This sound , what ever it is, is what humanity is lacking at the moment.
@RickyBlackwell_X Жыл бұрын
Damn... Now it's more actually then ever
@karlkellar86146 жыл бұрын
John may not have been the fastest or most technically skilled 6 steel string guitarist, but he is the best and my favorite. Guitar is not, at least shouldn't be, about technical accuracy or theory. To me, it is about sound and invoking emotion. I was fortunate enough to hear John play live several times and he sent chills down my spine. So beautiful, so seemingly simple and logical, so perfect! No one has approached him in composing in this idiom. The best.
@je7647 Жыл бұрын
It’s hard to say why he’s so good not even really technically good but can play insanely I’m not saying he’s not a competent guitarist but he wouldn’t even need to be
@bobstarr629 жыл бұрын
John played this for me in the early 70's in his dressing room! I so love this song and miss him terribly
@tylerbrandon4605 жыл бұрын
Wow that's incredible. I couldn't imagine that, must have been a very special feeling witnessing a true musical genius, the likes of which this world will probably never see again.
@TheKarlKarlThe11 жыл бұрын
Lots of sweat, a terrible comb-over, and incredibly beautiful playing: The three things I've come to expect from a John Fahey video.
@marklacroix3734 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the most talented musicians are those that care less of physical aesthetics.
@danielebernardini34783 жыл бұрын
me, except incredibly beautiful playing
@tylerbrandon4602 жыл бұрын
Alcohol just pouring from his body
@callumcoates-keddy9107 Жыл бұрын
5:20 for me is the most beautiful thing ive heard.
@Farsiratorius5 жыл бұрын
everything passed almost the same like the year till 5:22 and then u hear sounds like in reality when spring comes u notice a lot of new atmosphere, this is genius
@je7647 Жыл бұрын
God given talent
@evansgate4 жыл бұрын
I honestly think this set the bar for where guitar can take you
@garymorris957110 жыл бұрын
He kills it starting at 5:22. Extraordinary sounds from Fahey. So satisfying.
@karlkellar86146 жыл бұрын
He does, but my favorite part is the passage just before that -- achingly sad but with a touch of hope.
@whayneneal4 жыл бұрын
I could sit and listen to this artist for hours. He is an incredibly gifted musician.
@lijopunnapra16834 жыл бұрын
Listening to John Fahey on a cool December morning
@tylerbrandon4605 жыл бұрын
My all time favorite John Fahey song. First song of his I heard( sadly only about 1 year ago). It's hauntingly sad and depressing, yet peaceful and joyful, while invoking a feeling of panic and fear, somehow. Amazing.
@Fritz3619 Жыл бұрын
Love this guy ......guitar picking to mediate with your morning coffee
@greatsilentwatcher3 ай бұрын
Always enjoy listening to John Fahey going back to when I hear him on Takoma Records.
@Flying_turnip1874 жыл бұрын
I think this captures my soul. It really resonates the feeling of sadness and hope at the same time...melancholy yet joyful....loss and gain......for me the song is yin and yang....
@ezpicker113 жыл бұрын
this is unbelievable, this man was a legend. Thanks for uploading these videos!
@bgierat12 жыл бұрын
such a talent...I hear classical influences meshed with country and folk..amazing.
@nloisoccer12 жыл бұрын
4:21 onwards... as beautiful a piece of music as I have ever heard.
@sullieking Жыл бұрын
What a legend!
@simonedavis23987 жыл бұрын
I can see your soul John... really a masterpiece
@nashwilliams58527 жыл бұрын
Davis Beef he's dead m8,
@JackLanterns6 жыл бұрын
riperonni pepporoni :[
@artredoubt36292 жыл бұрын
genius angel with God and demons inside, thanks for bringing us along on your ride, Which I'll never forget, or try to ignore, you felt a river's weight of humanity's lore, and reinvented our spirit to go deep and embrace it all the more.
@kingblee112 жыл бұрын
Could there be a singular favorite of this master? Probably not....but I'll take this one.
@ytubepaul4 жыл бұрын
I bought the Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death years ago. I always wondered what John Fahey looked like. Did he ever come to UK? Stunning
@specialrider5413 жыл бұрын
The best version of have heard of this classic Fahey piece. Guitardw's comment says it all.
@AubreyGrahamMaster13 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite John Fahey song.
@AceFrehleysBurr11 жыл бұрын
this makes me cry :(
@maryharrell-bond16253 жыл бұрын
Absolutely Fab.!!!!!
@sjeter618 жыл бұрын
beyond words
@jrw3448 жыл бұрын
One of my early Fahey albums titles this piece as "The transcendental waterfall".... Artist's license...
@robogden57 жыл бұрын
He is mixing and matching. cheers!
@CalamityHillMusic5 жыл бұрын
He always changes the name and tunes.h
@m0927dub12 жыл бұрын
Someone must have broken Fahey's heart as much as mine.
@sangresolida5 жыл бұрын
I hope you feel better now, seven years after your comment.
@tylerbrandon4604 жыл бұрын
Are you well? I must know.
@ennbee20514 жыл бұрын
He'll be fine guys. He's a rude dude with attitude(TM) (BTW the TM is because I don't want to get in the shit on this one)
@RickyBlackwell_X3 жыл бұрын
Funny thing. This is a cover on bluegrass song "when springtime comes again" by Carter's family. But he change this song so much, so it's now a different song.
@lijopunnapra16834 жыл бұрын
4:20 onwards....what many great guitarists of John's time forgot to play. The simple chords and tunes that touch common man's heart... Those guitarists were too much technically, instead
@je7647 Жыл бұрын
Drop d
@je7647 Жыл бұрын
Or c either way Not that that matters Fahey could have done more music in standard tuning Not that that matters
@metalmarks04 Жыл бұрын
Fahey was all original and genius. This video shows why
@therealgrinningidiot38294 жыл бұрын
John Fahey ruined my life
@je76473 жыл бұрын
how?
@sir0nion3 жыл бұрын
@@je7647 he might be referring to John Fahey's book "How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life" or maybe John Fahey murdered his family.
@bufo21612 жыл бұрын
thanks
@gibby69046 жыл бұрын
Excessive sweating usually indicates heart disease....I know from experience.....what a poor troubled soul....a genius no doubt....
@tylerbrandon4604 жыл бұрын
He had a lot of health and mental issues along with alcoholism. He died on the operating table during a sextuple open heart bypass surgery. So tragic 💔😢😥😢💔🛌😊😥😫
@Brodieskipolefilms12 жыл бұрын
so good
@Casiodad11 жыл бұрын
I'm not certain but he was probably familiar with it. He always would take riffs from other songs and mix them into his. Alot of people these days would call that "Plagarism," I call it musical evolution.
@CalamityHillMusic5 жыл бұрын
music collage
@plemgrubern9 жыл бұрын
I want to read ''bluegrass music destroyed my life'' desperately, but I'm from south america and I'd have to import it from amazon, which is hella expensive.
@rlutge13 жыл бұрын
thanks!
@actron12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this!! I grew up listening to him c/o my parents, love him. What year was this shot?
@bobgreen8142 Жыл бұрын
Around 83/4 I've heard
@rlutge13 жыл бұрын
great!
@megatrollificus6 жыл бұрын
Probably my favorite Fahey tune. Wonder what years this was? Late 70s, early 80s? He wasn't old enough to be having heart problems yet was he?
@rlutge6 жыл бұрын
Early eighties.
@tylerbrandon4604 жыл бұрын
He was definitely having heart problems ( he not know it yet).
@rlutge12 жыл бұрын
around 1984
@user-pk1cw5oh1r6 ай бұрын
Proof, if ever any was needed, that you don't have to have a full head of hair to be a genius.
@nguyenba96053 жыл бұрын
I practice guitar also and I can say that Fahey's very big and tall.
@mirasuu11 жыл бұрын
Note-for-note, it's a theme from "Canto de Ossanha" by Baden Powell. Is it a coincidence? or was Fahey familiar with the tune?
@vincenzodellama71586 жыл бұрын
Only the start when he's fidling to see if it is in tune... He made a cover of it on one of his last albums though.
@az0r226 жыл бұрын
Looks like his body temperature is 500 degrees.
@ml23911 жыл бұрын
Anyone have any idea what he's playing in the first 20 seconds or so? It sounds like fragments of a song, maybe by Baden Powell, but I can't put my finger on it. It's strikingly familiar.
@ehaber1973 жыл бұрын
It sounds like a progression that he plays in a tune called let go..... I believe anyway. I wanted to post here before I search so I did not lose this comment lol. On that other tune he plays it with alternating base though. Edit: it looks like he plays that tune at the same concert. Plays it a bit differently on the studio version but I believe it is the same progression. It kind of acts as a release to the tension of the primary section of the tune.
@omnirath2 жыл бұрын
It’s canto de ossana
@ml2392 жыл бұрын
@@ehaber197 Looks like Omnirath below found it!
@ml2392 жыл бұрын
@@omnirath Thanks! Funnily enough I've heard that song so many times since and didn't make the connection.
@omnirath2 жыл бұрын
@@ml239 I think Fahey did a full cover of the bola sete version, it’s a great song !!
@12Radius7 жыл бұрын
Hmm wonder what brand of guitar ? sounds great.
@stephencalder31655 жыл бұрын
He often plays a Bacon and Day Senorita.
@flitzmaster_piep3 жыл бұрын
Seems to be a Martin, look at the headstock.
@bobgreen8142 Жыл бұрын
I think it's his fingers as much as the guitar, the way he plays right up close to the bridge makes it sound more cutting. Other players play more over the sound hole which makes for a rounder, more stately sound. Of course, the guitar will have a bearing but I believe John could make anything sound good.
@EsjjiobaCommunism11 жыл бұрын
John Fahey - Let Go
@jackorion71579 ай бұрын
4:15 4:49
@johngordon46499 жыл бұрын
Does this incorporate elements of another track. What is it? There's a change...
@robogden57 жыл бұрын
The Transcendental Waterfall.
@johngordon46497 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks Rob- I got a google notification re: your reply :)
@karlkellar86146 жыл бұрын
On the album America there is a long form version of Springtime called Mark 1:15. That's where this comes from, I don't think it resembles Waterfall except a couple of chord progressions are similar. Check it out.
@scooter12e2 жыл бұрын
Starting around 5:20 is from Mark 1:15
@ID34773011 жыл бұрын
anyone knows what tuning this is?
@karlkellar86146 жыл бұрын
drop D.
@christopherjones47892 жыл бұрын
@@karlkellar8614 I'm sure after six years it was great to finally get a answer
@karlkellar86142 жыл бұрын
@@christopherjones4789 Better late than never. . . .
@bobgreen8142 Жыл бұрын
Drop D is a great and versatile tuning. Just ask Richard Thompson.
@walterneff11 жыл бұрын
dear god he's drinking out of a carafe...
@OCTOSHED10 жыл бұрын
Spell. Binding.
@TheKarlKarlThe11 жыл бұрын
Just drop D.
@Bennyq9013 жыл бұрын
4:21 and on..... Fahey is God.
@tylerbrandon4605 жыл бұрын
Someone turn the god damn air conditioning down for Christ sake .