John Fahey - Desperate Man Blues (cover)

[guild40]

Nice try! I've been working on this song for a while, and I stumble in the same places you do. Those transitions sound easy on the ears but are hard to find when you try to play the song. Keep playing -- you are so close. And I enjoyed your version, warts and all.

[pachacamacs]

@guild40 I recorded this years ago and it's far from perfect. Fahey had such a perfect sense of time, like all great musicians.

[cottageorgan]

Really cool. Captured the spirit in which John played and lived his music, really jaunty but solemn too. IF you don't mind me asking, what tuning are you using, I'd love to have a bash at this sometime. Keep playing man, so many great pickers out there it's really inspiring...A

[pachacamacs]

@cottageorgan Thanks. Tuning is normally GGDGBD. But here I tuned one whole step down (FFCFAC) and put a capo on the second fret. So it's still in G, but I avoid having to tune the 6th string way up to G, and I can easily get that typical buzz on the 5th string .

[cottageorgan]

@pachacamacs Thank you. I'll give it a try. I use that tuning, however I tune the bottom string down to D and use the A string, tuned to G as the bass string. The possibilities Are endless. A

[Harmonicajello]

Dumpkopf me! Several more plays on and, after reading the FULLentry you put at the top of page i cotton on that it's you! And very good it is too. Had me fooled and i got a fairly comprehensive collection of our man. I thought it was early recording by Fahey. I think this is very close proximity to his playing. Knocked me out thinking it was him...

[MFincen]

Great job dude.Fahey hurts my head but I keep trying to play it.You got it.Hope you have gotten your camera and still do black and whites

[WayToTheGrave]

Fahey's rhythm is incredibly hard to duplicate, still get hang ups on song of his songs after having played guitar for years. Outside of that, songs spot-on to the original. Good job, man.

[marvy1118]

poor rhythm

[mishajoel]

Damn, I am not even close after 2 months of dealing with this song.

Bravo!!!!

Greg, you are douche!!!!!

[mishajoel]

Nice work!

More Fahey!!

[greglisterud]

Not even close.

[metallijames]

that was amazing.

your a douchebag, greg.

[coreyABQ]

Very Nice...at first I thought it WAS Fahey,,.

[augustopalma]

WOW! I love this song on Fahey and you did it VERY VERY NICE!!! Congrats!

[sapjes]

That's amazing! Makes me wanna play guitar again :) How long have you been playing ?

[pachacamacs]

Thanks. I've been playing on and off for more than 20 years. John Fahey has been a huge inspiration to take the guitar more seriously a few years ago.

[kajundude]

Excellent cover, sounds exactly like Fahey except for the slight tempo changes. Wish you had video so i could see how you played it. Great guitar work!

[duinnerfs]

Great work on your guitar however The Horse Whisperer was directed/starred Robert Redford and not John Redford

[pachacamacs]

Oops.. of course. Error corrected.

[treetoptop]

Great pickin, some wild speed variations, but perhaps you meant to do that, peace.

[ivycompton]

A fine tribute to one of Fahey's greatest!

[jwalsh67]

Outstanding! In my opinion, it is just as good as Fahey's rendition.

[GilsMusic]

Excellent!! Really enjoyed this!!! 5*****

[pachacamacs]

Thanks, man !

[bpvdd]

bravo , 5 ***** on croirait que c'est john Fahey qui joue.