Product Description
Though America was released in 1971 as a single LP, finger-style guitarist John Fahey conceived it as a double album. This CD finally allows Fahey's full vision to be heard (an additional nine tracks are included here for the first time). It's a true treat for Fahey lovers. The title track features the guitarist on the 12-string guitar, sounding more resonant than ever on the seven-minute composition. "Dvorak" is based on the composer's Eighth Symphony, which Fahey tackles in fine fashion. Fahey also performs a methodical rendition of "Amazing Grace" as well as covers of Sam McGee and Skip James tunes. But Fahey's original tunes--the soul-stirring, 15-minute-long "Mark 1:15," the playfully weird "The Waltz That Carried Us Away...," and the gorgeous melody of "Song #3"--are obvious highlights. The classical, gospel, folk, and blues influences that always permeate Fahey's playing abound on America and make it one of his great recordings. --Jason Verlinde
- Track Listings : Disc 1
- Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker
- Amazing Grace
- Song #3
- Special Rider Blues
- Dvorak
- Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker 2
- Finale
- America
- Dalhart, Texas, 1967
- Knoxville Blues
- Mark 1:15
- Voice Of The Turtle
- The Waltz That Carried Us Away And Then A Mosquito Came And Ate Up My Sweetheart
