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I'm a fan of Fahey's electronic stuff. I'd recommend City of Refuge, Womblife (produced by Jim O-Rourke), Hitomi (his last recording) and maybe the most accessible is Red Cross which is sort of transitional. As far as I now they are all out of print, though I found Red Cross at this blog: http://kicktokill.blogspot.com/2007/12/john-fahey-red-cross-disciple-of-christ.html On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Jeremy devros <deafrose58@hotmail.com> wrote: > Happy New Year, Rick! > Not sure of the below mentioned tuning Fahey used but I saw him at the > Catalyst in the mid '80s ( I got turned on to him in the '70s with the > Kottke, Fahey, Peter Laing album) He was so drunk he kept asking the > audience if he was in tune. But once he started playing, ooh, boy! > The best part of that evening was he opened for Odetta --The stage was > barely lit and we heard her singing loud and clear--She was in the back >of > the hall and sang her way to the stage without a mic! Incredible evening. > J.D. > >> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:35:59 -0800 >> From: looppool@cruzio.com >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Subject: Fahey: a couple of questions >> >> Much has been said about Fahey's experiments with electronic music and >> electric guitar >> later in his life but i can't seem to find examples of any of it on the >> web. >> I subscribe to Rhapsody but they only have his acoustic stuff up to as >> late as 2003. >> >> What electric records did he put out and has anyone heard the fabled all >> electronica record >> he's rumored to have released? I'd love to hear that. >> >> While we are at it......................... >> take a gander at this lovely rendition of the Red Pony from an early TV >> show. >> >> Can anyone hip me to the tuning he's using on this song. >> >> It looks like he rarely frets the lowest three strings (are they >> referred to as the top strings or the botton strings, as >> they are physically on the top of the guitar relative to the floor but >> they are the lowest notes on the guitar) >> except in the intro and outro with the short walking base line played >> with a thumb. >> >> I know it's considered bad technique but I'm loving using my thumb to >> fret the bass strings on some chords. >> It just feels more comfortable to my hand than the typical barre chords >> that everyone uses. >> > > ________________________________ > It's the same Hotmail(R). If by "same" you mean up to 70% faster. Get >your > account now. -- Art Simon simart@null.net myspace [dot] com/artsimon