WORLD OF FAHEY INDEX
VROOTz! : FAHEY SOurCEs AND INFLUENCES
Legend:
V = Vrootz
VA = Vroots Additions
CT = Covers, Tributes & Assorted Connections
FT = First John Fahey Tribute
FF = "Don't you have anything better to do? A John Fahey Fan CD"
HB = How Bluegrass Music destroyed my Life by John Fahey
(Drag City, 2000)
AAFM = Anthology of American Folk Music (edited by Harry Smith)
~ = see Fahey tune
## = Fahey used title or quoted lyrics only
Artist Index:
CD Index
Ackerman, Will CT5
Basal CT8
Acuff, Roy V3
Basho, Robbie V9 CT5
Aleman, Oscar VA7
Basho-Jurgens, Steffen CT8
AMF CT7
Basie, Count V1 VA7
Anderson, James FF
Beach Boys V6
Anderson, Marian V9
Beatles VA5
Anderson, Nels CT9
Bechet, Sydney VA3
Angeletti, Maurizio CT1
Becker, Reinhard CT3
Armstrong, Louis VA7
Benecke, Tex V6
Arnold, Eddie V1
Berkshire Bell Ringers V6
Ashley, Clarence V2 V7 VA7 VA8
Bertrand, Jimmy VA8
Atkins, Chet VA4
Blind Blake V4
Atkins, Chet and Merle Travis V10
Blue Boys VA8
Auldridge, Mike V8
Blue Sky Boys V7 VA2
Austin, Gene VA9
Boggs, Dock V2 V7 V10
Baden Powell V8 VA2 VA6
Bookbinder, Roy CT5
Bad Segue CT8
Boyd's, Bill, Cowboy Ramblers VA4
Bailey Brothers VA9
Breaux, Clemo & Joseph Falcon VA6
Baker, Duck CT6
Brown, L D CT8
Baker, Etta V3
Brown, Milton VA1
Ball, Estil C VA2 VA5
Brown, Willie V2
Bapat, Ulhas V5
Burnett & Rutherford V2
Barbecue Bob V2 V3
Busby, Buzz VA9
Barefoot Bill VA8
Butler, Elias CT6
1
Butler, Sam V4 VA8
Edwards, Cliff VA3
Byrd, Joseph CT6
Eisenbeil, Bruce CT7
Calt, Steve and Dave Mann CT2
Elgart, Les & Larry V6
Camaramans CT7
Englehardt, Toulouse CT1
Canned Heat V9 VA4
Esquivel V6
Cannon, Gus VA4
Ellington, Duke V1 VA6
Carter Family V1 V2 V4 VA7 VA8 VA9
Fahey, John V8 V9 V10 FF
Carter, Fred V4
Falcon, Joseph V3
Cat Iron VA8
Firk, Backwards Sam V8 CT1 CT3
Clayborn, Rev Edmund VA9
Fitzgerald, Ella V6
Cline, nels V9
Flatt & Scruggs V1 VA5
Cole, Cozy V7
Fleetwoods VA5
Coleman, Ornette VA7
Flubber CT1
Collins, Shirley CT7
Ford, Tennessee Ernie VA8
Coltman, Bob, & Joe Bussard V8
4Treck CT7
Connolly, Stephen CT2
Frenchy's String Band V4
Cooley, Spade VA1
Gaillard, Slim VA5 VA7
Cooper, Stony V1
Gamelan Batel V7
Corbin, Denny & Cher V8
Gastr del Sol CT2
Cotton, Elizabeth V3 V4 VA5
Gentry, Bobbie V6
Cleveland, Big Boy V7
Georgians VA3
Crase, James VA7
Gilbert, Ronnie VA1
Croker, Brendan & the 5 O'Clock Shadows CT7
Gilewitz, Richard CT3
Crumpton, Dennis & Robert Summers V3
Gliere V5
Cul de Sac V8 CT1 CT9
Good Old Boys VA1
Damien, T V8
Gould, Morton V10
Daniels, Julius V2
Graham, Davy CT7
Daria, Robert CT8
Graves, Blind Roosevelt VA6
Davis, Rev Gary V4 VA1 VA8
Gray, Glen VA7
Dell Vikings VA5
Grayson & Whitter V4
Dellaira, Michael CT6
Greenhill, Mitch & Mayne Smith V9 FT1
De Meijer, Gert CT3
Grossman, Stefan V8 V10 CT2 CT5 CT7
Derek and the Dominoes VA4
Gueraldi , Vince and Bola Sete V10
Deutschmeister Band V6
Gulezian, Michael V9 FT2
Dilleshaw, John V2
Hackett, Bobby V6
Domino, Fats VA5
Hadley, Bob CT1 CT2
Donegan, Lonnie VA8
Halfway House Orchestra VA1
Dorsey, Jimmy V6
Hamada, Takasi CT3
Dudon, Jacques V9
Handy's, W C, Memphis Blues Band VA3
Dvorak V5
Harpe, Neil and Max Oches CT5
Dylan, Bob VA2
Harris, Woody CT1 CT2
Eaglin, Snooks VA9
Hartford, John V9
Eans, Jim V1
Harvey, Roy & Leonard Copeland V3 V4
2
Hawkins, Buddy Boy V2 VA3 VA4
Kimbrough, Lottie VA4
Hayes, Clifford, Dixieland Jug Blowers VA3
Kottke, Leo V8 V10 CT1 CT3 CT7
Hedges, Michael V9
LaFosse, Andre CT3
Hendrix, Jimi V8
Lang, Peter V8 CT1 CT6 FT3
Hensley, Walter V4
Leadbelly VA4 VA7
Herbert, Didier V3
Ledford, Mainer, Morris V4
Herman, Woody V6
Lee, Bertha V4
Heywood, Phil CT1 CT3
Lee, Geoffrey CT7
Hickory Wind V9
Lee, Wilma V1
Hobbs, Smiley VA2
Lemire, Estelle V9
Hodes, Art V4
Lewis, Ted VA3
Hoopii, Sol VA6
Lewis, Furry V3 VA3 VA4
Holiday, Billie VA3
Liberace V6
Homegas V8
Louise, Helen & Jo Ferera V3
House, Son V3 VA6
Louvin Bros VA2
Hudson, Frank CT8
Lunsford, Bascon Lamar V2
Human Abstract CT7
McCoury, Rob CT1
Hurt, M John V2 VA1 VA6 VA7 VA9
McDonald, Country Joe V8 CT3
Hutchison, Frank V2 V4 VA4 VA6
McDowell, M Fred V3 VA7
Insect Trust CT7
McGee, Sam V2 VA1 VA7
Ives VA4
McIntorsh Elder & Edwards VA7
Jackson, Bo Weavil see Sam Butler
McMitchen, Clayton VA4
James, Skip V2 V4 V10 VA4 VA6
Macon, Uncle Dave V4 V10 VA4
Jefferson, Blind Lemon VA6
McTell, Ralph VA6 VA9
Johns, Evan & His H-Bombs V6
Mahoney, Tinh CT3 CT5 CT7
Johnson, Blind Willie V1 VA7
Mamas and the Papas VA5
Johnson, James P VA3
Mann, Woody CT3
Johnson, Robert V4 VA5
Maphis, Joe V8
Johnson, Robert V4
Mason, Rev Moses VA4
Johnson, Tommy V2 VA6
Memphis Sheiks VA7 VA9
Johnson, Turner VA5
Menabo, Roberto CT2
Jolson, Al VA8
Midnight String Quartet V6
Jones, Grandpa V1 V3
Miller, Dale CT3 CT6
Jones, Isham VA3
Miller, John CT5
Jones, Little Hat V2
Mills Brothers VA7 VA9
Jonz, Jasper FF
Miss Murgatroid V9
Jordan, Luke VA8
Monk-One/Billy Martin CT6
Jungle Band VA6
Monroe, Bill V1 V3 V7 V10 VA1 VA5 VA6
Kaiser, Henry CT6 FT3
VA7
Monroe Brothers VA5
Kazee, Buell VA6
Keary, Ian CT3
Kellogg, Phil FT2 FF
Ketelby V5
3
Moore, Willie V2
Morris, Jess V2
Morton's, Jelly Roll, New Orleans Jazzmen VA6
VA9
Mozart VA3
Rose, Jack CT4
Mudurian, Jack VA7
Rosmini, Dick V8
Muldoon, Charles CT8
Ruskin, Rick V9 CT5 FT1
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band V9
St Saens V7
Nix, Rev AW VA9
Sandoval, Hope CT8
Nomi, Klaus V10
Sandberg, Larry CT5
Ochs, max V8
Sauceman Brothers VA9
O'Day, Molly V1 V7
Schmidt, Charles CT4 CT9 FT1 FF
Oliver, King VA8
Schumann, Coco VA6
O'Rourke, Jim V9
Segura Brothers V3
Osbourne Brothers VA5
Sete, Bola V8 V10 VA2 VA7
Paley, Tom CT5
Shankar, Ravi V8
Partch, Harry VA7
Sharp, Elliot CT7
Patton, Bertha VA8
Shaw, Artie V1
Patton, Charlie V1 V2 V3 V4 VA2 VA3
Shuffler, George VA5
VA6 VA7 VA8 VA9
Paul, Les & Mary Ford V7
Sibelius V5
Pearson, David CT8
Pelt CT3
Perkins, Carl VA9
Phillips, Phil VA5
Pierce, Webb V1
Pinnacle Boys V7
Platters V7 V9 VA5
Popple, David FF
Presley, Elvis VA5 VA9
Presnell, Mrs Edd V3
Proctor, Chris CT3
Prokofiev V1 V5
Puleo, Johnny & his Harmonica Gang V7
Radha Krishna Temple CT5
Ragtime Ralph CT8 CT9
Rampi, Phillip CT6 FF
Randolph, Billy V7
Reid, Harvey CT1
Reinhardt, Django VA6 VA8 VA9
Renbourne, John CT7
Reno & Smiley V1 V4
Robb, Terry CT6
Robertson, Eck V2
Robeson, Paul VA1 VA3
Rodgers, Jimmie V1 V3 V4
Rodgers, Mike CT3
4
Simone, Nina VA3
Sinatra, Frank VA8
Slooven, Gerard CT7
Smith & Allgood V4
Smith. Arvid (Tory Voodoo) CT1 CT2
Snow, Hank V1 VA6
Snow White soundtrack VA4
Spottswood, Dick VA9
Stafford, Jo V6
Stanley Bros V1 V7 VA1 VA5
Staples Singers V3 VA8
Stephens, Uncle Bunt V2
Stereolab V9
Stockhausen V9
Story, Carl V1
Stranglen, Andrew CT3 FF
Stravinsky V5 VA1
Sykes, Roosevelt V4
Tedesco, Tommy V8
Terry, Sonny & Brownie McGhee V3
TG (Gondard) CT7
Thompson, W B FF
Too Early Consort V6
Too Tight Henry VA9
Traum, Artie, & Cindy Cashdollar CT7
Travis, Merle V4 V7 V10 VA1 VA5
Two Poor Boys V2 V3 VA4
Tubb, Ernest V1
Wendt, Brian CT7
Ukelele Ike VA3
Whetstone, Tony CT8
Unknown artist VA4 CT2 CT7 CT8 CT9
White, Bukka V3 V4 V8
Vaughan Williams V5
Wilkins, Rev Robert VA9
Wakefield, Frank V9
Williams, Blind Connie V3
Waters, Muddy VA6
Williams, Hank V1
Watson, Doc CT7 VA7
Wills, Bob V3
Waybacks CT3
Winston, George V8 CT1
Weaver & Beasley V2
Wiseman, Mac VA8
Weaver, Sylverter V10 VA3
Wittenberg, Mitchell CT6 CT9 FF
Weller, Lester FF
Work, Henry Clay V5
Wellins, Matt CT8
CD Index:
CD 1 - LEAVING CANAAN (THE CENTER OF INTEREST WILL NOT HOLD )
6
TOTAL TIME 73:05
6
CD 2 LEAVING SILVER SPRINGS (HONEY PART 1)
9
TOTAL TIME 78:49
9
CD 3 : LEAVING BASTROP (HONEY PART 2)
12
TOTAL TIME 77:33
12
CD 4 LEAVING MACES SPRINGS (HONEY PART 3)
15
TOTAL TIME : 77:52
15
CD5 LEAVING VENICE BEACH ("THE CLASSICS")
18
TOTAL TIME 77:20
18
CD 6 LEAVING YOGAVILLE WEST (CHRISTMAS WITHOUT JOHN FAHEY)
19
TOTAL TIME : 52:49
19
CD 7 - LEAVING SALEM ("RADIO FREE VROOTZ") TOTAL TIME 55:43
21
CD 8 - LEAVING AZALEA CITY (CONTEMPORARIES)
23
TOTAL TIME : 69:48
23
CD 9 - LEAVING OREGON CAPITOL INN (ADDENDA)
25
TOTAL TIME : 78:17
25
CD 10 : A DISGUSTING, DEGENERATE LIFE (LEAVING BABYLON)
27
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 1
29
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 2
30
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 3
30
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 4
31
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 5
32
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 6: MORE ADDITIONS
33
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 7: MORE ADDITIONS
34
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 8: MORE ADDITIONS
35
NOT TOO MANY DEGREES OF SEPARATION - VOL 9: MORE ADDITIONS
36
COVERS-TRIBUTES: VOLUME 1
37
5
COVERS-TRIBUTES: VOLUME 2
38
COVERS-TRIBUTES: VOLUME 3
39
COVERS-TRIBUTES: VOLUME 4
39
COVERS-TRIBUTES: VOLUME 5
40
COVERS-TRIBUTES: VOLUME 6
41
COVERS-TRIBUTES: VOLUME 8
42
COVERS-TRIBUTES: VOLUME 9
43
TRIBUTE DISC #1
43
TRIBUTE DISC #2
44
TRIBUTE DISC #3
44
FAHEY FAN CD
45
VROOTz! : FAHEY SOurCEs AND INFLUENCES
Or,
Notes towards an interpretation of a dream of the origins of John Fahey
"The Volk do, on occasion, come up with wonderful creations."
-
CD 1 - LEAVING CANAAN (The Center Of Interest Will Not Hold )
TOTAL TIME 73:05
1.
Fahey Gong - single gong from Raga called Pat IV - 0:20
2.
Prokofiev - Birth of Kije - 4:12
From "Lt Kije Suite"
Performed by Netherlands Radio Philharmonic - Antal Dorati,
Recorded May 1974 in Hilversum, Holland
Decca Records
~ Russian Christmas Overture
3.
Shaw, Artie - Nightmare - 2:52
Album : "Begin the Beguine"
Recorded 27 September 1938
Bluebird B-7875
4.
Ellington, Duke - Mood Indigo - 4:50
Album : "Rainbow Room, N Y C 1967"
Recorded 1967
5.
Basie, Count - Flat Foot Floogie - 4:26
Album : "Legendary Big Bands"
Recorded: unknown
6
JF
Essential Music BB39422
6.
Prokofiev - Kije-Romance - 4:42
[see number 2]
7.
Eddy Arnold - Bouquet of Roses - 2:34
Album : "As Good as it Gets - HILLBILLY"
Recorded 1948, Composers: S Nelson, B Hilliard
DO 250502
8.
Webb Pierce - Walkin' the Dog - 1:32
Album "Webb Pierce Wondering Boy"
1995 Fat Boy Records
JF : "I liked Webb Pierce a lot." HB 247.
9.
Hank Snow - Sunny Side of the Mountain - 2:58
Album : "Hank Snow - My Early Country Favorites"
Recording date unknown
BGM Direct Marketing
##
10.
Bill Monroe - Blue Yodel #7 - 2:51
(also known as "Anniversary Blue Yodel" )
Album "The Father Of Bluegrass : Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, The Early Years 1940-1947 "
ASV Living Era series
JF: "It was blacker than the blackest record I had ever heard. It reached out and grabbed and it has never
let go of me. I went limp. I almost fell off the sofa. My mouth fell open. My eyes widened and expanded. I
found myself hyperventilating. When it was over I tried to get up and go and get a paper bag to restore the
correct balance of power between oxygen and carbon monoxide…. It was like I had woken up to a new and
thrilling and exciting horror movie." HB 253
11.
Molly O'Day - Poor Ellen Smith - 2:39
Album : "Columbia Country Classics The Golden Age Vol 1" CD - CK 46029
recorded 04/04/1949
Composers : Lynn Davis-Molly Davis
12.
Grandpa Jones & Ramona - I Don't Love Nobody - 1:22
Album : "The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands, Number 2"
CMH
13.
Carl Story - My Lord Keeps a Record - 2:49
same as above
14.
Wilma Lee & Stony Cooper - Are You Walkin' and a Talkin' for the Lord? - 2:06
Same as #11
15.
Flatt & Scruggs - Don't Get Above Your Raisin' - 2:40
Same as above
16.
7
Jim Eans - Little Brown Hand - 2:23
from the collection of Joe Bussard "Classic Bluegrass Vol 2"
orig.: Decca 28552
JF : "a bluegrass coon song. A light, happy song, probably the last coon song ever written… A few years
later when I met Jim Eans…he said that he had written it sometime before the civil rights movement and
wasn't trying to poke fun at the blacks" HB 268-9.
17.
Ernest Tubb - Tomorrow Never Comes - 3:04
same as #7 above
Recorded 1944
Composers: E. Tubb, J. Bond
18.
Stanley Bros. - Life's Railway to Heaven - 2:21
Wango Records #1784
~ Life is Like a Mountain Railroad
19.
Reno & Smiley - I'm Using My Bible As a Roadmap - 2:30
from the collection of Joe Bussard "Classic Bluegrass Vol 1"
orig.: King 1045
20.
Jimmie Rodgers - Traveling Blues - 2:45
Album : "My Rough and Rowdy Ways"
Recorder 1931
RCA Victor
21.
Hank Snow - Bluer Than Blue - 3:06
Album : "Hank Snow My Early Country Favorites"
Decca
22.
Hank Williams - Alone & Forsaken - 2:00
Album : "Alone with His Guitar"
Recorded: Radio performance and first demo jan-may 1949
Mercury
JF: "the most distressing desolation song I have ever heard. It's even in a minor key." HB 279.
23.
Blind Willie Johnson - Praise God I'm Satisfied - 3:10
Album : "Praise God I'm Satisfied"
Recorded 1929
Yazoo 1058
JF : "When he played 'Praise God I'm Satisfied' I broke down in tears and cried for about 15 minutes. I
can't explain it, that's just what happened." Frets Magazine August 1980.
24.
Carter Family - Can the Circle Be Unbroken - 3:08
Album : New York City Sessions
Recorded : May 1935
Sony
25.
Charlie Patton - When Your Way Gets Dark - 3:07
Album : "The Definitive Charley Patton"
8
Recorded : November 1929
Catfish Records UK KATCD180
JF : "This first fad of fat women blues singers only lasted a few years and was then replaced by another fad
of insane sounding, screaming, guitar-banging blues singers like Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charley
Patton." HB 220.
~ Oneonta
26.
Hank Williams - The Singing Waterfall - 2:00
Album : "Hank Williams Rare Demos First to Last"
Recorded 1946
Country Music Foundation
CD 2 LEAVING SILVER SPRINGS (Honey Part 1)
TOTAL TIME 78:49
1.
Fahey Gong (Train from Raga called Pat Pt 1)
2.
Willie Moore - Burnett & Rutherford 3:16
source : AAFM
JF: "Great, eerie: sounds like it came out of the earth." AAFM
notes
Note : Fahey fans have long since assumed that Harry Smith's Anthology was the original world tree
whence sprang all these many volk roots and hiart leaves, but one school of thought tells us that this was
quite untrue, that Fahey and his pals dispensed with Harry by collecting all of those records themselves, and
making their own anthologies of American music. And this in spite of Fahey's own notes to the bejeweled cd
edition of the Anthology.
Willie Moore is the American relation of Loch Lomond, a
famously schlocky Scottish folksong. Fahey plays it as part of
a live medley in the mid 1970s, then brings it back to form
part of his last great tapestry, first called "Banjo St", then
retitled "Who Will Rock the Cradle?", and finally coming to
rest on "Georgia Stomps" as "Red Rocking Chair".
3.
Old Country Rock - William Moore 3:03
Paramount 20323-1 Pm 12761 (Chgo, 1/28)
Album : "Ragtime Blues Guitar"
Recorded : January 1928
Document DOCD 5062
Originally issued on Paramount
9
4.
False Hearted Lover - Dock Boggs 3:31
Album : "Country Blues : Complete Early Recordings"
Revenant 205
5.
St Louis Blues - Weaver and Beasley 2:44
Album : "The Slide Guitar : Bottles Knives & Steel"
Columbia ck46218 (cd)
JF: "The guy who really influenced me…his name was Sylvester Weaver." Interview with Stefan Grossman,
circa 1995
6.
Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt 3:15
Album : "Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKEH Recordings"
Recorded 28 December 1928, NYC
Columbia ck64986 (cd)
401488-B, OK 8692
JF: "Hurt was a spellbinding virtuoso and there was something mysterious which came through in his
singing and playing. Something you couldn't quite put your finger on. Something barely stated. An enigmatic
echo pf the previous century's zeitgeist and Zeitgefuhl…that was incredible, intricate guitar playing…" HB
221.
7.
Worried Blues - Frank Hutchison 3:26
Okeh 80143
Recorded 28 September 1926
Album : "Frank Hutchison - Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Vol 1 1926-1929"
Document DOCD-8003
~ Delta Blues (german only release); Enigmas and Perplexities of the Norfolk and Western; Chesney Silver,
Please Come Home; Discarded; Evening Not Night
8.
The Coo Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley 2:56
source: AAFM
JF : "Probably the best mountain 5 string banjo player ever" . AAFM notes.
9.
John Henry Blues - Two Poor Boys 2:54
Album : "Complete Works 1928-31"
Recorded : 1928
Document
10.
Devil Got My Woman - Skip James 3:00
Album : "The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James"
Recorded 1931
Yazoo 2009
JF: "I think it is a shame to permit a man like Skip James who had so many talents such as being a pimp
and a killer to only display one section of his creativity, i.e. his music. Limitations should not have been
placed on such a multifaceted Renaissance man like James." HB 228.
~ Stomping Tonight on the Pennsylvania/Alabama Border
10
11.
Brilliancy Medley - Eck Robertson 3:02
source: AAFM
JF: "Great, great fiddler. I was driving through Amarillo once, stopped to get a milkshake at a roadside
diner, and upon exiting spied Robertson coming out of his shack across the street. We talked and did some
playing. Then he gave away most of his Social Security check to other poor people on the way to the
grocery." AAFM notes
~ Bill Cheatum
12.
Maggie Campbell Blues - Tommy Johnson 3:36
Album : " Masters of the Delta Blues: The Friends of Charlie Patton"
Yazoo 2002
~Delta Dog (Through the Book of Revelation)
13.
She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - Barbecue Bob 3:06
Album : "Chocolate to the Bone"
Yazoo 2005
14.
Some Summer Day Part 1 - Charlie Patton 2:54
Album : "The Definitive Charley Patton"
Catfish Records UK KATCD180
Willie Brown plays second guitar
##
15.
Future Blues - Willie Brown 2:51
Album : "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues : The Worlds of Charlie Patton"
Revenant
JF talking about "Give me Corn Bread when I'm Hungry" : "The descending bass line - that's Willie Brown,
but I'm playing it fast. Willie Brown always complained about fast players. He always used to say - like I do
- 'What's the rush?' The faster you play the less hot syncopation you can indulge in."
16.
99 Year Blues - Julius Daniels 3:04
source: AAFM
~ Take this Hammer
17.
A Rag Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins 2:47
Album : "Buddy Boy Hawkins and His Buddies 1927-34"
Yazoo L-1010
~ Lion
18.
When the Springtime Comes Again - Carter Family 2:46
Album : "The Carter Family 1927-34"
JSP Records
##
19.
Knoxville Blues - Sam & Kirk McGee 2:51
Album : "Old Time Songs & Guitar Tunes: Vol 1"
Old Homestead Records OHCS-170
11
20.
Stack O Lee - Mississippi John Hurt 2:58
Album : "Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKEH Recordings"
Columbia ck64986 (cd)
21.
Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens 2:56
source: AAFM
22.
Jesus Is a Dyin' Bed Maker - C. Patton 2:56
Album : "The Definitive Charley Patton"
Catfish Records UK KATCD180
~ Requiem for Mississippi John hurt
23.
Dry Bones - B. Lamar Lunsford 2:58
source: AAFM
##
24.
Goodbye, Old Paint - Jess Morris 4:30
Album : "A Treasury of Library of Congress Field Recordings"
Recorded by John A. Lomax for the Library of Congress, Dallas TX 5/3/42
Library of Congress
~ The Grand Finale; Dalhart, Texas, 1967
25.
Spanish Fandango - John Dilleshaw & String Marvel 3:09
Album : "Old Time Mountain Guitar"
County
~Hawaiian Two Step
26.
Bye Bye Baby - Little Hat Jones 3:12
Album : "Don't Leave me Here : The Blues of Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana 1927-32"
Yazoo 1004
~ The Great San Bernardino Birthday party (coda)
CD 3 : LEAVING BASTROP (Honey Part 2)
TOTAL TIME 77:33
1.
Fahey Gong 0:46 (TriThunder edited up from pat)
2.
Blind Connie Williams - Trouble in Mind 2:07
Album : "Bottleneck Blues"
Testament Records TCD5021
3.
12
Charlie Patton - Pea Vine Blues 3:01
Album : "The Definitive Charley Patton"
Catfish Records UK KATCD180
~ Bean Vine Blues
4.
Bill Monroe - Bill Cheatham 2:11
Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 5/6/66
audience bootleg recording
Gene Lowinger guests on fiddle
5.
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Lonesome Weary Blues 3:00
Album: "Old Time Mountain Guitar 1926-1930"
County 523
~ John Henry Variations
6.
Jimmie Rodgers - When The Cactus is in Bloom 3:18
Album: "Famous Country Music Makers"
Castle Pulse
##
7.
Didier Herbert - I Woke Up One Morning In May 3:04
source: AAFM
8.
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning 3:01
Album : "The Best of Mississippi Fred McDowell"
Arhoolie
9.
Barbecue Bob - Poor Boy A Long Ways From Home 3:02
Yazoo 2005 "Chocolate to the Bone" trk 10
10.
Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones 6:16
source: AAFM
JF : "A masterpiece. Most surreal version of the Casey Jones theme. Keeps digressing into other things.
Freudian dream imagery."
11.
Etta Baker - Railroad Bill 2:28
Album : "Etta Baker One Dime Blues"
Rounder
12.
Two Poor Boys - Take A Look At That Baby 3:28
Album : "Two Poor Boys 1927"
Document
13.
Elizabeth Cotten - Vastopol 2:09
Album : "Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes"
Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40009
JF: "I used to take Elizabeth Cotton to parties and we would trade songs with each other" Interview with
Stefan Grossman, circa 1995
14.
Bukka White - Special Streamline 2:55
Album : "The Complete Bukka White"
13
Columbia/Legacy CK 52782 trk 14
Recorded : Fri. Mar 8, 1940. Chicago
JF : "considering the great differences between us like our age, race and section of the country we were
from…it was unlikely that we would become good friends. But we did become good friends." HB 197.
~Afternoon Espee through Salem
15.
Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers - Go, I Will Send Thee 2:56
Album : "Ten Years of Black Country Religion 1926-36"
Yazoo 1022
16.
Roy Acuff - Night Train To Memphis 2:53
Album : "The Crazy Tennessean"
Catfish
##
17.
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Po' Boy 2:44
Album : "Absolutely the Best: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee"
Fuel 2000 Records, cd,
recorded 1960
18.
Mrs. Edd Presnell - Amazing Grace 1:44
Album : "Appalachian Breakdown"
Fuel 2000 Records
19.
Staples Singers - Uncloudy Day 3:04
Album : "Uncloudy Day"
Charly/Snapper
Note : This hymn is sung to different tunes. Cliff Carlyle's 1928 version does not have JF's tune, but this
from the Staples does.
20.
Helen Louise & Joe Ferera - On The Beach At Waikiki 3:01
Album : "Hawaiian Hot Shots"
Label unknown
21.
Grandpa Jones - Down The Old Plank Road 2:29
Album : "The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands, Number 2"
CMH
22.
Charlie Patton - Circle Round The Moon 2:32
Album : "The Definitive Charley Patton"
Recorded : November 1929
Catfish Records UK KATCD180
Note : A snippet of this actual record (we should call it a "sample") is included in "Requiem for Molly". At
that time (1967) "Circle Round the Moon" had only just been discovered. It had been one of the lost works
of Patton for years.
23.
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Silver Bells 2:10
Album : "Take me Back to Tulsa"
14
Proper DNA
24.
Joseph Falcon - The Waltz That Carried Me Away To My Grave 2:50
Album : unknown
##
25.
Segura Brothers - A Mosquito Ate Up My Sweetheart 2:58
Album : unknown
##
26.
Etta Baker - Never Let Your Deal Go Down 3:04
Album : "One Dime Blues"
Rounder
27.
Elizabeth Cotten - Wilson Rag 1:39
Album : "Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes"
Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40009
28.
Son House - John The Revelator 2:30
Album : "Father of the Delta Blues, The Complete 1965 Sessions"
Columbia/Legacy C2K 48867
CD 4 LEAVING MACES SPRINGS (Honey Part 3)
TOTAL TIME : 77:52
1.
Fahey Gong (train from pat, backwards) :34
2.
Ledford, Mainer, Morris - "Ridin on that Train 45" 2:33
Album : "Train 45"
Rounder CD 1143
3.
Merle Travis - Nine Pound Hammer 2:39
Album : "As good as it gets - HILLBILLY"
Disky Communications DO 250502 cd
4.
Frenchy's String Band - Texas & Pacific Blues 3:05
Album : unknown
5.
Bukka White - Panama Ltd. 3:15
Album : "Shake 'Em on Down"
Catfish
~Afternoon Espee through Salem
6.
15
Reno & Smiley - Dixie Breakdown 2:24
Album : from the collection of Joe Bussard - Classic Bluegrass Vol 1
King 1390
7.
Reverend Gary Davis - Candy Man 2:46
Album : "The Guitar and Banjo of Reverend Gary Davis"
Prestige/Folklore 14033
8.
Elizabeth Cotten - Spanish Flang Dang 2:51
Album : "Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes"
Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40009
~Hawaiian Two Step
9.
Fred Carter & musicians - Spanish Two-Step 2:04
Album : "Roots of American Music Vol 1"
Gusto Records
10.
Smith & Allgood - American & Spanish Fandango 2:48
Album : "Mountain Banjo Songs and Tunes"
Label unknown
~Beautiful Linda Getchell
11.
Jimmie Rodgers - Blue Yodel #4 3:04
Album : "The Essential Jimmie Rodgers"
RCA
12.
Charlie Patton - Stone Pony Blues 2:48
Album : "The Definitive Charley Patton"
Recorded : November 1929
Catfish Records UK KATCD180
JF: "To me he was the most exciting guitar player and blues singer ever heard." Interview with Stefan
Grossman, circa 1996
13.
Sam Butler - Fight On Christians 2:48
Album : "Bottleneck Guitar Classics 1926-37"
Label unknown
14.
Robert Johnson - I'm Coming Lord Please Don't Drive Me Away 2:20
Album : "Bottleneck Blues"
p&c 1995 Testament Records TCD5021
"...Another gospel guitarist who took this 'one-string' approach to the instrument is Robert Johnson of
Skene, Mississippi, in the Delta.
Born in 1917 and not to be confused with the famous bluesman of the same name,
Johnson was initially inspired by the great Delta blues and gospel guitarist Charley Patton and, like Patton,
played the instrument with a knife. Johnson started his musical career in the blues and came to be known
as Robert Nighthawk after another famous bluesman
who just happens to appear on this album. Around 1953 Johnson gave up blues and joined the church, but
fortunately he didn't give up guitar. His instrumental version of I Don't Know When Old Death Is Gonna Call
16
Me Home is in the Blind Willie Johnson style, but his I'm Coming Lord, Please Don't Drive Me Away takes a
bluesy riff-based
approach quite similar to that heard on Jack Owens' Train Time. "
15.
Uncle Dave Macon - Jordan Is a Hard Road to Travel 3:14
Album : Go Long Mule"
County
JF : " Whenever we used to travel about in the south looking for old records and we would talk to old black
performers, we'd find they always assumed, almost without exception, that Macon was a black man".
16.
Carter Family - John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man 2:58
Source: AAFM
17.
Grayson & Whittier - Train 45 3:11
Album : "The Complete Recorded Works Volume 1 1927-1928"
Document DOCD8054
18.
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues 3:13
Album : "The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James"
Yazoo 1002
19.
Blind Blake - West Coast Blues 3:21
Album : "Rope Stretchin' Blues 1926-1931"
Biograph 12037
20.
Fred Carter & musicians - Simple Gifts 2:06
Album : "Roots of American Music Vol 1" (as seen on T.V.)
Gusto Records
21.
Frank Hutchison - Logan County Blues 3:22
Album : "Old Time Mountain Guitar: Original Recordings 1926-1930"
County 523
Recorded : 28 April 1927
~ Hawaiian Two Step (JF included Logan County Blues as part of the medley regularly in the 1980s)
22.
Roy Harvey & Jess Johnson - Guitar Rag 3:23
"Old Time Mountain Guitar: Original Recordings 1926-1930"
County 523
23.
Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen 2:45
Album : "King Of the Delta Blues Singers"
Columbia CL1654
Recorded 11/23/36
24.
Art Hodes - Old Fashioned Love 4:00
Album : "Hode's Art" with Raymond Burke, George Brunis, Volly Defaut, Delmark
25.
Roosevelt (The Honeydripper) Sykes - "The Sweet Root Man" 2:36
Album : "Blues by Roosevelt 'The Honeydripper' Sykes"
Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40051
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JF: "Sykes was not a dirty old man. He was sophisticated, genteel, intelligent and gregarious. But since he
had made a lot of double-entendre records some people thought he was a dirty old man. And that previously
he had been a dirty young man." HB 150-1.
26.
Grayson & Whittier - He Is Coming To Us Dead 2:59
Album : "Train 45"
Rounder CD 1143
27.
Walter Hensley - Grandfather's Clock 1:54
Album : "The Longines Symphonette Society - Saturday Night Jamboree"
Recording date unknown, 60's
28.
Bertha Lee & Charlie Patton - Yellow Bee 2:51
Album : "The Definitive Charley Patton"
Recorded : November 1929
Catfish Records UK KATCD180
CD5 LEAVING VENICE BEACH ("The Classics")
TOTAL TIME 77:20
1.
Sibeluis - Finlandia Op.26 No.7 7:50
Mazur Media GmbH, INF 89, "Sibelius Finlandia"
St Petersburg Radio and TV Orchestra, Cond. Stanislav Gorkovenko possibly 1989, no date given
2.
Dvorak - Symphony No.8 GMaj, Op.88
3rd movement - Allegretto Grazioso 6:18
Hamburg Philharmonic Orch - cond Charles Mackerras
Checkmate c-76006 LP
3.
Work, Henry Clay - Grandfather's Clock 3:26
Joan Morris and the Camerata Chorus of Washington
Nonesuch 71617, LP, p&c 1975, Lib of Cong. 75-750647
4.
Ketelby - In A Persian Market 5:42
Album : "In a Monastery Garden: The music of Ketelby"
Angel S-37483 (LP), 1978, Lib. of Cong. 78-750389
5.
Stravinsky - Firebird excerpt: The Infernal
Dance of King Kashchei, 4:20
Cento Soli Orchestra
Album : "Stravinsky: Firebird Suite/Symphony in three Movements"
Sine Qua Non SQN-7755(LP) 1975
18
6.
Prokofiev - from Lt. Kije: Troika 2:52
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic - Antal Dorati
The Decca Record Co, Inc 1976
Recorded May 1974 in Hilversum, Holland
7.
Pt. Ulhas Bapat - Prabhat Sagar - Santoor 15:43
Album : "Feel The Thoughts : Santoor,Pt. Ulhas Bapat"
CD imported from India
"...The Prabhat Sagar (tune)is a collage of morning melodies. This has been composed by Smt. Zarin
Daruwala Sharma. Ulhas has taken the Raag Lalit as the principal Raag in this matrix and he goes to weave
attractive patterns from Ahir Bhairav, Bairagi, Hindol and Bhairavi. "
8.
Williams, Vaughan - Antartica: (2nd Mvt.)
Scherzo Moderato
6:33
Album : "Vaughan Williams:Sinfonia Antartica"
London Philharmonic Orch. Bernard Haitink
EMI/Angel, p&c 1985, Lib of Cong, 85-743214,
9.
Gliere, Reinhold - "The Feats of Valor and Petrification of Ilya Murometz" 24:01
4th Mvmt ~ "Gliere: Symphony No. 3 in B Minor, OP.42 - "Ilya Murometz" The Large Symphony
Orchestra, Moscow Radio and Television, Nathan Rakhlin, Cond.
Columbia Masterworks/Melodiya (recorded by Melodiya in the U.S.S.R.) MG 33832
c. 1975, Lib of Cong. 75-750778
CD 6 LEAVING YOGAVILLE WEST (Christmas Without John Fahey)
TOTAL TIME : 52:49
1.
Too Early Consort - Lo' How A Rose E'er Blooming 1:46
Album : "Mostly Christmas" (Cass)
Red Hen Enterprises
C1999
2.
Ella Fitzgerald - O Little Town Of Bethlehem 2:11
Album : "The Magic of Christmas"
Capitol SWBB 93810
3.
Tex Benecke, Ray Eberle and The Modernaires with Paula Kelley - "The Christmas Song" 3:04
Album : "Christmas with the Big Bands",(LP)
CBS 1973
4.
Deutschmeister Band - It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 2:05
Album : "Christmas Carols : Deutschmeister Band, conducted by Julius Hermann"
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Westminster Recording Sales Corp., N.Y. WP 6024
C1956
"The Deutschmeister Band was founded in 1741, to serve with the famous Deutschmeister Regiment, the
house regiment of the Austrian Emperor. Since capable civilian musicians were drafted for the band, its
musical standards have always been much higher than they would have been if the band were limited to
selecting its members from musicians who happened to be in the Austrian Army. Over the years it has
become a tradition that replacements should be selected from the sons or pupils of retiring members. The
Deutschmeister Band became so integral a part of Viennese life that, when the Austrian Army was forced to
disband after the end of WWI, just this one military band was kept intact. The only interruption in the history
of the band occurred during the Nazi occupation of Austria, when anything which emphasized Austrian
national traditions was frowned upon. Julius Hermann has been conductor of the Deutschmeister Band
since the middle 1920's. " from liner notes
5.
Esquivel - Snowfall 3:46
Album : "Esquivel : his Piano and his Orchestra, More of Other Worlds, Other Sounds"
Reprise 9 45844-2
Recorded 1962
6.
Les & Larry Elgart & Orch. - Greensleeves 2:01
Album : "Christmas with the Big Bands"
CBS 1973
7.
Berkshire Bell Ringers - Come All Ye Faithful 2:03
Album : "The Bells of Christmas: Berkshire Bell Ringers"
Holiday Records 1981
8.
Duke Ellington - Jingle Bells 3:31
Album : "Christmas with the Big Bands"
CBS 1973
9.
Deutschmeister Band - Good Christian Men Rejoice 2:15
Album : "Christmas Carols : Deutschmeister Band, conducted by Julius Hermann"
Westminster Recording Sales Corp
Recorded c 1956
10.
Midnight String Quartet - Sleighride 2:10
Album : "Christmas Memories"
CBS 1980
11.
Bobby Hackett & Orch. - White Christmas 3:19
Album : "Christmas with the Big Bands"
CBS 1973
12.
Jimmy Dorsey - Dixieland Band From Santa Claus Land 2:48
Album : "Christmas with the Big Bands"
CBS 1973
13.
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Liberace - Oh Tannenbaum 1:57
Album : "Christmas Memories"
CBS 1980
14.
Beach Boys - We Three Kings 4:11
Album : "Beach Boys Christmas Album"
Capitol 1964
15.
Bobbie Gentry - Away In A Manger 2:49
Album : "The Magic of Christmas"
Capitol
16.
Woody Herman - Let It Snow 3:20
Album : "Christmas with the Big Bands"
CBS 1973
17.
Deutschmeister Band - Joy To The World 1:40
Album : "Christmas Carols : Deutschmeister Band, conducted by Julius Hermann"
Westminster Recording Sales Corp. 1956
18.
Evan Johns & His H-Bombs - Little Cajun Drummer Boy 4:03
Album : "Please Mr. Santa Claus"
Ryko RCD 30169
Recorded 1990
19.
Jo Stafford - Silent Night 3:50
Album : "The Magic of Christmas"
Capitol
CD 7 - LEAVING SALEM ("Radio Free Vrootz") TOTAL TIME 55:43
1.
"Radio" Montage #1 : "Voice In The Wilderness" this was the opening theme of Denny & Cher Corbin's
shortwave broadcast of the same name, artist unknown.
segues into excerpt of Camille St. Saens "The Yellow Princess" from a European FM broadcast.
]
2.
The Platters , "My Prayer" 2:45
Album : "The Magic Touch - An Anthology"
Mercury
Recorded 1956
3.
The Platters , "Twilight Time" 2:47
Album : "The Magic Touch - An Anthology"
Mercury
4.
'Radio' Montage #2 : Les Paul & Mary Ford "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise"
Album : "Blowing the Smoke Away from a Trail of Hits"
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[ 7:49
Jasmine
This segues into "Deep River" performed by Billy Randolph and the High Hatters
Crown Records
5.
[ 3:59 ]
Merle Travis - "Goodbye My Bluebells"
2:22
Album : "As good as it gets - HILLBILLY"
Disky Communications DO 250502 cd
~ Untitled tune on an early Fonotone album
6.
The Pinnacle Boys - "Sittin' On Top of the World" 2:02
Album : ld's Greatest Bluegrass Bands, Number 2"
CMH CD -5901
~ Come Back Baby
7.
Stanley Brothers - "Will The Circle Be Unbroken" 2:34
Starday/King #SK5-732 Cass. reissued 1980
8.
The Blue Sky Boys - "Garden in the Sky" 2:46
Album : "As Good as it gets - HILLBILLY" DO 250502
Disky
9.
a peacock 0:16
10.
a rooster 0:08
11.
Gamelan Batel, Wayang Ramayana - "Gending Petangkilan" 3:31
CMP records, 1990
12.
'Radio' Montage # 3 : Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang - "St Louis Blues Boogie"
Audio Fidelity, AFSD 5830, c. 1958
segues into Johnny Desmond - "Yes, Jesus Loves Me"
Album : "Hymns : Johnny Desmond"- Jack Fascinato, His Orchestra &
Tops Records L1628, date unknown
13.
Chorus
[ 4:32 ]
Molly O'Day - "When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels" 2:48
Album : "Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 1 The Golden Age"
CBS
14.
Bill Monroe - "Molly" 2:47
Album : "The Father Of Bluegrass : Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, The Early Years 1940-1947 "
15.
Clarence Ashley - "House Carpenter" 3:16
source : AAFM
16.
Dock Boggs - "Sugar Baby" 3:00
Album : "Country Blues"
Revenant 205
17.
'Radio' Montage #4 : Iced Tea Commercial
c. 1999 Simply Media Inc. "Classic TV Commercials of the 50's and 60's" cd rom segues to: "Quill
Blues", Big Boy Cleveland
source : Aspects of the Blues by Francis Smith, a 6 part radio series for BBC World Radio [ 4:45 ]
22
~ The Singing Bridge of Memphis Tennessee
18.
Cozy Cole - "Topsy, part 2" 3:36
Album : "The History of Rock Instrumentals, Vol. 2"
Rhino RNLP 70138
CD 8 - LEAVING AZALEA CITY (Contemporaries)
Total time : 69:48
1.
Ravi Shankar : Theme from "The Apu Trilogy" 0:50
Recorded from the soundtrack to Pather Pachali, 1955
~ On the Banks of the Owchita
2.
Homegas - "Grasshoppers" 2:33
Album : "Homegas"
Produced by John Fahey
Takoma 1969
3.
Peter Lang - "Halloween Blues" 3:56
Album : "Back To The Wall"
Waterhouse Records 1978
4.
Dick Rosmini - "Finger Bustin' Blues" 1:28
Album : "The Guitar Greats"
Everest Records FS 243
5.
Joe Maphis - "Old Joe Clark" 1:50
Album : "The Guitar Greats"
Everest Records FS 243
6.
Tommy Tedesco - "Take This Hammer" 2:06
Album : "The Guitar Greats"
Everest Records FS 243
7.
Bola Sete - "Folk Guitar" (dedicated to John Fahey) 3:02
Album : "Goin To Rio"
CBS c 1973
JF: "Few living people have had such an enormous influence on my life, my music, my soul, my religion you name it - as has Bola Sete." 1976. Guitar Player magazine.
8.
Baden Powell - "Canto De Ossanho[Let Go]" 3:38
Album : "Tristeza on Guitar"
Recorded June 1966
9.
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Leo Kottke - "Stealing" 2:38
Album : "My Feet Are Smiling"
One Way Records S21-18459
1973
10.
Backwards Sam Firk (AKA: Mike Stewart) - "Money Green" 3:15
from the collection of Joe Bussard
11.
Stefan Grossman - "Rory Mae" 3:08
from the collection of Joe Bussard, Fonotone cassette 6812 "Fonotone Guitar Classics"
12.
Bob Coltman & Joe Bussard - "Short String Strut" 2:27
from the collection of Joe Bussard, Fonotone cassette 6812 "Fonotone Guitar Classics"
13.
T. Damien - "Drunk Song No.2" 2:38
from the collection of Joe Bussard, Fonotone cassette 6812 "Fonotone Guitar Classics"
14.
Bob Coltman - "Foggy Bottom Shuffle" 3:07
from the collection of Joe Bussard, Fonotone cassette 6812 "Fonotone Guitar Classics"
15.
Max Ochs - "Ancones" 3:12
from the collection of Joe Bussard, Fonotone cassette 6812 "Fonotone Guitar Classics"
16.
Mike Auldridge - "House of The Rising Sun" 4:11
Album : "Mike Auldridge ~ Dobro" 1972
Takoma/Devi Records
~Sunset on Prince George's County
17.
Country Joe - "Thinking of John Fahey" 4:25
source: CJ's web site - captured .ra file
18.
George Winston - "Ocean Waves" 7:04
Album : "Winter into Spring"
Windham Hill
19.
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "May This Be Love" 3:08
Album : "Are You Experienced?"
MCA 1967
20.
Cul de Sac - "The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith California"
Single. Did not chart.
Elaborate historical notes to this single give the history of Monolith's famous landmark.
21.
Bukka White - "Po' Boy"
Album : "The Complete Bukka White"
Columbia/Legacy CK 52782
22.
Denny & Cher Corbin - "The Other Door" 2:36
A musical/religious duo that hails from Gresham, OR. Fahey's former backyard...
I discovered them one evening whilst scanning the shortwave frequencies. Fortunately, I did purchase tape
and a cd. They have since vanished from the dial. Their show was called Voice In The Wilderness.
(AS)
23.
24
John Fahey - live - Gospel Encore at
Mr. Browns in Columbus, OH - 06/19/78 bootleg recording
"I'll Meet You On The Other Shore" 8:45
A Rousing Romp Through the River! Listen for Fahey's backing
vocals!
CD 9 - LEAVING OREGON CAPITOL INN (Addenda)
Total time : 78:17
1.
Canned Heat - "Intro from Parthenogenesis" 0:20
Album : "Canned Heat : The Best Of" (cd) [guitar, John Fahey]
licensed from EMI, p&c 1997, Disky Communications Europe B.V.
2.
John Hartford - "Presbyterian Guitar" 2:02
Album : "Turn Your Radio On"
Warner Brothers c. 1971, WS 1916
3.
Hickory Wind - "Red Rocking Chair" 2:52
Album : "Fresh Produce"
Flying Fish Records c 1975
4.
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Uncle Charlie interview & Wire Recording "Spanish Fandango" 2:17
Album : "Uncle Charlie & his dog Teddy"
Liberty LST-7642
5.
Michael Hedges - "Hot Type" 1:32
Album : "Ariel Boundaries"
Windham Hill 1984
6.
The Platters - "The Great Pretender" 2:37
Album : "Magic Touch - An Anthology"
Mercury
7.
Robbie Basho - "Salangadou" 4:12
Album : (cd) "Guitar Soli"
Takoma TAKCD-8902-2
8.
Frank Wakefield - "He's Coming Back to Earth Again" 3:47
Album : "Blues Stay Away From Me"
Takoma D41G 72782
9.
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Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith - "Hard Times" 3:29
from the private recording of the First John Fahey Tribute Show
Freight & Salvage Club, Berkeley, California
Recorded 19 August 2001
Thanks to Phil Kellogg
10.
Rick Ruskin - "Repeat after Me" 3:07
as previous track
11.
Michael Gulezian - "St Louis Blues" 4:00
as previous track
12.
Jim O'Rourke - "94 the long way" 13:57
Album : "Bad Timing"
Drag City Records 1997
13.
Stereolab - "Brakhage" 5:30
Album : "Dots & Loops"
Elektra/Asylum 1997
14.
Karlheinz Stockhausen - excerpt - "Helikopter-Streichquartett" 5:35
(Ignition of the turbines, entry of the instruments)
Helicopter String Quartet, Arditti String Quartet & 4 Helicopters,
Montaigne MO 782097
15.
Nels Cline and Devin Sarno - "Found In Nature" 5:31
Album : "Edible Flowers"
Win Records, 1998
16.
Miss Murgatroid with John Fahey - "Dolls Inside the Walls" 3:18
Album : "Myoclyonic Melodies"
Win Records 1996
17.
Jacque Dudon - "Naiades"
4:11
Album : "Musiques De L'Eau", c. 1983
Atelier D'Exploration Harmonique
Reissued on "Gravikords Whirlies & Pyrophones"
Ellipsis Arts c. 1998, CD3630
The instrument played on this track is an AquaVeena, a water-filled Veena!
18.
Estelle Lemire - "Raga" Ondes solo 7:30
Album : "Estelle Lemire: Ondes"
SNE 1997
19.
Marian Anderson - "Oh Wasn't That a Wide Ribber" 2:19
Album : "Marian Anderson : He's Got The Whole World In His Hands and 18 other spirituals"
With Franz Rupp, Piano
RCA Victor Red Seal, LSC-2592 1962
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CD 10 : A Disgusting, Degenerate Life (Leaving Babylon)
1.
Merle Travis : Lost John 1:55
Album : "As good as it gets - HILLBILLY"
Disky Communications DO 250502
2.
Bola Sete : Black Mommy 4:42
Album : "Ocean"
Takoma 1975
3.
Leo Kottke : Death by Reputation 4:11
Album : "Leo Kottke "
Chrysalis 1106 1976
4.
Skip James : Special Rider Blues 3:05
Album : "The Complete Early Recordings of Skip James"
Recorded 1931
Yazoo 2009
5.
Sylvester Weaver : Smoketown Strut 3:06
Album : "The Slide Guitar : Bottles Knives & Steel"
Columbia ck46218 (cd)
~ Bucktown Stomp
6.
Uncle Dave Macon and the Fruit Jar Drinkers: Tell her to Come Back Home 3:11
Album : "Go Long Mule"
County
7.
Bill Monroe : You'll Find her Name Written There 3:06
Album "The Father Of Bluegrass : Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, The Early Years 1940-1947 "
ASV Living Era series
8.
Vince Gueraldi and Bola Sete : Excerpt from "Black Orpheus Suite"
Album : "Live at El Matador"
Fantasy 1966
~ Samba da Orfeo
9.
Dock Boggs : Country Blues 3:06
Album : "Country Blues : Complete Early Recordings"
Revenant 205
10.
John Fahey : Country Blues 1:48
Album : "The Dance of Death and other Plantation Favorites"
Takoma 1964
Note : Omitted from subsequent editions
11.
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Stephan Grossman : Stompin' on the Tappahannock 1:50
Album : "Love, Devils and the Blues"
Shanachie 1992
12.
Bola Sete : Meu Ogum 5:48
Album: "Goin' to Rio"
Columbia 1973
~ Juroscho Ascopi
13.
Chet Atkins and Merle Travis : I'll See You in my Dreams 3:21
Album : "Chet Picks on the Grammys"
14.
Merle Travis : I'll See You in my Dreams 1:58
Album : "As good as it gets - HILLBILLY"
Disky Communications DO 250502 cd
15.
Morton Gould and his Orchestra : The Little Train of the Caipira 4:03
Album : unknown
16.
Klaus Nomi : Purcell's "The Cold Song" 4:04
Album : unknown
CREDITS, BLAH BLAH BLAH
A Note from the Producer : this box set is intended for private distribution only and is not commercially available.
Produced (post-production, remastering, sequencing ) by Andrew Stranglen on behalf of the Intergalactic Fahey
Supply acting in consort with the International Fahey Commission.
Many thanks to : Paul Bryant (for the original concept and for general badgering), Mitchell Wittenberg, John Allspach
for 'Kaschei's Dance' suggestion, Charles Schmidt for deepinfo/deepguidance, Danny Letham for obscure Fahey
Visitorforum Ondes suggestion, Harry Smith and his AAFM, all of the guitar playing Fahey Fans who sent song
contributions to be on perhaps the most obscure collection ever!, plus the asked and the unasked: Mike Stewart aka:
Backwards Sam Firk, Leo Kottke, Peter Lang, Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith, Rick Ruskin, Michael Gulezian, Jim
O'Rourke, Nels Cline & Devin Sarno, Miss Murgatroid, The Canned Heat, and everybody else living and/or dead
who are represented on this collection, and anyone else who I may have missed.
Oh yeah. Thanks to John Fahey too.
Spring/Summer 2002
(Stomping on the Illinois/Nottinghamshire Border)
THIS SET IS DEDICATED TO CHRIS DOWNES WHO MISSED JOHN FAHEY IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
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Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 1
1.
Spade Cooley--Steel Guitar Rag
2.
Spade Cooley--Silver Bells
3.
Merle Travis--On a Bicycle Built for Two
4.
Merle Travis--The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
5.
Stanley Brothers--Pretty Polly (cf. John Fahey/Fran Vandiver
duet)
6.
Bill Monroe--In the Pines (cf. John Fahey/Fran Vandiver duet)
7.
Bill Monroe--Life's Railway to Heaven (cf. Life is Like a
Mountain
Railroad)
8.
Ronnie Gilbert--The Golden Vanity (cf. John Fahey/Fran Vandiver
duet)
9.
Sam & Kirk McGee--Railroad Blues (cf. The Last Steam Engine
Train)
10.
Sam & Kirk McGee--Buck Dancer's Choice (cf. Fonotone release)
11.
The Good Old Boys--Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail (cf. John
Fahey/Fran Vandiver duet: Warden Blues)
12.
John Hurt--Praying on the Old Campground (cf. John Fahey/Bill
Barth on "Memphis Swamp Jam" LP)
13.
John Hurt--Nobody's Dirty Business (cf. Fonotone release)
14.
John Hurt--Since I've Laid My Burdens Down (cf. Fonotone
release)
15.
John Hurt--Richland Women Blues (cf. Texas & Pacific Blues)
16.
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies--St. Louis Blues
17.
Halfway House Orchestra--New Orleans Shuffle
18.
Halfway House Orchestra--Let Me Call You Sweetheart
19.
Paul Robeson--Summertime
20.
Paul Robeson--Ol' Man River
21.
Paul Robeson--Deep River
22.
Rev. Gary Davis--Death Don't Have No Mercy (cf. I'd Rather Be
The Devil)
23.
Furry Lewis--I'll Turn Your Money Green (cf. John Fahey/B. Sam
Firk:
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Fonotone release)(**DELETE)
24.
Merle Travis--The Waltz You Saved for Me
24.
Igor Stravinsky-Firebird Suite (Berceuse & Finale) (1919
version)
Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 2
1.
Charley Patton--Mississippi Boll Weavil Blues (cf. Fonotone
release)
2.
Charley Patton--Banty Rooster Blues (cf. Fonotone release)
3.
Charley Patton--Tom Rushen Blues (cf. Fonotone release)
4.
Charley Patton--A Spoonful Blues (cf. "Old Girlfriends"
outtake)
5.
Charley Patton--Elder Green Blues (cf. Fonotone release
6.
Charley Patton--Some These Days I'll Be Gone (cf. Old Southern
Medley)
7.
Charley Patton--Green River Blues (cf. Fonotone release)
8.
Bob Dylan--Don't Think Twice It's Alright (cf. See Fonotone
6809)
9.
Louvin Brothers--In the Pines (cf. John Fahey/Fran Vandiver
duet)
10.
Estil C. Ball--Lonesome Valley (cf. Dalhart, Texas 1967)
11.
Smiley Hobbs--Shortnin' Bread (cf. The Grand Finale)
12.
Bola Sete--Guitar Lamento
13.
Bola Sete--The Lonely Gaucho
14.
Bola Sete--Ocean Waves
15.
Bola Sete-Joganda (cf. Unknown Tango)
16.
Baden Powell--Canto De Ossanho (cf. Let Go)
17.
Baden Powell--Consolacao (cf. Bass line to I'd Rather Be The
Devil, per Jurgen Kleine))
18.
Baden Powell--Canto De Ossanho (yet another version)
19.
Bola Sete--Pretty Afternoon
Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 3
1.
Clifford Hayes' Dixieland Jug Blowers--Boodle-Am-Shake
2.
The Georgians--Old Fashioned Love
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3.
James P. Johnson--Old Fashioned Love
4.
Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards)--I'll See You in My Dreams
5.
Cliff Edwards' Hot Combination--Remember
6.
Cliff Edwards & The Eton Boys--St. Louis Blues
7.
W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band--St. Louis Blues
8.
Isham Jones & His Orchestra--I'll See You in My Dreams
9.
Ted Lewis & His Band--The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
10.
W.A. Mozart--Dies Irae (from Requiem k626)(excerpt)(cf.
Stomping Tonight on the Pennsylvania-Alabama Border)
11.
Paul Robeson--Poor Old Joe (cf. Old Southern Medley)
12.
Paul Robeson--All Through the Night
13.
Paul Robeson--Shortnin' Bread (cf. The Grand Finale)
14.
Paul Robeson--Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (cf. Lion)
15.
Billie Holiday--Summertime
16.
Paul Robeson--Mood Indigo
17.
Sydney Bechet--Summertime
18.
Nina Simone--I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
19.
Charley Patton--Heart Like Railroad Steel (cf. What the Sun
Said)
20.
Buddy Boy Hawkins--Number Three Blues (cf. Jo Ann Kelly/John
Fahey: New Mind Reader Blues)
21.
Furry Lewis--Dry Land Blues (cf. Fonotone: Zekian Swamp Blues)
22.
Sylvester Weaver - Guitar Blues (cf. any number of Fahey slide
tunes)
23. Sylvester Weaver - Guitar Rag (cf. Steel Guitar Rag)
Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 4
1.
Buddy Boy Hawkins--Jailhouse Fire Blues (cf. Lion and/or How
Long)
2.
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers--Sail Away Ladies
3.
Clayton McMichen--In the Pines (cf. John Fahey/Fran Vandiver d
4.
Two Poor Boys--Two White Horses in a Line (said to be one of
Fahey's favorite tunes)
5.
Lottie Kimbrough--Wayward Girl Blues (cf. DoD #16-unissued)
6.
Leadbelly--Black Girl (cf. In the Pines)
7.
Furry Lewis--Billy Lyons & Stack O'Lee (cf. Fonotone release)
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duet)
8.
Gus Cannon--Poor Boy Long Ways From Home (cf. Poor Boy)
9.
Leadbelly--Packing Trunk Blues (cf. Racemic Tartrate River
Blues Number 1)
10.
Charles Ives--4th Symphony: Movement 11 Allegretto (cf. Requiem
for Molly)
11.
Chet Atkins--The Bells of St. Mary's
12.
Chet Atkins--Stephen Foster Medley
13.
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers--New Steel Guitar Rag
14.
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers--Spanish Fandango
15.
Canned Heat--Raga Kafi (cf. In Darkest Night: The
Objectification and Recurrent Sightings of Bizarre and
Cathected Screen Memories (From Below) Along the Sligo)
16.
Skip James-Hard Time Killing Floor (cf. City of Refuge III)
17.
Skip James-Hard Time Killing Floor (alternate version)
18.
(Unknown Artist)-The World is Waiting for the Sunrise/I'll See
You in my Dreams
19.
Snow White Soundtrack- Heigh Ho
20.
Snow White Soundtrack-Whistle While You Work
21.
Frank Hutchison-West Virginia Rag
22.
Frank Hutchison-Coney Isle (the local version of West Virginia
Rag)
23.
Reverend Moses Mason-Red Cross Disciple of Christ Today
(excerpt)
24.
Derek and the Dominoes-Layla
Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 5
1.
Estil C. Ball--Pretty Polly (cf. John Fahey/Fran Vandiver duet)
2.
Turner Junior Johnson--When I Lay My Burden Down (cf. Fonotone
release)
3.
George Shuffler--Life's Railway to Heaven (cf. Life is Like a
Mountain Railroad)
4.
Bill Monroe--Cheyenne
5.
The Beatles--Eleanor Rigby (cf. Snippet on "Rain Forest" demos)
6.
The Dell Vikings--Come and Go With Me
7.
The Fleetwoods--Come Softly to Me
8.
Fats Domino--Blueberry Hill
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9.
Elvis Presley--Don't
10.
The Platters--Twilight Time (Introduction by Wolfman Jack)
11.
Phil Phillips--Sea of Love
12.
Robert Johnson--Last Fair Deal Gone Down (cf. Gulf Port Inland
Blues)
13.
Robert Johnson--Kind Hearted Woman Blues (cf. On Doing an Evil
Deed Blues and/or Claire)
14.
The Mamas & The Papas--California Dreaming (cf. Requiem for
Molly)
15.
Slim Gaillard--Yip Roc Heresy (cf. Page 3 of the Guitar Player
Book: The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977)
16.
Merle Travis--Dark as a Dungeon (cf. DoD #10-unissued)
17.
Stanley Brothers--You'd Better Get Right (cf. DoD #9-unissued)
18.
Stanley Brothers--The White Dove (cf. DoD #12-unissued)
19.
Flatt & Scruggs--Cora is Gone (cf. DoD #10-unissued)
20.
Monroe Brothers--My Long Journey Home (cf. DoD #23-unissued)
21.
Bill Monroe--Muleskinner Blues (cf. John Fahey's Selective
Suggested Prejudiced Discography in Guitar Player Book: The
Best of John Fahey 1959-1977)
22.
Bill Monroe--Six White Horses (cf. John Fahey's Selective
Suggested Prejudiced Discography in Guitar Player Book: The
Best of John Fahey 1959-1977)
23.
Bill Monroe--Dog House Blues (cf. John Fahey's Selective
Suggested Prejudiced Discography in Guitar Player Book: The
Best of John Fahey 1959-1977)
24.
Elizabeth Cotton--Freight Train (cf. Spanish Dance and/or When
You Wore a Tulip (and I Wore a Red Rose))
25.
Elizabeth Cotton--Gong Down the Road Feeling Bad (cf. DoD #10unissued)
26.
Osborne Brothers-Down in the Willow Garden (cf. DoD #10unissued)
27.
The Beatles - Rain
Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 6: More Additions
1.
Baden Powell - O Mar (c.f. Ocean Waves)
2.
Django Reinhardt - Swanee River (c.f. The Discovery of the Sylvia Scott)
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3.
Django Reinhardt - St. Louis Blues
4.
Hank Snow - A Fool Such As I (c.f. an "Old Girlfriends & Other Horrible Memories" outtake)
5.
Coco Schumann - Moscow Nights (c.f. a "Rain Forests, Oceans & Other Themes" outtake)
6.
Son House - Shetland Pony (c.f. Son House)
7.
Frank Hutchison - K.C. Moan (c.f. Poor Boy Long Ways From Home theme)
8.
Sol Hoopli - Train Song (c.f. Life is Like a Mountain Railroad)
9.
Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen - I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say (Buddy Bolden Blues)
(c.f. DoDD#22 unissued; also the basis for St. Louis Tickle, DoDD#22, & Chris' Rag, For. 607,
DoDD#3)
10.
Muddy Waters - I Be's Troubled (c.f. Going Away to Leave You Blues, Fot. 610, DoDD#7)
11.
Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother - I Shall Not Be Moved (c.f. For. 6147, DoDD#9, release planned)
12.
Blind Roosevelt Graves & Brother - When I Lay My Burden Down (c.f. Lay My Burden Down, Fot. 612,
DoDD#7)
13.
Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (c.f. played backwards on Knott's Berry Farm Molly)
14.
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues (c.f. DoDD#25, unissued)
15.
Ralph McTell - Streets of London (c.f. Wild Western Hero)
16.
The Jungle Band (Duke Ellington) - Mood Indigo
17.
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Stocking Feet Blues (c.f. Jo Ann Kelly/Fahey duet)
18.
Charley Patton - High Sheriff Blues (c.f. Jo Ann Kelly/Fahey duet)
19.
Mississippi John Hurt - Farther Along (c.f. Fahey's performance on Laura Webber's "Guitar Guitar"
Television Program, 1969
20.
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay (c.f. DoDD#1, unissued)
21.
Clemo Breaux & Joseph Falcon - Le Vieux Soulard Et Sa Femme (c.f. DoDD#26, unissued)
22.
Buell Kazee - East Virginia (c.f. East Virginia Blues; Fahey/Fran Vandiver duet, DoDD#10)
23.
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - John Hardy (c.f. Desperate Man Blues)
24.
Jelly Roll Morton (Piano Rol) - Winin' Boy Blues (c.f. Fahey live performance, 6/4/99, Tokyo, Japan)
Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 7: More Additions
1.
Harry Partch - And on the 7th Day Petals Fell on Petaluma (c.f. Fahey cites Partch as an influence.
2.
Mississippi John Hurt - See See Rider (c.f. DoDD#1, unissued)
3.
Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed (c.f. Fot. 631, DoDD#8)
4.
Blind Willie Johnson - Mother's Children Have a Hard Time (c.f. Motherless Children Var. #3)
5.
Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson - Rising Sun Blues (c.f. House of the Rising Sun, Sunset on Prince
George's County)
6.
Bola Sete Trio - Samba De Orfeu
7.
Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
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8.
Elders McIntosh & Edwards - Since I Laid My Burdens Down (c.f. Lay My Burden Down, Fot. 612,
DoDD#3)
9.
Sam McGee - Franklin's Blues (c.f. Fonotone release planned)
10.
Count Basie - Topsy (c.f. formally unissued to date)
11.
Count Basie - How Long Blues (c.f. "How Long Blues", title only)
12.
Oscar Aleman - Swanee River (c.f. The Discovery of Sylvia Scott)
13.
Charley Patton - Down the Dirt Road Blues (c.f. DoDD#25, unissued)
14.
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere, Part 1 (c.f. Wissen Schaetlick River, Fot. 634, DoDD#8)
15.
Charley Patton - High Water Everywhere, Part 2 (c.f. Wissen Schaetlick River, Fot. 634, DoDD#8)
16.
Mills Brothers - Chinatown, My Chinatown (c.f. In a Persian Market)
17.
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra - Chinatown, My Chinatown (c.f. In a Persian Market)
18.
Ornette Coleman - Ramblin' (c.f. "Old Joe Clark" theme in middle, c.f. Wanda Russel Blues, Fot. 610
DoDD#7)
19.
James Crase - Old Joe Clark (c.f. Wanda Russel Blues, Fot. 610 DoDD#7)
20.
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - Old Joe Clark (c.f. Wanda Russel Blues, Fot. 610 DoDD#7)
21.
Carter Family - East Virginia Blues (c.f. Fahey/Fran Vandiver duet, DoDD#10)
22.
Mississippi Fred McDowell - Keep Your Lamps Trimed & Burning (note: while the title matches Fahey's
version, this is still not the basis for Fahey's take on this tune)
23.
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart - Flat Foot Floogie *c.f. "The Best of John fahey 1959-1977" Guitar Player
Book, p. 3)
24.
Memphis Sheiks (Frank Stokes) - T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Part 1 (c.f. DoDD#25, unissued)
25.
Memphis Sheiks (Frank Stokes) - T'Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Part 2 (c.f. DoDD#25, unissued)
26.
Jack Mudurian - I'll See You in My Dreams
Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 8: More Additions
1.
Carter Family - Rambling Boy (c.f. lots of learned debate on this one; possibly related to an untitled tune on
Fot. 6809 cassette/Fot. LP 70001)
2.
Al Jolson - My Blue Heaven (excerpt) (c.f. Requiem for Moly)
3.
Frank Sinatra - Mt Blue heaven (c.f. Requiem for Molly)
4.
Leadbelly - John Hardy (c.f. Desperate Man Blues)
5.
Sam Butler (Bo Weavil Jackson) - Some Scream High Yellow (c.f. "The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977",
Guitar Player Book, p. 8)
6.
The Blue Boys - Memphis Stomp (c.f. "Voice of the Turtle", Orange Label Version, titled "Train")
7.
Charley Patton - Prayer of Death, Pt. 2 (c.f. "Lord Have Mercy", reference)
8.
Bertha Le Patton - Mind Reader Blues (c.f. Jo Ann Kelly/Fahey duet)
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9.
Django Reinhardt - Topsy (c.f. formally unissued to date)
10.
Django Reinhardt - Ol' Man River
11.
Mac Wiseman - The Waltz You Saved for Me
12.
King Oliver - Papa-De-Da-Da (c.f. "Voice of the Turtle" liner notes photography)
13.
Jimmy Bertrand - Little Bits (c.f. "Voice of the Turtle" liner notes photography)
14.
Lonnie Donegan - Don't You Rock Me Daddy-O (c.f. Sail Away Ladies)
15.
Tennessee Ernie Ford - In the Garden (c.f. Fahey live performance, 6/8/95, Salem, OR)
16.
Tennessee Ernie Ford - Faith of Our Fathers
17.
Clarence Ashley & Doc Watson - The Coo Coo (c.f. Variations on the Coocoo)
18.
Rev. Gary Davis - You Better Get Right (c.f. For. 6147, DoDD#9, release planned)
19.
Cat Iron - When I Lay My Burden Down (c.f. Lay My Burden Down, Fot. 612, DoDD#7)
20.
Cat Iron - Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
21.
The Staples Singers - Will the Circle Be Unbroken
22.
The Staples Singers - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (c.f. Lion)
23.
Luke Jordan - Church Bell Blues (c.f. DoDD#25, unissued)
24.
Barefoot Bill - Squabblin' Blues (DoDD#25, unissued)
Not too many Degrees of Separation - Vol 9: More Additions
1.
Rev. A.W. Nix - Black Diamond Express to Hell, Parts 1 & 2 (c.f. the title to a planned Fahey book; also a
"Voice of the Turtle" liner notes photograph)
2.
Mills Brothers - Old Fashioned Love
3.
Gene Austin - My Blue Heaven (c.f. Requiem for Molly)
4.
Charley Patton - Jim Lee Blues, Part 2 (c.f. "The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977" Guitar Player Book, p.
3)
5.
Memphis Sheiks (Frank Stokes) - It Won't Be Long (c.f. DoDD#25, unissued)
6.
Memphis Sheiks (Frank Stokes) - Memphis Rounders Blues (Memphis Women) (c.f. DoDD#25, unissued)
7.
Rev. Robert Wilkins - Police Sargent Blues (c.f. DoDD#25, unissued)
8.
Jelly Roll Morton's New Orleans Jazzmen - Winin' Boy Blues (c.f. Fahey live performance, 6/4/99,
Tokyo, Japan)
9.
Rev. Edmund W. Clayborn - Then We'll Need That True Religion (c.f. "Voice of the Turtle" liner notes
photograph)
10.
Carl Perkins - Matchbox (c.f. Fahey claims to have used a riff in "Desperate Man Blues")
11.
Elvis Presley - A Fool Such As I (c.f. an "Old Girlfriends & Other Horrible Memories" outtake)
12.
Too Tight Henry - Charleston Contest, Part 2 (c.f. "The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977, Guitar Player
Book, p. 8)
13.
Carter Family - Lonesome Valley (c.f. tune on "Voice of the Turtle" & Dalhart, TX, 1967)
14.
Mississippi John Hurt - I Shall Not Be Moved (c.f. Fot. 6147, DoDD#9, release planned)
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15.
Mississippi John Hurt - Nearer My God To Thee (c.f. Fonotone release planned)
16.
Django Reinhardt & Stephane Grappelli - It Had To Be You (DoDD#22, unissued)
17.
Django Reinhardt & the Hot Club of France - St. Louis Blues (another version)
18.
Django Reinhardt & the Hot Club of France - St. Louis Blues (yet another version)
19.
Django Reinhardt & the Hot Club of France - I'll See You in My Dreams
20.
Snooks Eaglin - Come Back Baby
21.
Snooks Eaglin - See See Rider (c.f. Fot. 1185, DoDD#1, unissued)
22.
Blind Willie McTell - I've Got to Cross That River of Jordan (c.f. Fahey live performance 6/19/78,
Columbus, OH)
23.
Bailey Brothers - John Henry
24.
Sauceman Brothers - Pretty Polly (c.f. Fahey/Fran Vandiver duet, DoDD#10)
25.
Buzz Busby & the Bayou Boys - Intro (WARL, Arlington, VA - 1957) (c.f. "How Bluegrass Music Destroyed
My Life", p. 247)
26.
Buzz Busby & the Bayou Boys - Florida Blues (see reference above)
27.
Dick Spottswood - (WAMU, Washington, DC; Radio spot) (c.f. "RECORD COLLECTOR", "How Bluegrass
Music Destroyed My Life", p. 255)
Covers-Tributes: Volume 1
1)
Leo Kottke - Sail Away Ladies
2)
Leo Kottke - The Last Steam Engine Train
3)
Leo Kottke - Poor Boy
4)
Leo Kottke - In Christ There is No East or West
5)
Leo Kottke - The Last Steam Engine Train (another version)
6)
Leo Kottke - Poor Boy (another version)
7)
Toulouse Englehardt - Knoxville Blues
8)
Arvid Smith (Tony Voodoo) - Funeral Song for Mississippi John
Hurt
9)
10)
Peter Lang - Poor Boy/Guitar Rag
Woody Harris - American Medley (America the Beautiful/Camptown
Races/My Old Kentucky Home/Bill Cheatum)
11)
Woody Harris - In Christ There is No East or West
12)
Woody Harris - Bicycle Built for Two
13)
Harvey Reid - Old Black Joe (cf. Old Southern Medley)
14)
Bob Hadley - Wreck of the Last Steam Engine Train
15)
Bob Hadley - Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens
16)
Maurizio Angeletti - On the Shady Side of the Ocean
17)
Rob McCoury - The Last Steam Engine Train
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18)
Phil Heywood - Some Summer Day
19)
George Winston - Lullaby (Jurgen Kleine swears there is a part
of "The Discovery of Sylvia Scott" at the end of this
piece...is it there?)
20)
George Winston - Brenda's Blues
21)
George Winston - Ocean Waves
22)
Cul de Sac - The Portland Cement Factory at Monolith, CA
23)
Flubber - Cuppa Cowfee (cf. The Last Steam Engine Train)
24)
Backwards Sam Firk - Spanish Flang Dang
Covers-Tributes: Volume 2
1.
Gastr Del Sol--Dry Bones in the Valley
2.
Roberto Menabo--Tra Il Viona E L'Olabbie (cf. Poor Boy Long
Ways From Home)
3.
Roberto Menabo--Guitar Rag
4.
Roberto Menabo--Water Boy Song (cf. Delta Blues)
5.
Roberto Menabo--Poor Boy
6.
Roberto Menabo--Autogrill (cf. Desperate Man Blues)
7.
Stefan Grossman--The Assassination of John Fahey
8.
Steve Calt & Dave Mann--John Fahey's Existential Quagmire Blues
...From "A Tribute to John Fahey" (Kicking Mule SNKF 155):
9.
Bob Hadley--Revelations on the Banks of the Pantuxent (sic)
10.
Arvid Smith--Joe Kirby Blues
11.
Stephen Connolly--Desperate Man Blues
12.
Woody Harris--When the Springtime Comes Again
13.
Arvid Smith--Sail Away Ladies
14.
Woody Harris--Sunflower River Blues
15.
Arvid Smith--The Death of the Clayton Peacock
16.
Stephen Connolly--Sligo River Blues
17.
Arvid Smith--The Yellow Princess
18.
(No Artist Listed)--In Christ There is No East or West
19.
Arvid Smith--Poor Boy
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Covers-Tributes: Volume 3
1.
Richard Gilewitz--Requiem for John Hurt
2.
Country Joe McDonald--Thinking of John Fahey
3.
Pelt--A Raga Called John Part I
4.
Phil Heywood--Old Man River
5.
Chris Proctor--The Last Steam Engine Train
6.
Tinh Mahoney--I Remember John Fahey
7.
Leo Kottke (Story)--4/10/01 Cedar Rapids, IA
8.
Leo Kottke (Story)--5/11/01 Salem, OR
9.
Ian Keary--Requiem for Blind Joe Death
10.
Leo Kottke & Albert Lee--The Last Steam Engine Train (live
12/17/83 WCCO-AM, St. Paul, MN)
11.
Andre LaFosse--Raga Thing (John Fahey Meets George Harrison a
la Ravi Shankar)
12.
Takasi Hamada--Research on the Legend of Blind Joe Death
(excerpt)
13.
Gert De Meijer--To Fahey (excerpt)
14.
The Waybacks--The Last Steam Engine Train (excerpt)
15.
Reinhard (Reinhold) Becker--The Last Steam Engine Train
16.
Mike Rodgers--(unknown title) (cf. Poor Boy Long Ways from
Home)
17.
Dale Miller--Bicycle Built for Two/Sidewalks of New York
18.
Backwards Sam Firk-Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
Covers-Tributes: Volume 4
1.
Jack Rose--Nobody's Business/Life is Like a Mountain Railroad
2.
Jack Rose--Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
3.
Jack Rose--Desperate Man Blues
4.
Jack Rose--In Christ There is No East or West
5.
Jack Rose--Sunflower River Blues
6.
Charles Schmidt--When the Springtime Comes Again
7.
Charles Schmidt--Some Summer Day
8.
Charles Schmidt--Revelation on the Banks of the Pawtuxent
9.
Charles Schmidt--Voice of the Turtle
10.
Charles Schmidt--Dance of the Inhabitants #2
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11.
Charles Schmidt--Ah Holy Jesus #1
12.
Charles Schmidt--America
13.
Charles Schmidt--Ah Holy Jesus #2
14.
Charles Schmidt--Dance of the Inhabitants #1
15.
Charles Schmidt--Dorothy
16.
Andrew Stranglen--Variation 5 (A Pony in the Wood)
17.
Charles Schmidt & Andrew Stranglen--C Tuning Medley
18.
Charles Schmidt & Andrew Stranglen--A Jazzed Red Pony
Covers-Tributes: Volume 5
1.
Robbie Basho--Christmas Suite (11/23/80 German Radio)
2.
Will Ackerman--The Search for the Turtle's Navel (song title
homage)
3.
Will Ackerman--The Rediscovery of Big Bug Creek, Arizona
4.
John Miller--Spanish Breakdown (Fahey: "Spanish Breakdown:
that's incredible-almost as good as Lonnie Johnson or maybe a
little better")
5.
John Miller--Titantic (Fahey: "Titanic's beautiful")
6.
John Miller--Shady Lane (Fahey: "so is Shady Lane")
7.
John Miller--Chester County (Fahey: "Chester County's so good
it's scary")
8.
Neil Harpe with Max Oches--Patuxent River Flood Plain Blues
(not only an homage in the title, but the song is co-written by
"Turtle John T"-could it be?)
9.
Stefan Grossman--Requiem for Patrick Kilroy (Fahey: "a
masterpiece of composition for solo acoustic guitar"; he once
wrote that he was going to cover and record this tune; guess he
never got to it)
10. Tom Paley--Light of This World/I Belong to the Band (Fahey:
"Tom used to be dynamite, but his Elektra album is out of print
and he moved to Sweden and became a communist, so I am told")
11.
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (The Radha Krishna
People)--Gopinatha (some say Fahey plays guitar on this and
the next track - I'm skeptical)
12.
The Radha Krishna People--Ohe Vaisnava Thakura
13.
Tinh Mahoney--Sheets of Rain (Fahey produced)
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Fahey seemed to like much of the Kicking Mule LP "Some People Who Play Guitar Like a Lot of People
Don't" (tracks 14-21; see Fahey's
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comments in Guitar Player Books: The Best of John Fahey 1959-1977)
14.
Woody Mann--Good Gal
15.
Woody Mann--Old Devil
16.
Woody Mann--Crosstown Blues
17.
Roy Book Binder--Bad Luck Blues
18.
Larry Sandberg--Delta Swing
19.
Roy Book Binder--I Got Mine
20.
Roy Book Binder--Bye Bye Baby Blues
21.
Woody Mann--Who's Been Here
22.
Stefan Grossman--Wall Hollow Blues (also recommended by Fahey)
23.
Rick Ruskin & Lewis Ross--A Coma at Takoma
24.
Rev. Gary Davis--The Great Change in Me (Fahey recommended)
25.
Rev. Gary Davis--I Belong to the Band (fade...)(Fahey
recommended)
Covers-Tributes: Volume 6
1)
Peter Lang - "A World Without Fahey" (8/19/01 Berkeley, CA)
2)
Peter Lang - "The Resurrection of the Recording King" (8/19/01)
3)
Peter Lang - Witness to the Messenger (8/19/01)
4)
Henry Kaiser - Steamboat Gwine Round de Bend (8/19/01)
5)
Henry Kaiser - Requiem for Blind Joe Death (8/19/01)
6)
Joseph Byrd - Deck the Halls (from Takoma LP; fahey: "My
favorite Christmas record")
7)
Dale Miller & Duck Baker - In Christ There is No East or West
8)
Terry Robb - Buck Dance/Nummer Rag/Spanish Dance
9)
Terry Robb - Fahey at Bush Park
10)
Terry Robb - West Virginia Rag/Nocturnal Cake Walk
11)
Monk One/Billy Martin - Sun Flower (excerpt)
12)
Elias Butler - John Fahey's Dead
13)
Mitch Wittenberg - Dance of Death/One More Question
14)
Mitch Wittenberg & Philip Rampi - Fare Forward Voyagers II
15)
Mitch Wittenberg - Sampling
16)
Michael Dellaria (composer) - Three Rivers (performed by the
Slovak Radio Orchestra) (this is a three part piece on Mr.
Dellaria's "guitar music from the 1960s", including Fahey's
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"Sligo River Blues", heard in part two; composed in 1995 in
honor of the bicentennial of Union College, Schenectady, NY)
Covers-Tributes: Volume 7
1.
Cameramans (Anshitsu Radio, Hiroshima, Japan)
2.
Geoffrey Lee - The Valhalla Express (c.f. Night Train to Valhalla)
3.
Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn - The Resurrection of Blind Joe Death
4.
TG (Gondard) - Plays Over "The Yellow Princess" (excerpt)
5.
Tinh Mahoney - Story/I Remember John Fahey (10/17/02, Salem, OR)
6.
Davy Graham & Shirley Collins - Nattamun Town (c.f. "Best of John Fahey 1959-77" Guitar Player Books,
p. 3)
7.
Brian Wendt - The Battle (Dedicated to John Fahey)
8.
Elliot Sharp - How Takoma Records Ruined My Life (10/3/02, New York, NY)
9.
Artie Traum & Cindy Cashdollar - Dixie Pig Bar-B-Q Blues (10/3/02, New York, NY)
10.
Artie Traum & Cindy Cashdollar - Funeral Song for Mississippi John Hurt (10/3/02, New York, NY)
11.
(Unknown Artist) - The Last Steam Engine Train (midi version)
12.
4TRECk - Brenda's Blues
13.
Bruce Eisenbell - Ode to Blind Joe Death (excerpt)
14.
Leo Kottke & Doc Watson - The Last Steam Engine Train (3/87, St. Paul, MN)
15.
Human Abstract - For John Fahey (excerpt)
16.
AMF - Three Childrens' Songs (for John Fahey)
17.
Insect Trust (Bill Barth) - Special Rider Blues (c.f. What the Sun Said, The Thing at the End of New
Hampshire Avenue)
18.
Brendan Croker & the 5 O'Clock Shadows - Hawaiian Two-Step
19.
Gerard Slooven - John Fahey
Covers-Tributes: Volume 8
1.
(Unknown Artist) - Across the Mojave (c.f. Waltzing Matilda, Sail Away Ladies, The Portland Cement
Factory at Monolith, CA)
2.
Bad Seque - Mississippi Medley (from an mp3.com Fahey Tribute)
3.
Tony Whetstone - The Franklin Crawl (from an mp3.com Fahey Tribute)
4.
Robert Daria - Dance of the Maidens Part II (from an mp3.com Fahey Tribute)
5.
Ragtime Ralph - Poor Boy (c.f. Poor Boy Long Ways from Home)
6.
Ragtime Ralph - Old Black Joe (c.f. Southern Medley)
7.
Ragtime Ralph - Train Where Ya Bin? (Fahey purportedly wished to cover this tune, but never did)
8.
L.D. Brown - The Fire and the Rose (2/24/02 Fahey Tribute, location unknown)
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9.
L.D. Brown - Lion (2/24/02 Fahey Tribute, location unknown)
10.
David Pearson - Joy to the World/Sunflower River Blues (2/24/02 Fahey Tribute, location unknown)
11.
Frank Hudson - The Door in the Wall (from an mp3.com Fahey Tribute)
12.
Matt Wellins - Casey Meadows Susan Decker Julie Richman (from an mp3.com Fahey Tribute)
13.
Basal - Motion (from an mp3.com Fahey Tribute)
14.
Charles Muldoon - Poem for Guitar (from an mp3.com Fahey Tribute)
15.
Hope Sandoval - These Things (formaer Mazzy Star vocalist and one of Fahey's favorite singers; c.f. Hope
Slumbers Eternal?)
16.
Steffen Basho-Junghans - The Takoma Bridge Incident
Covers-Tributes: Volume 9
1.
(Unknown Artist) - Vancouver Soundscape (no Fahey connection, but nice musique concréte; c.f. The
Singing Bridge of Memphis, TN)
2.
Cul de Sac - Bellevue Bridge (c.f. The Singing Bridge of Memphis, TN)
3.
Nels Anderson - The Yellow Princess
4.
Nels Anderson - Irish Setter
5.
Mitch Wittenberg & Philip Rampi - Sunset on Prince George's County (5/19/02, Minneapolis, MN)
6.
Mitch Wittenberg & Philip Rampi - The Disco Pony (c.f. Wine & Roses, The Approaching of the Disco Void,
& The Red Pony
7.
Ragtime Ralph - Old Time Medley (c.f. Fonotone 6809 cassette, John Henry Blues)
8.
Ragtime alph - White Christmas
9.
Ragtime Ralph - (no title available) (c.f. Steve Talbot on the Keddie Wye, The Approaching of the Disco
Void)
10.
Charles Schmidt - The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party (recorded using Fahey's recently restored
Gibson Recording King guitar)
Tribute Disc #1
John Fahey Tribute Concert 19 August 2001 Freight &
Salvage, Berkeley, CA
Disc One
1.
Charles Schmidt-Fare Forward Voyagers
2.
Charles Schmidt-Impressions of Susan
3.
Charles Schmidt-Ghosts
4.
Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith-Mayne Smith Talks
5.
Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith-Medley: Joseph Spence Themes
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6.
Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith-Hard Times
7.
Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith-Turtle Song
8.
Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith-I Needn¹t
9.
Richard Ruskin-Repeat After Me
10.
Richard Ruskin-Satchell
11.
Richard Ruskin-Rock & Roll Music
12.
Richard Ruskin-Richard¹s Negative Takoma Story....
13.
Richard Ruskin-A Coma at Takoma
Tribute Disc #2
John Fahey Tribute Concert 19 August 2001 Freight &
Salvage, Berkeley, CA
Disc 2
14.
Phil Kellogg-Sunflower River Blues
15.
Phil Kellogg-Long Lashes
16.
Phil Kellogg-Chutes and Ladders
17.
Michael Gulezian-Mile High Country
18.
Michael Gulezian-Oh Susannah
19.
Michael Gulezian-St. Louis Blues
20.
Michael Gulezian-Tumbledweeb
Tribute Disc #3
John Fahey Tribute Concert 19 August 2001 Freight &
Salvage, Berkeley, CA
Disc 3
21.
Henry Kaiser-I¹m So Glad (Hard Time Killing Floor?)
22.
Henry Kaiser-Steamboat Gwine Round De Bend Gwine Round de
Bend
23.
Henry Kaiser-Requiem for Blind Joe Death
24.
Henry Kaiser-Special Rider Blues
25.
Peter Lang-Steel Guitar Rag
26.
Peter Lang-"To Imagine a World Without Fahey"
27.
Peter Lang-Nearer My God to Thee/Poor Boy
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28.
Peter Lang-"The Resurrection of the Recording King"
29.
Peter Lang-Witness to the Messenger
30.
Peter Lang-When the Kings Come Home
31.
Peter Lang-Evangeline's Moon (After the Fall???)
32.
Peter Lang-Wide Oval Rip-Off
Fahey Fan CD
1)
John Fahey - Lesson 1
2)
John Fahey - On Technique
3)
W.B. Thompson - On the Sunny Side of the Ocean
4)
W.B. Thompson - 3 Legged Dance
5)
Phil Kellogg - Poor Boy
6)
Phil Kellogg - Train "1337895"
7)
Jasper Jonz - Conquest of the Americas
8)
Jasper Jonz - Night Rain
9)
James Andersen - Lord, This Road is Weary
10)
James Andersen - Slow Drifter
11)
Andrew Stranglen - John Henry Variations
12)
Andrew Stranglen - Eerie Red Pony
13)
Charlie Schmidt - Doggie Blues
14)
Mitch Wittenberg / Philip Rampi - Urban Sprawl
15)
The John Fahey Trio - Twenty Minute Voyages into Tautology
16)
Lester Weller - If I Only had a Brain
17)
Lester Weller - Christmas Farewell
18)
David Popple - Converted Bread Truck
19)
David Popple - Converted Bread Truck Reprise
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