My old friend played this song nearly everyday. Now that we don't talk, it helps and brings a lot of nostalgia to sit here and listen to this. I could cry but It wouldn't do much. As the days pass I feel less and less meaning without my dear friend. I miss him and John Fahey lives through him. I hope one day our paths cross and our friendship will bloom again but until then i'll still think of him everyday and when I hear John play.
@Bejaardenbus6 жыл бұрын
After all those years passed, has anything changed?
@tylerbrandon4605 жыл бұрын
Did your friend pass away?
@chloedelune31095 жыл бұрын
Update: on the 19th my friend killed himself. I am besides myself. After I wrote this comment we had reconnected and spent the last few years of his life together minus the last one and a half where he struggled with mental illness and drugs. I will never be the same. I hope this video stays up because it helps me remember the good times. Rest In Peace Harrison.
@debigribs94585 жыл бұрын
@@chloedelune3109 who, I'm sad hearing that. But yeah, music make people live forever
@WokeEarth4 жыл бұрын
chloe ghcgfxgrxjgvjln RIP . Let his memory and love lives on
@ralph014913 жыл бұрын
@drtymrty Agreed. This is dangerous in untuned hands. I learned this and played it for 24 hours straight once and I actually found myself on the Sunflower River. Nearly drowned, lucky my guitar floats. Soggy Greyhound back up north.
@soysaucehairdye786910 жыл бұрын
first john fahey song I ever heard.
@slatan4207 жыл бұрын
SoySauce HairDye Mine was voice of the turtle.
@SuperMisteryMan013 жыл бұрын
It was mine also man and I just find so much joy in listening to it I’m sure 30 years from now someone can say the same thing
@JB43753 жыл бұрын
Same, and I just keep coming back to it.
@johnleonard38062 жыл бұрын
There are plenty of quality Fahey videos to watch. I saw him play once. He was mesmerizing.
@themememachine39452 жыл бұрын
Same, Fahey made me fall in love with guitar all over again. Wish I could thank him.
@morganfitzp11 жыл бұрын
One of Fahey's greatest songs. And the tape glitch is nice-the VHS equivalent of a scratchy 78.
@susangoldbetter5356 Жыл бұрын
Wow! I think this might be the first John Fahey tune I ever heard and I’m blown away!!
@ahamburger11110 жыл бұрын
"Back then I used to smoke Salems... now I live there." represent
@alcoholya8 жыл бұрын
+ahamburger111 you can't win.
@Leone5256 жыл бұрын
'You can't win, you know?' No, you can't. Thank you John Fahey for everything you've done.
@jimji5116 Жыл бұрын
I saw John Fahey when he played at a local folk club in Montreal, Canada. In between sets, we talked, and we both had an interest in India and gurus. If I remember correctly, he was following Anandamayi Ma. After the club closed, I drove him back to his hotel. He was flying out the next morning. I always loved his music and how he "invented" that guitar style.
@floobuscanoobus13 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It's flabergasting that anyone would listen to this man play and then "hit dislike"...he's the mad genius. He kinda IS the guitar.
@lowellcalavera60458 ай бұрын
Man. I love this piece. It just amazes me.
@TrueManCrowyote Жыл бұрын
I'll have what he's smoking. ". . .Brings the river back to my memory . . . even more on the pot . . . of course, back then I was smoking, uh, Salems, I think . . . Now I live there . . . You can't win!"
@robhead224 ай бұрын
What a captivating sound!!! Thank you!
@ELVIS422113 жыл бұрын
NEVER HEARD THIS PLAYED FAST BEFORE AND I LOVE IT
@SunFlower3Happy12 жыл бұрын
Great Guitar. Sunflower Shining. Super Song.
@sachable82866 жыл бұрын
I heard this song by watching Master of None where there is a scene where this song comes in. I was immidiately in love with this song and when I discovered John Fahey. This song is now my all time favourite to also play. and John Fahey is my all time favourite guitarist. It's amazing I think how you can also do your own interpetations on his songs. I wish I could've at least see him once live...
@coatlennon6 жыл бұрын
First John Fahey tune I ever played. Open C lots of other tunes you can lay on at the end I like putting in Aupres de ma Blonde
@sullieking Жыл бұрын
Legend
@heshtallman4 жыл бұрын
God this song is rad
@babylemurman7 жыл бұрын
Wow he's sweating bullets!
@benskinner17134 жыл бұрын
he is MASH UP here...
@rlutge13 жыл бұрын
excellent.
@boomhauer1511 жыл бұрын
a lot like poor boy a long ways from home
@nikitakraev13 жыл бұрын
"Sunflower River Blues" is the title.
@JohnDoe-gk7ok7 жыл бұрын
What year is this from? Fahey sounds good here, but looks rough. Did that venue not have an A/C?
@rlutge13 жыл бұрын
yes. and hired him. fun times.
@croutonscarf6 жыл бұрын
WOW
@MegaNewsReader12 жыл бұрын
Whoever disliked this is jealous of such talent and needs a good swift punch in the nose.
@rlutge13 жыл бұрын
cool...
@crousekenny13 жыл бұрын
classic
@juspasenthru9 жыл бұрын
I think you can play this in open D as well. At least that's the way I'm trying it.
@kingdiamond66918 жыл бұрын
+juspasenthru it is open d
@thejohn867 жыл бұрын
This version is in C I believe.
@thejohn867 жыл бұрын
Two versions of the song. The 1963 version (which is this version) is played in open C. However the 1967 version (I think it was 1967) is in open D. But the two versions are very different.
@peterfussenegger20587 ай бұрын
He was the First, Leo Kottke learn from him,Peter Lang and today Chris Dellimore!!!
@lectrikdog13 жыл бұрын
Way Cool! added to my favorites... How can anybody give this a thumbs down? must be a anti-smoker. ... My song, Welded Rail Blues , see my channel, is an outgrowth of this song.
@EsNoguera10 жыл бұрын
anybody know which is his tuning ?
@EsNoguera10 жыл бұрын
thanks buddy
@royedwards14086 жыл бұрын
It open c
@rlutge12 жыл бұрын
i don't remember ANYbody having Taylors in those days.
@rlutge13 жыл бұрын
cool.
@scenefunny13 жыл бұрын
If you're a fan of John Fahey you might be interested in a very rare vinyl record listed with lotstasell on Ebay. Amazing stuff, check it out! This track is on his Death March album. Only 300 produced and one is for sale on Ebay now. Check it out at lotstasell on Ebay!
@rlutge12 жыл бұрын
interesting.
@ohmysparticus12 жыл бұрын
Really? I thought it looks like a taylor to me
@thestillsons11 жыл бұрын
Def a Martin D35
@nathangolliher27766 жыл бұрын
Nope
@RickyBlackwell_X9 ай бұрын
@@nathangolliher2776 At one time, I bought audio lessons from Fahey, recorded around that time. In the first audio recording, John said that he plays a Martin D35.