969 Peel Sessions, and a commitment to post Fahey content for a week in remembrance of his death:

http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/

I thought this was the same session as the "On Air" CD, but it turns out I just checked and "On Air" was recorded on 3/20/1978, so this DVD is going to be different. good! I still have to get that performance DVD (1969/1996 i think its called or something like that), and there is at least one maybe more instructional DVDs. I got both instruuctional books, each came w/ 3 CDs, mostly instruction but a few performance tracks and discussion...

thanks

new fahey posts over here:http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/

unreleased album & "voice of the turtle outtakes", major update on box set!

*worships you*

You might already be familiar with that soon-to-be-released DVD as there has been a copy of it in circulation among traders. It is sourced from a WDR broadcast, and i think i've read somewhere that the mastertape is gonna be used for it. Kind of odd that they have the show's date listed as "18-3-1982". I wonder what's the reason behind that.



EDIT:
The DVD sourced from the TV broadcast i have mentioned above is available for download at the zombtracker:

John Fahey 1978-03-17 Audimax, Hamburg, DE [PRO]

That torrent needs some seeders, though. I'm willing to dig my copy out and jump in to help seed if anyone here makes a request.

I am a HUGE fan of Fahey's late period stuff, I'm going to go ahead and say I'm the biggest fan of it that's ever lived, preferring it in general to his early stuff (though all periods of Fahey rule). Georgia Stomps, Atlanta Struts has been my thing lately, the songs are so long and so filled with riffs and information that it's probably a bit much for a lot of people to want to sit down and listen to; Fahey's stuff has always had, uh, a lot of NOTES and lots of sections and whathaveyou, but this album in general is just one thing after another, and a "wrong note" is never hit, if you know what I mean. It's just the most perfect example of perfect guitar playing I've ever heard. HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN in particular is so amazing. Get this album.

http://www.divshare.com/direct/14184358-634.zip

AZALAE CITY

the rarest unreleased Fahey album, enjoy...

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago...ent?oid=919601

I realize I just keep linking to this blog, but it has a lot of really good stuff. given your satement above, and If you havn't seen this page, I believe you will thank me:

http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/201...-electric.html

hmm, me and you both posted a link to that blog about 10 times in this thread between the both of us, man. haha.

either way, gonna buy that fahey concert dvd where he's wearing the sunglasses on the cover. anyone own it? used on amazon it's like $10. i'm sure it's worth that.