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Rev, I am a big fan of Fahey too. I was so sad to hear of his passing a few years back, and positively astonished to hear that he had been living in Portland, Oregon. I never got to see him live - although i've seen Kottke and others many, many times. Since I became an immigrant/exile in Oregon a dozen years ago, I also kick myself for not heading up that way to seek him out. I don't get up there enough as it is . . . and Medford (where I live) is the most deadly dull, lethally boring, inhabited place on the planet. It's certainly killing me. Best regards, tEd ® KiLLiAn Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence. – Norman Podhoretz http://www.myspace.com/tedkillian http://www.reverbnation.com/tedkillian http://www.pfmentum.com/PFMCD007.html http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html http://www.indiejazz.com/ProductDetailsView.aspx?ProductID=193 http://guitarplayer.com/article/y2k6-international-live/Jun-07/27768 Ted Killian's "Flux Aeterna" is also available at Apple iTunes On Dec 25, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Rev Fever wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Marshall <agentlesoul2004@yahoo.com> > Sent: Dec 25, 2008 8:38 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: guitar drone music > > I grew up in the time and area of John Fahey (greater Washington DC > area circa 1960's and 70's) for what it is worth, I never saw him > berate the audience though being a notorious drunk that is very > possible; unlike many functioning alcoholics it didn't seem to effect > his playing all that much, at least the many times I saw him. He was > brilliant the times I saw him in spite of being drunk. It DID effect > his ability to tune and re tune his guitar to the different tunings. > He once asked if anyone in the audience could tune his guitar, and > admitted being too drunk to; I spoke up and tuned it and he then > proceeded to play, laugh, and tell me I was no better than him at > tuning. I guess you had to be there!! LOL > > Damn! That's a beautiful story! Thanx for sharing. > > I am still kicking myself for NOT making the effort to go see Fahey > here in Portland, at the (long gone) Medicine Hat Gallery a small few > years ago. > It was one of his last shows. (or WAS his last?) He passed on not too > long down the road after that.(he also lived in Oregon and not all > that far from Portland, as I recall?) > I guess I thought he'd always be around. BIG mistake! Same goes for > ANYONE. > > As for the Fahey non-experience, guess I should have adhered to my > even longer-time motto which is "Love 'em while ya got 'em!". But, > that time, I screwed up. > However, I did learn a lesson though to try to not allow something > like that to ever happen again, if at all possible. So far....so > good.... :-) > > All the best, > Rev Fever > http://www.spiritone.com/~rvfever/ > >