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Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Lowenthal, Steve
- ISBN
- 9781613738795
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
161373879X
ISBN-13
9781613738795
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27038373741
Product Key Features
Book Title
Dance of Death : the Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Composers & Musicians, General
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
11 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"If you have any love for the sound of a guitar and haven't heard him, hustle to your music source and get "The Best of John Fahey" to listen to while reading Lowenthal's book. You won't be disappointed." -Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "If you have any love for the sound of a guitar and haven't heard him, hustle to your music source and get "The Best of John Fahey" to listen to while reading Lowenthal's book. You won't be disappointed." -- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "If you have any love for the sound of a guitar and haven't heard him, hustle to your music source and get "The Best of John Fahey" to listen to while reading Lowenthal's book. You won't be disappointed." --Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, " Dance of Death benefits from astute research and interviews with friends, contemporaries, fellow musicians, and family, painting a vivid picture of a remarkable man." - Under the Radar, "The fate of the markedly talented and decidedly peculiar, even misanthropic Fahey is told engagingly and with insight by Steve Lowenthal in a compact but potent new biography, Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist ." --NewRepublic.com, " Dance of Death benefits from astute research and interviews with friends, contemporaries, fellow musicians, and family, painting a vivid picture of a remarkable man." -- Under the Radar
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
787.87092 B
Synopsis
John Fahey hovers ghostlike in the sound of almost every acoustic guitarist who came after him, from Leo Kottke to Jimmy Page. In essence, John Fahey is to the solo acoustic guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric: the man whom all subsequent musicians had to listen to. Fahey made more than forty albums between 1959 and his death in 2001, most of them featuring only his solo steel-string guitar. He fused elements of folk, blues, and experimental composition, taking familiar American sounds and recontextualizing them as something entirely new. His artistic voice transformed the cultural landscape of his time--and ours. Yet despite his stature as a groundbreaking visionary, Fahey's intentions--as a man and as an artist--remain largely unexamined. His memoir, How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life, was largely fiction; his liner notes were full of half-truths. John Fahey's real story has never been told--until now. Journalist Steve Lowenthal has spent years researching Fahey's life and music, talking with his producers, his friends, his peers, his wives, his business partners, and many others. He describes how Fahey introduced prewar blues records and the men who made them to a broader public; how his independent label Takoma set new standards; how he battled his demons, including stage fright, alcohol, and prescription pills; how he ended up homeless and mentally unbalanced; and how, despite his troubles, he managed to found a new record label, Revenant, that won Grammys and remains critically revered. This portrait of a troubled and troubling man in a constant state of creative flux is the compelling story of a great American outcast.
LC Classification Number
ML419.F35L69 2018
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