" It's like no one saw the moon until John thought to look up " - Leo Kottke
@walterneff
6 жыл бұрын
I wanna hear the whole context but man that's beautiful
@philiprutter1
5 жыл бұрын
Wow. Now there is a stunning compliment. Beautiful is the word.
@g.bontempi691
6 жыл бұрын
this is the best wiggly air that ever hit my eardrums
@Timo-89
2 жыл бұрын
Based
@greatsilentwatcher
3 ай бұрын
Just want to let folks know that Takoma Records co-founder with John Fahey, ED Denson, has passed away. He is being remembered by his countless friends.
@karlkellar8614
6 жыл бұрын
He's the greatest. Maybe not technically -- though he's no slouch, it's very hard to play so clean and smoothly without sounding mechanical, but he does it -- but leaving that aside, a great great artist. His guitar is an extension of his soul. No one wrote such beautiful music in this idiom. I was lucky enough to see him live several times, it was unforgettable. I even got to go backstage between sets and change his strings for him once -- what an experience!
@futuropasado
5 жыл бұрын
"though he's no slouch, it's very hard to play so clean and smoothly without sounding mechanical, but he does it" Reminds me of the great spanish master, Andres Segovia, just soul, purely musical.
@tylerbrandon460
4 жыл бұрын
I've never heard anything that convey so many emotions in one song. He used alot of notes and chord voicings that are considered dissonant, alot of them he made up. It's like he didn't care or know what music was "supposed" to sound. He just said this is what music is supposed to sound like to me, like it or don't.
@zatoichimasseur6767
2 жыл бұрын
I agree he's the Goat.
@zatoichimasseur6767
2 жыл бұрын
@@tylerbrandon460 he was the first in his generation to sea the moon for what it really was.-
@robertloader9826
Жыл бұрын
@@zatoichimasseur6767 what really is the moon?
@martyschwartzhere9290
4 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest to ever do it.
@je7647
3 жыл бұрын
the greatest imo
@zatoichimasseur6767
2 жыл бұрын
The Goat
@joywilder9092
8 жыл бұрын
Today is kinda the beginning of springtime where I live. This was the perfect soundtrack for all my emotions as I explored the wild around me left by winter storms and all the damage of human purposes -- carried out when everyone was watching TV and staying warm in their temporary shelters. Next week will be a big one for prescription drug distributors.
@Ralphoifyful
6 жыл бұрын
7:01 a song for the battlefields of your life
@joeshea1010
5 жыл бұрын
john fahey was trying to get free, maybe like all artists, each in their own way. you see him walking down the sidewalk, counting the cracks, then looking up at the blossoms, the birds, the day coming to an end. thank you for posting
@povilasbarasa1353
4 жыл бұрын
for those interested, most of this song is incorporated into his piece "Mark 1:15" from the 1971 album "America". He stated he worked on that piece for years, so it is not surprising, in his deeply blues-rooted nature, that he tried out and improvised some of the sections beforehand, as paragraphs to some intricate folk tale in writing...
@josephtravers777
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that tidbit! I'm sure a lot of this was improvised but the song form resembles a Classical piece of work, even if it is rooted in Roots music. I would love to transcribe this but I don't think I have the patience to do so. :)
@jonjennings13
5 жыл бұрын
This is it! The HOLY GRAIL Johns greatest this is the quintessential Fahey!
@je7647
3 жыл бұрын
check out the channel blind lewis, lots of great live recordings, even better ones of this song imo
@stevegrooms1142
6 жыл бұрын
There is a superb biography of Fahey by Steve Lowenthal. The title is The Dance of Death: John Fahey. It just came out in paperback. The book is intelligent, knowledgeable and respectful. Poor John lived in a world of pain.
@Marsellus82
5 жыл бұрын
I have it, and it's a very interesting book. I wish I had more time to propose myself for a translation in my language
@djtrack16
5 жыл бұрын
lucky for us (and, most importantly, for himself), he was a great alchemist, able to transmute that pain into gold. i felt this way after watching nina simone's documentary too, she underwent great suffering.
@CalamityHillMusic
4 жыл бұрын
I had a dream once withdrawing from drugs. I'd explain it to you but but this song does a far better jobs.
@MichaelMonterey
9 жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the truly original Guitar Gods of America, etc., eh? Wherever "he" is now, may the Buddha & all holy saints, angels, and peeps (of whatever species) Bless him and keep him playin' such amazingly beautiful, inspiringly pure music.
@roidrage11
8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Monterey fuck yeah
@WotanandFreyja
10 жыл бұрын
this guitar makes me happy. Always.
@mstras
3 жыл бұрын
I went to see John Fahey at the now defunct Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Pa back in "the day"' Short Version, some fella' using a hand truck wheels out a short half-refrigerator then he lays out an Arabian style rug' and then brings out a not before seen seen lamp. then a chair and a guitar stand. finally he brings out a guitar.. walks off-stage then quickly returns. Ladies and gentlemen, John Fahey
@dougstrobel1557
4 жыл бұрын
I heard an apochraphal story that Fahey saw a poster for Douglas Fairbanks Thief of Bagdad and was compelled to play music....but chose the guitar as the most immediate entree to composing...I had that poster on my wall...pre 1976
@unknownpmc5581
6 жыл бұрын
well fuck. Glad i know who John Fahey is now. Amazing guitar player, knows how to let his guitar breath, goes up, down move from side to side, twist and turn. The soundscapes are amazing.
@christiangasior4244
6 жыл бұрын
goes up, down, down move, up move, sideways move, parallel move, and even 90 degree move, twist and turn, twist and shout, a ting here, a tang there, walla walla big bang.
@elidearaujo9512
6 жыл бұрын
Big Bang scattering in spherical coordinates
@last.rights
2 жыл бұрын
So painful
@MEKON17
6 жыл бұрын
Feels like I live lifetime listening to this song
@Marco_Venieri
4 жыл бұрын
grandioso, non ho mai ascoltato chitarristi come lui, forse solo robbie basho può avvicinarsi
@reverseretreatrecall
4 жыл бұрын
all the memories that were washed away.
@guitarsfromhell77
13 жыл бұрын
this is such an incredible piece of music.
@MrPundaddy
11 жыл бұрын
dont ever recall getting teary over music this must be a first
@pereraddison932
5 жыл бұрын
MrPundaddy ... John Fahey was an incredibly inavative guitarist who mentored Leo Kottke. Leos' 1st record, 6 & 12 string guitars, is nearly 50yrs, and still selling today. You will be doing yourself a very big favour if you have a lil listen. It's on Utube. Enjoy!...
@omnirath
2 жыл бұрын
@@pereraddison932 meh huge fan of Fahey not so much of Kottke, too technical didn’t cry
@Katmat87
6 жыл бұрын
Amazing recording, sounds like he's in my room.
@zatoichimasseur6767
8 ай бұрын
At 5:44 b begins the most hauntingly beautiful chords ever strummed.
@lucaterzi2565
6 жыл бұрын
maestro!
@Marco_Venieri
5 жыл бұрын
Luca Terzi veramente
@kanacubana827
4 жыл бұрын
This makes me weep of joy
@patrickdaley6786
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting Nick. This is a lovely version. I am more familiar with his shorter version, but I really like this. To give credit where credit is due, however, the original authorship is credited to "John Fahey and Pat Sullivan". Her name seems to be left off subsequent versions.
@Raymantico
7 жыл бұрын
love this in May 2017
@erikbender1
11 жыл бұрын
great artist
@bandicoot5412
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks John! In the clouds, takes creative genius to get so much variety of tones and riffs and all those sounds! Ya know?
@jafuso61
12 жыл бұрын
beautiful ~ thank you
@claesmaxime2938
7 жыл бұрын
I am feeling so much the Vynil version when I listen to this, this is the kind of stuff i can listen to again and again...
@jeffwilliams196
6 жыл бұрын
Unavailable on Vinyl.
@SuperBurninguitar
8 жыл бұрын
bliss and heaven
@aumoccbei3197
11 жыл бұрын
if the part beginning at 7:02 doesn't send chills down your spine then i really don't know you should get yourself checked
@TheFunkyKingston
6 жыл бұрын
Astral expression...! This is great!
@tanqueyretorno
7 жыл бұрын
Que genio :)
@nloisoccer
13 жыл бұрын
heavenly
@victorpearson1418
5 жыл бұрын
Master of the discord revelation .
@axesofoz717
8 жыл бұрын
great art
@rob_pj
7 жыл бұрын
unreal
@doughboycod2
10 жыл бұрын
Really interesting version of this song. Definitely takes you on a journey through emotions.
@AllinFC
7 жыл бұрын
It's an original piece alright, but the version he recorded on vinyl was a bit different. This is apparently an earlier take on it.
@WilliamBrownGuitar
7 жыл бұрын
This arrangement is called "Mark 1:15" on his "America" album, but I don't think Fahey every play it the same twice. "When the Springtime Comes Again" is incorporated into this longer tune. He's the greatest guitarist of all time IMO; as far as I am concerned more heart and soul even than Kottke.
@omnirath
2 жыл бұрын
@@WilliamBrownGuitar amen
@ELVIS4221
11 жыл бұрын
SUN, MOON AND STARS SHINE FOR OUR FALLEN MAESTRO, MASTER AND CHAMPION COMPOSER. NICK, YOUR POSTING OF THIS JEWEL MEANS A LOT TO ME. ITS BEEN A DOZEN YEARS SINCE HE'S LEFT US. THE GOOD NEWS IS, EVIDENTLY, THERE WILL BE A MOVIE, COMING OUT IN THE WINTER OF 2013, CALLED, SOMETHING LIKE, "IN SEARCH OF BLIND JOE DEATH".
@annettemarshall4895
6 жыл бұрын
What happened to that?
@exoticarsusa
6 жыл бұрын
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@juanreiki
12 жыл бұрын
One of my favorites. Always.
@cheefinthakeef
13 жыл бұрын
@guitarsfromhell77 Indeed it is.
@joycecosta3236
5 жыл бұрын
Brian Jones must have heard that ... if you understand me ... The song is from 1963.
@je7647
3 жыл бұрын
while he's not technically the fastest or whatever, theres something about the way he could hold the rhythm that is superhuman.
@TheBrainBlob
8 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful creationist
@jeffwilliams196
6 жыл бұрын
John believed in natural selection.
@Kirilliusmacev
5 ай бұрын
@@jeffwilliams196 Proofs?
@jackorion7157
Жыл бұрын
6:54
@lampkicker
6 жыл бұрын
By the way (by by the the way way) this is one human bean with one guitar with six strings playing to the gods that be.
@christiangasior4244
6 жыл бұрын
Or just playing for himself and others, since there are most likely no gods that be.
@booskismith9465
5 жыл бұрын
@@christiangasior4244 John himself believed in a God. A Great Koonaklaster.
@mr.esfusioncollect8494
7 жыл бұрын
Is that played with a slide?
@johnrourke4363
7 жыл бұрын
No.
@patrickdaley6786
6 жыл бұрын
Dropped D tuning - no slide
@milkvolume1711
4 жыл бұрын
please tell me what chord he uses to play this. thanks in advance
@evansgate
4 жыл бұрын
all of them
@jimsteele2072
4 жыл бұрын
Unorthodox
@frankrogers9844
5 жыл бұрын
Is he playing at a klan meeting? ( cross and flags )
@daydreamcon6343
4 жыл бұрын
No
@weewee2169
2 жыл бұрын
john fahey was a devout christian and i think the cross is poignant
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