John Fahey, The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death - 39m 1s

Tracks & Durations

1. Beautiful Linda Getchell	1:54
2. Orinda - Moraga	3:52
3. I Am The Resurection	2:51
4. On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean	3:13
5. Tell Her TO Come Back Home	2:42
6. 101 Is A Hard Road To Travel	2:18
7. My Station Will Be Changed After While	2:03
8. How Green Is My Valley	2:18
9. Bicycle Built For Two	1:10
10. The Death Of The Clayton Peacock	2:54
11. Brenda's Blues	1:49
12. Old Southern Medley	6:08
13. Come Back Baby	2:20
14. Poor Boy	2:28
15. Saint Patrick's Hymn	0:52

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Review

1959's self-released Blind Joe Death had an enigmatic spare cover that read "Blind Joe Death" on one side and "John Fahey" on the other. The playful 20-year-old "American primitive" guitarist had created an alternate identity: that of the obscure, unknown guitar great Blind Joe Death. The album's material was influenced by the down and dirty country blues of Mississippi John Hurt, Bukka White, and Charley Patton, all manner of old-timey vernacular sound, and 20th-century classical music. This haunting release only contains one of the original recordings; the rest are far more nimble-fingered versions from 1964 (and from '67). As expertly compiled on this disc, Transfiguration presents an opportunity to crawl inside the head of a master musician just as the world of sound unfolds before him. By the time the listener hears the sparkling '67 cuts, a magical, syncretic transformation has occurred. The idiosyncratic artist revisits these plaintive, resonant songs yet again in 1988 on the moody I Remember Blind Joe Death. --Mike McGonigal

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The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death

Tracks: 15, Disk length: 39m 36s (+0m 35s)

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