America by John Fahey - DeepRiffs

ALBUM

Listen to John Fahey's America and hear an honest-to-goodness pioneer of solo acoustic steel-string guitar. With a truly distinctive approach, Fahey creates dusty, sweetly evocative worlds of American folk and blues that make the soul throb. His fingerpicking on alternating and drone bass lines, coupled with chorded melodies, continues to provide inspiration to acoustic players. America opens with the bittersweet "Jesus Is a Dying Bedmaker," a spirited folk painting of elation dressed in suffering. Fahey's halting articulation at the outset of the tune eventually gives way to an uptempo gust of glad resolve. Here and elsewhere lies Fahey's remarkable talent for squeezing a wondrous amount of expressiveness out of simple musical materials. Skip James' "Special Rider Blues" crawls along like a 12-string sloth, its call-and-response melodic lines full of languor and images of a breezeless afternoon in Mississippi. "Dvorak" is a sensitive arrangement of the third movement of Dvorak's eighth symphony, a perfect offering of classical composition with a natural folk sensibility. "Steel string wailing" spoken here.
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1. Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

2. Amazing Grace

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: Public Domain; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Public Domain; Other

3. Song #3

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

4. Special Rider Blues

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: Skip James; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Skip James; Other

5. Dvorak

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: Public Domain; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Public Domain; Other

6. Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

7. Finale

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

8. America

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

9. Dalhart, Texas, 1967

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

10. Knoxville Blues

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: Sam Mcgee; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Sam Mcgee; Other

11. Mark 1:15

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

12. Voice Of The Turtle

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

13. The Waltz That Carried Us Away And Then A Mosquito Came And Ate Up My Sweetheart

Primary Artist: John Fahey; Main Performer
Composer: John Fahey; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Fahey; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

13 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

1 hour, 18 minutes and 42 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1500x1500 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

No lyrics found

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Jazz, Singer & Songwriter, Blues, Rock, Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk, Progressive Folk

Label

Fantasy Records

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

No linguistic content

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1997

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

25218890328