John Fahey - Poor Boys Long Way From Home

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Watlter Neff

Watlter Neff

Күн бұрын

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@walterneff
@walterneff 4 жыл бұрын
thanks to the cummunity for adding context and keeping the conversation of John Fahey going.
@Ducklimp
@Ducklimp 3 жыл бұрын
@@dreamsister6339 be nice
@walterneff
@walterneff 3 жыл бұрын
@@Ducklimp always some jerk!
@KCBarr1
@KCBarr1 2 жыл бұрын
Fahey may be gone, but his music will live forever, which is the ultimate musical accomplishment there is, IMHO.
@blooter3215
@blooter3215 Жыл бұрын
I’m 61 and just found him tonight!
@raskinblog
@raskinblog Жыл бұрын
Not a problem! Love Him. lol
@MaryLeighLear
@MaryLeighLear Жыл бұрын
I'm 28 and just picked up the guitar. I've listened to this song for about 10 years now. I started learning this song first. No lessons, nothing strumming. Just dove into fingerpicking. After 3 long months of the same song, I'm getting pretty good. Not close to perfect but enough to make me cry in gratitude.
@finlayfarq3436
@finlayfarq3436 Жыл бұрын
How many times did you put your ear towards the hole learning this?
@mikesaundersnyc5200
@mikesaundersnyc5200 Жыл бұрын
Keep on keepin' on! 🤠👍
@geraldtanderson9044
@geraldtanderson9044 Жыл бұрын
With that can of natural ability...why'd you wait so long? Imagine how well you'll be playing 10 years from now.
@imleksutra933
@imleksutra933 Жыл бұрын
Cry in gratitude is better than perfect mate
@caileanbernard473
@caileanbernard473 Жыл бұрын
This song right here is probably one of the most "fun" songs to learn how to play. Those bends, the fingerpicking pattern, everything about it. Great choice n keep up on it!
@Zadok8
@Zadok8 13 жыл бұрын
I knew John in the last few years of his life and he was one of the kindest men I knew...he would give you the shirt off his back. If you wanted him to show you a thing or two on guitar he was more than happy to oblige.
@christianweatherbroadcasting
@christianweatherbroadcasting 5 ай бұрын
Repent and trust in Jesus. He's the only way to Heaven. We've all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins like lying, lusting, etc. Repent and trust only in Jesus, and you will be saved! You can be saved because he took the punishment for our sins on himself when he died on the cross, just like someone can pay your speeding fine in court, and you get off free. Romans 3:23 John 3:16😊❤
@DLee1923
@DLee1923 4 ай бұрын
I love that ! I barely heard about him tonight for the first time. I'm enjoying getting to know his stuff!! 💕🙋🏻‍♀️
@jasondeiso8105
@jasondeiso8105 16 күн бұрын
The most generous of souls whose main concern was sharing the music and knowledge.
@agordianknot
@agordianknot 3 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of listening and watching John Fahey play this song. He deserved a lot more credit for his guitar playing than he ever got.
@je7647
@je7647 Жыл бұрын
He will be famous in 100 years
@MrSailor7x
@MrSailor7x Жыл бұрын
Jimmy Page sure loved him. I found out about him reading books about LZ
@tdb517
@tdb517 Жыл бұрын
Him, Davey Graham and John Renbourn are my favourite guitarist of that era
@pebystroll
@pebystroll Жыл бұрын
I mean he has an entire genre of Guitar music ( American Primitive) which he is attributed as founder, so atleast he will always have that
@isabellam1936
@isabellam1936 2 жыл бұрын
It sounds like three guitars at once. What a master.
@SenorCinema
@SenorCinema 4 ай бұрын
nah it sounds like one guitar played really well lol
@Oliv3rb
@Oliv3rb 4 ай бұрын
@@SenorCinemacretin comment
@TheICXC
@TheICXC 9 жыл бұрын
first time ever listening to Fahey.... completely floored.
@lacewig87
@lacewig87 8 жыл бұрын
+ChampionPsalms I've been listening to him on and off for years but this is the first video I've ever seen! Same feeling, just amazing playing and soul.
@jinx0192
@jinx0192 6 жыл бұрын
ChampionPsalms me too got here from a leo kottke song.
@fabriccouch
@fabriccouch 5 жыл бұрын
It is special isn't it
@stevenrberg00
@stevenrberg00 5 жыл бұрын
Find the album Live in Tasmania, it’ll change your life
@TheSouthernfried45
@TheSouthernfried45 5 жыл бұрын
As you should be.
@andrewwabik5125
@andrewwabik5125 Жыл бұрын
You can literally see a steamboat cutting through the Mississippi just by listening. I love how John can paint such vivid pictures with his guitar/paintbrush.
@billpresing5568
@billpresing5568 Жыл бұрын
TRIVIA FACT : Back in the day John and Alan (the Blind Owl ) Wilson where close friends and room mates for awhile, but John always liked Alan to tune his guitar for him because he had perfect pitch. I think that is why at times you could see John look upward when tuning up on stage after the Blind Owl had died looking for some help from him from above....just sayin, R.I.P. you 2 Geniuses.
@magicdave93
@magicdave93 2 жыл бұрын
They call it primitive guitar but it’s far from primitive the way John played. I could listen and watch him play all day and all night brilliant stuff, RIP John!!!
@MrMjp58
@MrMjp58 11 жыл бұрын
A hypnotic and intensely musical guitarist. Few could get as much out of as little.
@EMD_Ski
@EMD_Ski 7 жыл бұрын
MrMjp58 of all the comments on this video, yours is spot on.
@ME-ru4hv
@ME-ru4hv 6 жыл бұрын
wow I was looking to say the same set of words!
@studionorthlandscapeecolog4333
@studionorthlandscapeecolog4333 Жыл бұрын
nailed it man
@deanallen9660
@deanallen9660 10 жыл бұрын
One of history's greatest guitarists. That's why I keep putting him on Facebook, maybe more people will dig him.
@micktatton7910
@micktatton7910 6 жыл бұрын
Dean Allen he was a brilliant guitarist ! I dig him friend 👍👍
@RealDiaz
@RealDiaz 5 жыл бұрын
Please keep him off facebook. Dont make him trendy. If he were still alive he would hate facebook.
@johnyeates2156
@johnyeates2156 5 жыл бұрын
There's still some of us around that discovered his music in the late 1960s. It stays with you 😍.
@RealDiaz
@RealDiaz 5 жыл бұрын
@@johnyeates2156 I discovered his music in the late 70s. Definitely some of the first songs I learned to pick. 👍
@Rhinoinasuit
@Rhinoinasuit 4 жыл бұрын
@@RealDiaz at the same time it's one of the only ways to reach younger generations. Why should fahey be exclusive to older people and those who search for it?
@daduck100
@daduck100 5 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of seeing John Fahey in about 1970,small club in Vancouver,sat about six feet from the man while he played on a floor level stage. Mesmerizing doesn't quite describe his performance. Went and saw him again the next night. Wish I'd gone to every show he did.
@JoshuaWhittle
@JoshuaWhittle 2 ай бұрын
This is the kind of music that people like William Tyler was listening to We all stand on the shoulders of giants
@venusfly9108
@venusfly9108 13 жыл бұрын
This is probably the most impressive folk music I've ever heard. I've never heard anyone ever play such beautiful chord melodies like that.
@icecreamforcrowhurst
@icecreamforcrowhurst 3 жыл бұрын
Really? Then you’ve never heard British guitarist/singer/songwriter Steve Tilston. Guy’s an unsung legend.
@venusfly9108
@venusfly9108 3 жыл бұрын
@@icecreamforcrowhurst Really liking this guitarist. Thanks. Even though I've forgotten about this comment.
@munchagain
@munchagain 13 жыл бұрын
"I'll give you a little tip about the blues, folks: it's not enough to know which notes to play. You need to know why they need to be played" - G. Carlin
@doyeonkim6742
@doyeonkim6742 3 жыл бұрын
Word. Same for every music, heard that line in classical music
@nashvillemynx4040
@nashvillemynx4040 4 жыл бұрын
Woke up to my dad playing this song almost everyday he’s been gone since 07 Matt Bryer was an amazing blues musician just like mr fahey I still get goose bumps listening
@nickjohnson410
@nickjohnson410 3 жыл бұрын
It took me a long time, but I finally came as close as I'll ever be to playing this song. It fills me with much joy when I play it 😀
@upabittoolate
@upabittoolate 2 жыл бұрын
It aint about close. It's about making the entire endeavor into something you own because you were ambitious enough to do it. Also, there is no "finally". Whenever you exert the energy (music is psychic energy and my priest says music is the closest thing to magic that we, mortals can touch), it goes on forever and ever and ever and ever and ever. So you're now an active part of the whole cosmic eternity thing. Welcome home, dear comrade. Welcome home. I'll see you when I can find my way to the same door you crossed.
@StoyTheOld
@StoyTheOld 10 жыл бұрын
If your ears aren't properly connected to your brain and your brain isn't properly connected to your soul , then you might not like the genius that lives on in Fahey's music . R.I.P , John
@noxp1846
@noxp1846 2 жыл бұрын
Bang on. It's all about soul. Both for artist and listener
@uciphd
@uciphd 13 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to Fahey my whole life, and it never gets old. Pure genius.
@wades4253
@wades4253 7 жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite Fahey tune. I taught myself how to play it last year using a Fahey songbook published in 1978. It is the kind of song that once you know it , you start playing it and you don't even have to think about it much. It just keeps going and your mind wanders off somewhere. I love it.
@je7647
@je7647 2 жыл бұрын
its not his tune its an old track called vestapol
@chinto50
@chinto50 Жыл бұрын
is he playing in an open tuning???? do you know the tuning????? wonderful song id like to learn it .
@chinto50
@chinto50 Жыл бұрын
got it.. thks.. its in D tuning and a new path is struck
@spoders92
@spoders92 Жыл бұрын
Gives me the goosebumps. Fahey’s spirit still floating around this world.
@uglyawesome
@uglyawesome Жыл бұрын
The Fahey Train is a steady rolling machine
@artredoubt3629
@artredoubt3629 11 ай бұрын
One of the best spots in a dark world
@bubblevision
@bubblevision 14 жыл бұрын
This has been my earworm for literally 30 years since hearing it on John Peel's radio 1 show back then. So glad to track it down. John Fahey himself teaches it at youtube watch?v=SAoSMhQTr4E and I love that slower version even more than this one.
@mcbazzfazz
@mcbazzfazz 2 жыл бұрын
Every time I listen to him and especially to his most transcendental, incandescent tunes... The phrase "A master at the height of his powers" comes to mind. He connects to something infinite in a unique way, unmistakable.
@asafoetidajones8181
@asafoetidajones8181 3 ай бұрын
Absolutely. There are a thousand fantastic guitarists but only a handful that "reach beyond the veil" so to speak. I always thought of Fahey as the uncanny valley: definitely solidly in the realms of folk, blues, bluegrass, old timey music... But also very left field and alien in his approach to the traditional. At once familiar and foreign, almost unsettling, that's the uncanny valley, isn't it?
@tjk355
@tjk355 3 жыл бұрын
Great to see so many John Fahey fans. I like to listen to America while camping in the woods. Theres a mystical feel that's perfect an open fire.
@brianthornton2887
@brianthornton2887 8 жыл бұрын
The song is a variation of a tune called Vestapol. It's in open D. Fahey did not write it. He never claimed to, either, to his credit. Libba Cotten recorded a version in about 1960. She said it was a very old song that she heard as a child in the 1920s. It has been in public domain for at least 50 years. Nearly every acoustic fingerpicker had a version of this in their repertoire, including Rev. Robert Wilkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Bukka White and Stefan Grossman. Keith Richards definitely did not write it. He gave credit to McDowell. But Fred did not write it either. A lot of bluesmen referred to open D as Vestapol tuning. Or Vastapol, depending on where you are in the country. It is a beautiful tune I have been playing since about 1970. The trick to learning the tune is to get that solid boom chick alternating bass going. Took me some woodshedding. Then you play the melody on top. I admire John Fahey. But he was not a writer of old blues so much as one who gave new life to old blues tunes and riffs. Robert Wilkins had some nice words for it about Poor boy long ways from home.
@pasdedoigtpasde7a
@pasdedoigtpasde7a 7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the explanation ;) I thought it was open C at the beginning. Both are great :D
@FunkyCrumpet
@FunkyCrumpet 7 жыл бұрын
this is very much john faheys song. to be honest really the only thing that connects it to the other variations is the name. obviously i know john intended to do that, maybe to pay homage to the old blues players. But there really isn't anything directly that john copied in this song in my opinion anyway.
@thehipi
@thehipi 7 жыл бұрын
Another riff on this same melody can be heard in Frank Hutchison's 'KC Blues,' played while he's "getting right on some red liquor.." They're not identical, but there's no denying that John Fahey, Hutchison (and countless others) are putting their own stamp on a shared gem. This is true of most early blues music.
@briandunstan3503
@briandunstan3503 6 жыл бұрын
Brian Thornton well done mate I've known this tune as Po boy for fifty years .how did it get named as vestapol.its been recorded as vestopol a couple of times since the sixties.
@smilestars4988
@smilestars4988 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Brian !
@sylviaschroll488
@sylviaschroll488 4 жыл бұрын
His music dances through the Universe !!!!!
@jamesthompson6779
@jamesthompson6779 10 жыл бұрын
How could 22 people not like this..This is talent at its best.
@JuanCarlosPrada
@JuanCarlosPrada 10 жыл бұрын
I'll tell you how, though it might surprise you: each person has a particular music taste! I know, who would have thought? Maybe those 22 people were like "hey, let's give Fahey's music a chance", and then they didn't like it. Also, the fact that he was a really talented guitarist doesn't mean you have to like what he did.
@mredwardward
@mredwardward 7 жыл бұрын
Perhaps they were deaf hairdressers.
@shinybeast8946
@shinybeast8946 10 ай бұрын
Most people are followers, and like only what is popular. John Fahey isn't popular. Go listen to your crappy music Juan.@@JuanCarlosPrada
@bandicoot5412
@bandicoot5412 8 жыл бұрын
Nothing like an artist, treat them well, while they are still able to show you their stuff, it ain't easy, the territory is usually rough.
@bandicoot5412
@bandicoot5412 8 жыл бұрын
Not easy but worth the try.
@bandicoot5412
@bandicoot5412 8 жыл бұрын
He's got the life force going, amazing, this tune runs in my head a lot.
@sabbione8826
@sabbione8826 11 жыл бұрын
one the most underrated guitarist ever. this song is just perfect
@smilestars4988
@smilestars4988 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@davidjames9626
@davidjames9626 5 жыл бұрын
Underrated ? most definitely , that's because most don't see much ( with their ears )
@johnkemp9835
@johnkemp9835 4 жыл бұрын
@@davidjames9626 You guys got it all wrong. To be under-rated, you have to have been heard. Once you hear Fahey, you rate him right on up there at the top. Without question.
@davidjames9626
@davidjames9626 4 жыл бұрын
@@johnkemp9835 you miss understood what I wrote ..I said he was under-rated, because the listening public only know a few people at the top of any given genre, because they do not explore.. I agree most definately that this John Fahey is a great guitarist, a unique purist..
@johnkemp9835
@johnkemp9835 4 жыл бұрын
@@davidjames9626 My apologies...
@philipclaasen1957
@philipclaasen1957 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic! In fact, from a far-away planet where musical genius reigns supreme. Old Hippie, Cape Town, South Africa.
@paulthanasse7405
@paulthanasse7405 2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest unsung acoustic guitarists ever...anyone who plays even a little can understand his genius...he learned from many of the old masters...
@Robert-nk7yw
@Robert-nk7yw Жыл бұрын
John had one of the most unusual sense of humor. I could only describe it as "sweet & sour spare ribs"
@donmorris3376
@donmorris3376 3 жыл бұрын
This man is a master of the guitar,had the privilege of seeing him in concert in a small club in Vancouver about 1971, sat about eight feet from the guy and watched one of the finest performances I have ever seen, the audience was mesmerized.
@peppinotorino2569
@peppinotorino2569 3 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of seeing him in Milano.in the eighties. Magic evening.
@ericynot
@ericynot 10 жыл бұрын
When I was in college in the late '60's, in the midst of all the great rock music that was happening at the time, John Fahey quietly broke through to become one our favorites. He was hip and hypnotic, original and unique. His music is still all of those things today. Sure wish he was still around.
@chillende
@chillende 2 жыл бұрын
Rick Beato's interview with Adam Franklin of Swervedriver brought me here. Great stuff.
@wilhelmschroeder7345
@wilhelmschroeder7345 7 жыл бұрын
It's not the technique but the ineffable soul he brings to it.
@MrCubannn
@MrCubannn 4 жыл бұрын
Right, i can play this song pretty much perfect but it's just not the same
@C.Hawkshaw
@C.Hawkshaw 4 жыл бұрын
It’s both.
@paulbagley6190
@paulbagley6190 Жыл бұрын
So amazing. This is why my thumb is getting injections for trigger finger - over use from trying to learn and play amazing songs like this for hours and days He was so good.
@SirCommoner
@SirCommoner 6 ай бұрын
His songs feel like paintings
@spicetwo
@spicetwo 12 жыл бұрын
No one could hold a candle to John!!!!! A lost american treasure that we should all take some knowledge from!!!!!He was a bad asssssss!!!
@eschuber8
@eschuber8 9 жыл бұрын
that hair alone is genius
@derekcosten1136
@derekcosten1136 9 жыл бұрын
+eschuber8 lol if you say so looks like he was just tryin to work with what he had still
@deeneebeeni2078
@deeneebeeni2078 9 жыл бұрын
+eschuber8 as another person has posted: a brave comb-over.
@walterneff
@walterneff 7 жыл бұрын
I think i added "combover" in this whole concert....and i got a TON of responses about that part.......yeah it looks kinda weird
@acutehalitosis2021
@acutehalitosis2021 7 жыл бұрын
did you see his comb at the new varsity?
@ME-ru4hv
@ME-ru4hv 6 жыл бұрын
Yea.. at that show, you see that he would look way worse if he cut off the long bits because he would lose eccentricity and blend as a normie. He knows what he's doing. my fave!
@agalligani
@agalligani 3 жыл бұрын
Nobody sounds like Fahey. There's just a hypnotic effect that nobody else achieves IMO. Of course that guitar doesn't hurt.
@patrickhicks8912
@patrickhicks8912 3 жыл бұрын
This song makes me think of Appalachia wandering through those blue hills with my lost ancestors...seriously love this!
@fwong
@fwong 6 ай бұрын
absolutely insane texture and groove coming out of that instrument, my god. The energy shift into 4:17 is a religious experience. every human being on earth is making the stank face at that moment.
@drippyinfinities
@drippyinfinities 15 жыл бұрын
The change that comes just after 2:48 is transcendent, and so beautiful.
@mikemcnamara6119
@mikemcnamara6119 3 жыл бұрын
My brother turned me on to John back in the early seventies haven't thanked him enough yet
@patricianoud7096
@patricianoud7096 7 жыл бұрын
Every time I hear him I think: "So much beautiful sound from ONE instrument." He was a genius.
@themememachine3945
@themememachine3945 2 жыл бұрын
John had a sad beautiful soul and it showed every time he played.
@ddwym
@ddwym 4 жыл бұрын
To think the first time I heard his song was already 11 years ago. The whole reason I ended up learning guitar, and it still sounds as fresh now as it did when I was a teenager. I suppose I just have to come back and pay my respects every now and then. Perhaps Fahey wasn't the flashiest guitar player, but he tapped into an emotional language that few other guitarists can really access. That's not even to say he was better than most guitarists, but there was just something different about his music that I lack the language to articulate in any sense that would do justice. He was a truly unique musician, and ironically he would probably hate it if anyone ever told him that. RIP Poor Boy...
@Eurydice870
@Eurydice870 9 ай бұрын
Boy does that bring back some memories. I fell in love with this 50 years ago, amazing.
@daduck100
@daduck100 7 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of seeing John Fahey in about 1970 or'71 at a small night club in Vancouver,had a front row table about ten feet from the guy. JF put on the best demonstration of mastery of his instrument I have ever seen,and I've seen a lot of Masters. It was a show I'll remember to the end of my days. For those who seem disturbed by his hirsute appearance in this video, he was clean cut and clean shaven when I saw him, most of the audience,including me, looked more like Fahey in this video. I wouldn't have cared if the man performed in a gorilla suit, his guitar work was sheer genius.
@walterneff
@walterneff 7 жыл бұрын
Great News
@walterneff
@walterneff 7 жыл бұрын
he really makes the guitar his own voice........he's been pluckin since he was 12
@TheDennzio
@TheDennzio 2 жыл бұрын
a gorilla suit...I like that idea
@BushyHairedStranger
@BushyHairedStranger Жыл бұрын
@@TheDennzio its been done, but try it on for size. Never know till you try, and I say try everything at least once. Yup EVERYTHING.
@sigmarealm1111
@sigmarealm1111 2 ай бұрын
Amazing. Grateful for the person that suggested this video.💚
@figueroa661
@figueroa661 12 жыл бұрын
Part of what makes Johns picking sound so distinctive is the position of his picking hand. If you notice, on a lot of these videos he is picking well below the sound hole, just about as close as you can get to the bridge. This, I've found, gives the notes a brighter feel than when the same note is played directly over the sound hole, as "formal" picking technique might dictate. I think the brightness has to do with the tension at that point of the string.
@thomascreek6387
@thomascreek6387 Жыл бұрын
He used all kinds of tricks with his right hand, and I live his little left hand tricks like slamming his slide down or just lightly bouncing it. The man was genius
@nathaniellevy7956
@nathaniellevy7956 5 ай бұрын
Good eye!
@sligo405
@sligo405 2 жыл бұрын
It really does add beauty and texture to the world, the fact that this stuff is available. You just have to tune out the craziness and listen.
@BenjamminClark
@BenjamminClark 9 жыл бұрын
all about approach and creativity. He isn't doing anything too complex and show-offy on the fret side of things, but his picking style and rhythm paired with his amazing compositions made him great.
@cliffordpurk5039
@cliffordpurk5039 9 жыл бұрын
This is the first I've seen or heard of this guy but I agree with you. His approach to the simplicity of the song makes it magic. He is quite the guitar player.
@alcoholya
@alcoholya 9 жыл бұрын
+BenjamminClark he has superhero level hand strength. Most don't see that. The action on his guitars were crazy high.
@joereyn3945
@joereyn3945 8 жыл бұрын
+BenjamminClark Although, this seems just kind of stolen from his own Sunflower River Blues, just barely different. Any comment?
@KCBarr1
@KCBarr1 8 жыл бұрын
+Joseph Reynolds Actually the reverse might be true, as this song is older than dirt.
@joereyn3945
@joereyn3945 8 жыл бұрын
+ken barr Right. Good info.
@mathmusic1490
@mathmusic1490 5 ай бұрын
I'm a piano player, but I DO see John using 'open tuning.' Amazing cat, John Fahey. Beautiful song.
@LenaRiess
@LenaRiess 17 жыл бұрын
Highest level ... timeless ... what a joy to hear this. Thanks!
@hal312
@hal312 7 ай бұрын
I first saw this video 7 years ago. I was 23. I fell in love with it and this music genuinely changed my life. I grew up playing guitar, but I was mainly a metalhead and all I ever owned were electric guitars that I just played in my bedroom. I bought an acoustic after I heard this and the rest is history, I can play this track today just about as well as he plays it here. It took several years of practice and ear training to figure out how to do this style of alternate thumb picking competently. I read the book on his life too, can't remember the author's name but it's out there for you to read if you can find it for sale. I gave my copy to a girl back in 2019 who read it and then also fell in love with John Fahey's music. American Primitive guitar is a shining example of American innovation in the arts, it is literally a piece of our culture. Much of it of course being owed to the blues musicians of the early 20th century. God bless them.
@mkb600
@mkb600 10 жыл бұрын
I never get tired of listening to John Fahey, perfect.
@shackel11
@shackel11 5 ай бұрын
So sublime, you can hear his own call and response)
@FaLkTube
@FaLkTube 5 жыл бұрын
I could play and listen to this one forever, loop mode
@brooxiecrews
@brooxiecrews 12 жыл бұрын
John and I were pen pals back in the mid 70's. He helped me a lot....sure wish I had held on to his letters. I used to play a pretty fair rendition of The Yellow Princess and I've looked for years to find a vid of him playing that tune. Days have gone by...
@retox2929
@retox2929 11 жыл бұрын
when i was 6 or 7 i listened to jf "voice of the turtle" lp over & over. i loved it. I don't remember where or how i got it. it must of been an angel gave it to me
@lgots
@lgots 10 жыл бұрын
lucky boy :D
@davinlarson8099
@davinlarson8099 11 ай бұрын
What an incredibly beautiful piece of music. I feel like I'm transported to a trail in the Rocky Mountains or something.
@colinlarkin1861
@colinlarkin1861 8 жыл бұрын
I've just finished Steve Lowenthal's biography of Fahey - Dance Of Death. It gives you an excellent life story about this troubled genius. Highly recommended.
@ME-ru4hv
@ME-ru4hv 6 жыл бұрын
Is there any mention of Jim O'Rourke in that book? He loved John, was friends I think and I went to his memorial show on John in 2000 I think inNY.
@Pasha1913
@Pasha1913 13 жыл бұрын
I have been listening to John Fahey for 40 years and he never ceases to amaze me
@AubreyGrahamMaster
@AubreyGrahamMaster 11 жыл бұрын
i love how he just casually messes with is high strings at the beginning while still playing the song
@terriesnow3552
@terriesnow3552 Жыл бұрын
I'm listening to his Christmas music album now. I heard it in 1978 in Nashville, Indiana, walking through a store. I was curious about his life and ended up here. Nice music!
@wendyreeves1961
@wendyreeves1961 6 жыл бұрын
First time I have listened to him..fab !!!
@caminosb.1283
@caminosb.1283 2 жыл бұрын
only now I notice this musician. he was great!
@chopsmcp
@chopsmcp 11 жыл бұрын
God, this is just fabulous. Thank you John.
@chaseparker9
@chaseparker9 3 жыл бұрын
My great uncle showed me him years ago and I could never remember his name... chills.. finding him again
@thefringthing
@thefringthing 13 жыл бұрын
I love how he manages to be musical even while adjusting his tuning.
@lastrada52
@lastrada52 7 жыл бұрын
To those who clicked thumbs down -- go ahead, play it the way Fahey does. Play it with the same clean, smooth control and with the ease that he displays. Go ahead. I don't hear anything....I can wait...I'm patient. Take your time...no pressure... There are few guitarists who can play like Fahey, Leo Kottke, Tommy Emmanuel. No showboating...this is a skill beyond mere good guitar playing. RIP John Fahey. I got your back and I don't play guitar. My ears work just fine.
@christopherthomasson5418
@christopherthomasson5418 3 жыл бұрын
By far the greatest youtube video ever uploaded… Such an awesome performance!
@TestUser-cf4wj
@TestUser-cf4wj 3 ай бұрын
John Fahey was the uncle I wish I could have regretted not knowing better.
@Aiborz
@Aiborz 4 жыл бұрын
That bending note sounds like a poor boy crying.
@MrCubannn
@MrCubannn 4 жыл бұрын
I hear a distant train whistle
@mickcoyle6524
@mickcoyle6524 6 жыл бұрын
I saw JF a handful of times, when he was I the San Francisco bay area, always put on a great show, always a master of the guitar. One time, when I owned my own business, I talked to him after one of his concerts. We talked for awhile, he was quite pleasant. Since it was Christmas time, and I was planning a Christmas get-together with my staff, I asked him if he would be able to play for us at our party. He politely declined, as he would be heading home back in Oregon or Washington, I can't remember which. I miss his artistry...
@demunckv
@demunckv 4 жыл бұрын
saw him once, played at ucsd, came in drunk or in an altered state. played beautifully. then during the break, the gym was packed, hardluck boys did a gig, fahey went into a suicide rant, people begain to booh. he shrugged his shoulder and played like rumi 'n stanley from lsd. his guitar could take you to places you've never been and afterwards if you come back you could say you been on an adventure.
@ReWir3d
@ReWir3d 4 жыл бұрын
My cousin Ben Vorpahl was a professor at UCSD circa 1968 and had John in his US history class. Said he always brought a cooler full of Pepsi because he claimed he had an ulcer. His 4D descent was a terrible thing to watch and I think it was Leo Kottke who found him in a Sacramento homeless shelter and helped him through his final years perhaps (not sure of this part of his story). I will always be in awe of both these greats!
@rustydrog
@rustydrog 4 жыл бұрын
I've been listening to this track for over 10 years. This tune is life.
@DwainDwight
@DwainDwight 5 жыл бұрын
Wow, this guy was next level. Genius. So much emotion in his playing.
@gbum007
@gbum007 14 жыл бұрын
i respect this a lot, this is the music that isn't fake no studio just pure acoustic guitar…. this is stuff great musicians look to.
@shocksuper
@shocksuper Жыл бұрын
Props to the camera man for actually filming the left hand, what a G!
@Morphdog9819
@Morphdog9819 10 ай бұрын
??? What are you talking about. Fahey is all about the picking hand. Filming the left hand is stupid and you miss all of his technique and nuance.
@timothyjones74
@timothyjones74 7 ай бұрын
I’ve been a fan since the late 60’s. Saw him live in S.F. A couple of times.👍
@zlapidus
@zlapidus 16 жыл бұрын
wow, I was just thinking about how both leo kottke and john fahey remind me of early keith jarrett. totally know what you mean, there's so much beauty in both the melody and inner voices.
@user-nz5fo9jf7e
@user-nz5fo9jf7e 5 ай бұрын
I just learned he gave credit to and was influenced by Jimmy Rogers. Way to keep the heart of country music alive!
@dennisedmiston5952
@dennisedmiston5952 5 жыл бұрын
I was in high school in the early/mid 60's and was aware of John Fahey. Geeze, wish I'd been more aware.
@TFJoos
@TFJoos Жыл бұрын
My wife and I have been married together for forty-four years. From the start, I was trying to play guitar like John Fahey. She's so beautiful and tolerant. In other words, when I was struggling to learn his material, of course she heard what I was trying to do, she would, more or less smile and roll her eyes and encourage me on. She dug Fahey's Christmas albums but those were not the songs I was trying to learn and she didn't have an interest in the richness of the rest of his shit . Ironically, when she finally heard and listened to the same songs I had been trying to figure out for decades played by John Fahey himself... She, encouragingly, she said, "Hey, that's really beautiful. Badass. Why don't you try to learn that one?". Go figure though. My wife loves me beyond imagination, but she loves John Fahey's music better than I could ever attempt play it. Inimitable he is. My non guitar playing wife knows it better than me.
@Loren_Law
@Loren_Law 6 жыл бұрын
2:45 holy smokes the action his guitar is so high. makes my wrist hurt just looking at it.
@g.pmoore4293
@g.pmoore4293 2 жыл бұрын
Never heard of him until a few days ago. Just WOW WOW and WOW !!!
@FirstUsedBooks
@FirstUsedBooks 7 жыл бұрын
Did you notice? . Fahey is playing a Martin D18. Rosewood top, You can't find that nowadays. I was wrong. It's a D28. Same rosewood top, same beauty of tone.
@roguenation
@roguenation 6 жыл бұрын
The bound fingerboard identifies it as a D35.
@matthewmilam4760
@matthewmilam4760 6 жыл бұрын
Both have a Spruce top. Rosewood back and sides.
@tonewall1
@tonewall1 6 жыл бұрын
spruce tops....
@TitoGarciaa
@TitoGarciaa 2 жыл бұрын
heard my friend playing this and immediately became a fan. this song makes me feel things I haven’t felt in a while. thank you mr.Fahey and may you Rest In Peace.
@lennart2089
@lennart2089 8 жыл бұрын
Classic combover!
@brianm2881
@brianm2881 8 жыл бұрын
I've seen better combovers, but I think Fahey pulls it off given his generally rustic appearance and style.
@longliverocknroll8261
@longliverocknroll8261 8 жыл бұрын
be it so that is the last thing you should focus/comment on after this video it is about the music not faheys hair
@brianm2881
@brianm2881 8 жыл бұрын
I'm afraid that in any stage performance, people will take note of your appearance. Just how it is. If it's entirely about the music, just seat the musician behind the curtain. Besides, I'm sure Fahey would have had a sense of humour about it. Didn't seem to take himself too seriously. He has that famous quote - "How can I be folk? I'm from the suburbs..."
@longliverocknroll8261
@longliverocknroll8261 8 жыл бұрын
that is true but this is not so much a musical performance as it is a display of guitar playing a clinic if you will not a fashion show or play or a who show yeah he could play behind a curtain but sound wouldn't be the same. he didn't like the folk exploitation scene not sure what he liked other then turtles and steam trains but that quote is a genuine response from fahey it maybe funny to you he was not folk or anything he was an amazing primitive guitar composer and im sure he hated people who after he played a beautiful piece of music that took him years 2 master would go "classic combover"
@brianm2881
@brianm2881 8 жыл бұрын
Well, it is a funny quote even if he was just dryly refuting the often inaccurate catagorisation that goes on in the music industry. The comment section is full of rightful praise for Fahey and this piece, and I've listened to it many times, and even played it myself (not as good as the man himself of course). I'd like to think that he'd have appreciated all that nice feedback, but I'd like to think it'd have raised a wry smile from him to see a couple of gently irreverent comments in among all that in praise of the combover job.
@drapeblind
@drapeblind 2 жыл бұрын
One of the best songs ever written.
@kevinfahey3079
@kevinfahey3079 8 жыл бұрын
nice song!!!
@november8039
@november8039 7 жыл бұрын
It sounds like he plays for no one but himself, and I'm convinced at least that's where greatness comes from.
@chadhilton5119
@chadhilton5119 6 жыл бұрын
November z
@chadhilton5119
@chadhilton5119 6 жыл бұрын
Now read some of his writing and then some Brautigan🙏
@anthonygomes4364
@anthonygomes4364 9 жыл бұрын
this song sounds very much like a track off of the rolling stones album by the name 'beggars banquet". that tune is called "prodigal son" the beggars banquet album was released in 1968 and i am not sure about when fahey came out with this but it was sometime between 1959 and 1977 so faheys rendition here was probably what inspired the stones. also the titles of both songs allude to the parable in the bible of the prodigal son. borrow, borrow and borrow.
@aliecat1999
@aliecat1999 9 жыл бұрын
+Anthony Gomes 1959
@mgazda99
@mgazda99 9 жыл бұрын
+Anthony Gomes It's an old traditional blues song first recorded in 1927. Prodigal Son is a blues written by Robert Wilkins (and the Stones credited him as the writer) but no doubt there's an influence of the one on the other. Good catch though!
@thomasbellino5692
@thomasbellino5692 8 жыл бұрын
Good observation, the beginning lyrics in "prodigal son" start out with the words "poor boy", I wonder if there's a correlation....
@KCBarr1
@KCBarr1 8 жыл бұрын
+Thomas Foster Yup, this song is very old and I believe Fahey has more or less done it traditionally.
@johnhaas951
@johnhaas951 6 жыл бұрын
Theres a hundred variations of this song and Fahey had about ten of his own variations .
@juju-rt8ek
@juju-rt8ek Жыл бұрын
So talented. Obviously worked hard. Seems like my favorite artists are passed away.
@christopherstetson4808
@christopherstetson4808 6 жыл бұрын
I kind of hesitate to jump in, but I believe "Vestapol" was originally "Sebastopol", a standard in American guitar instruction books from the 1880's and '90's, written (he claimed) by Henry Worrall in 1884, and referring obliquely to the Siege of Sebastopol in the Crimean War (the 19th century one) . It was indeed written in open D/E tuning, depending on if you tuned your strings up or down. The tune is nothing like this one, but the story I read is that blues players in the 1920's and '30's started referring to the open D tuning as "Vestapol" for that reason. Music historian Tim Twiss recorded Worrall's piece here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXPRZXx6hZ52iNk
@ChrisBrown-ig5ip
@ChrisBrown-ig5ip 3 жыл бұрын
That makes sense. This piece is related to the Prodigal Son melody and thus Fahey named it "Poor Boy". Other songs such as "Doing a Desperate Deed" are also reworkings of dare I say, folk songs. John Hardy is that one. John Henry everyone learned in school back when I was a kid.
@finnreynolds7940
@finnreynolds7940 3 жыл бұрын
Just bought one of his vinyls and can stop listening to it I and now when I am away I play this song.
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