This has 3 guitar parts on this recording. There's a slide guitar and two finger picked guitars. It's kind of hard to hear how the finger picking is two guitars unless you have headphones so that you can really hear how they panned them in the mix.
Fahey is one of the most influential guitar players ever. I mean, in a tiny minority of guitarists who have utterly changed the way the instrument was used. He reintroduced or invented the finger picking style that hundreds of guitarists have copied. Leo Kottke is perhaps his best known emulator.
@Asilazi I thought this was a solo, but if you say it's in the credits I can't dispute that. There are players who can do this song solo though . I don't think it's been done, but if anybody can do the job it's Don Ross. Check out "Don Ross - Crazy(cover)"
I always assumed this was written by Clapton... but yall keep mentioning this Gordon character - so I got up, turned around, reached up to take down the LP cover I have hanging of Layla and Other Love Songs. And Yes Gordon did partake.
Jim Gordan was the drummer for the Layla and other love songs sessions. He wrote the piano part at the end of Layla. He wanted it to be a separate song, but Clapton convinced him to tag it on to the end of Layla, and the rest is histrory.
John Fahey and Terry Robb tackled the epic on two acoustic guitars...One of the best rendition of Layla I've ever heard...Duane Allman would love it...Thanks for posting...:)
Anyone else feel like Fahey's own compositions were far more beautiful and intense than most of his covers he did of other people??? might just be me, but then again i guess you might put a lot more into your own writings. He spruced this piece up beautifully however and I like it a lot better than Clapton's. =)
With all due respect, for you and Fahey, I seriously doubt it. If nothing else, the slide and fingerpicking in the coda (ending) would be impossible for one guitar in one take.
I'm not completely sure... If I HAD to guess I'd say two guitars. At the same time, it sounds like he's playing a 12-string, most likely in some sort of open tuning, which tends to make things sound busier than they actually are. The open tuning would also make it possible to finger chords up the neck while also playing the slide. I dunno. The more I listen to it, the more I think it's actually just one guitar...
@skttterbrain Also, if you've played his songs, you know he likes tunings with lots of the same notes (i.e. GGDGBD, CGCGCC etc..) which (especially combined with the 12-string) would make it possible to create the octave effect in the first part and with the slide. I'm not saying it's definitely just one guitar, just suggesting that it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility. Either way, I sure do love me some Fahey!
@skttterbrain Never mind... I did what I should have done in the first place and checked the album credits: "Terry Robb gtr. bottleneck gtr." It doesn't list what tracks he played on, and I haven't heard the rest of the album but that pretty much seals the deal right there. Got to be two guitars.
i call them as i see them what's shameful about that? have a cup of tea and a good lie down and listen to fahey:-),i've a few yank mates who got a giggle out your comment,as i did they know me as bloody well shameless! cheers
Fahey not that good are you kidding?,he is an american legend and you yanks should be proud of him.any criticism of him reminds me of an old aussie saying
@holden415 Hendrix was way overrated. I'm saying that and I'm a black man who used to idolize him until I started playing guitar myself and saw how simplistic most of what he did as a guitarist was and how much of it relied on electronic gimmickry. I came to appreciate Hendrix more as a songwriter over the years since I've matured.
@itsoothesmysoul Who's list is this? I'd like to take a look at it. If they've got Fahey at no. 5 it's gotta be a good one. Fahey always had something special that other guys couldn't touch. Like he was hooked into something.
If you think that's good you should hear me play that on kazoo....
YManCyberDude 2 months ago 2
This has 3 guitar parts on this recording. There's a slide guitar and two finger picked guitars. It's kind of hard to hear how the finger picking is two guitars unless you have headphones so that you can really hear how they panned them in the mix.
MRcharliekendall 2 months ago
there is 2 guitarists on this track 4sure, its obvious the bass structure is to low on the neck for the slide guitar to be played by the same hand
GrooveSuspect 3 months ago
fahey didn't play this track with terry robb, its solo
Walczyk 4 months ago
@Walczyk
If so, it is overdubbed.
Asilazi 4 months ago 3
Fahey is one of the most influential guitar players ever. I mean, in a tiny minority of guitarists who have utterly changed the way the instrument was used. He reintroduced or invented the finger picking style that hundreds of guitarists have copied. Leo Kottke is perhaps his best known emulator.
whosiskid 5 months ago 3
Dude that was awesome. What Fahey album is this from?
mhart252 5 months ago
@mhart252
Let Go
Asilazi 5 months ago
That has to be 2 players right? Please tell me that's not just one person
Adeptmind 5 months ago
@Adeptmind
I'll put it this way: If anyone can play this song solo - note for note - they have a very promising future in music.
The album credits: John Fahey – guitar
Terry Robb – guitar, bottleneck guitar
Asilazi 5 months ago 3
@Asilazi Sounded plausible with a twelve string up until the slide part haha
Adeptmind 5 months ago
@Asilazi edgar cruz does a solo classical version of this song....i prefer this one better though
iadmike 4 months ago
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@Asilazi I thought this was a solo, but if you say it's in the credits I can't dispute that. There are players who can do this song solo though . I don't think it's been done, but if anybody can do the job it's Don Ross. Check out "Don Ross - Crazy(cover)"
achonies 2 months ago
Just thought this was worth sharing...
I always assumed this was written by Clapton... but yall keep mentioning this Gordon character - so I got up, turned around, reached up to take down the LP cover I have hanging of Layla and Other Love Songs. And Yes Gordon did partake.
Fahey version is different in a good way.
aceshighsays 5 months ago
@aceshighsays
Jim Gordan was the drummer for the Layla and other love songs sessions. He wrote the piano part at the end of Layla. He wanted it to be a separate song, but Clapton convinced him to tag it on to the end of Layla, and the rest is histrory.
rainbowskelter 4 months ago
Sounds like a Martin D-35 in there somewhere
NefariousWheel1 5 months ago
@NefariousWheel1 howwwww???
thekingof7 5 months ago
The best i ever heard!!!
rcagianese 6 months ago
John Fahey and Terry Robb tackled the epic on two acoustic guitars...One of the best rendition of Layla I've ever heard...Duane Allman would love it...Thanks for posting...:)
BebaOfArabia 6 months ago
Anyone else feel like Fahey's own compositions were far more beautiful and intense than most of his covers he did of other people??? might just be me, but then again i guess you might put a lot more into your own writings. He spruced this piece up beautifully however and I like it a lot better than Clapton's. =)
TheLstiffy 7 months ago
LMAO WTF Man... One guitar, LOL Fahey's a god!
Cozmicturtle73 8 months ago
@Cozmicturtle73 This is a great cover but as a guitarist I very much doubt its 1 guitar. More like 2.
ryan9600 7 months ago
@ryan9600 No trickery here.. Fahey played all the parts on one guitar at once.
valgalder 7 months ago
@valgalder
With all due respect, for you and Fahey, I seriously doubt it. If nothing else, the slide and fingerpicking in the coda (ending) would be impossible for one guitar in one take.
Asilazi 7 months ago
@Asilazi Yes I agree. I bloody love John Fahey but as a guitarist myself who has learnt many of Fahey's songs, this is clearly two guitars.
skttterbrain 7 months ago
I'm not completely sure... If I HAD to guess I'd say two guitars. At the same time, it sounds like he's playing a 12-string, most likely in some sort of open tuning, which tends to make things sound busier than they actually are. The open tuning would also make it possible to finger chords up the neck while also playing the slide. I dunno. The more I listen to it, the more I think it's actually just one guitar...
nlows420 6 months ago
@skttterbrain Also, if you've played his songs, you know he likes tunings with lots of the same notes (i.e. GGDGBD, CGCGCC etc..) which (especially combined with the 12-string) would make it possible to create the octave effect in the first part and with the slide. I'm not saying it's definitely just one guitar, just suggesting that it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility. Either way, I sure do love me some Fahey!
nlows420 6 months ago
@skttterbrain Never mind... I did what I should have done in the first place and checked the album credits: "Terry Robb gtr. bottleneck gtr." It doesn't list what tracks he played on, and I haven't heard the rest of the album but that pretty much seals the deal right there. Got to be two guitars.
nlows420 6 months ago
@skttterbrain Sounds like more than two to me, maybe four during the first half.
privettricker 5 months ago
@valgalder Don't be ridiculous.
ericcantona99 7 months ago
best version of ever...
lumaz71 8 months ago
you're crazy! and you're bloody good :D
ZimtChipsss 8 months ago
This is beautiful !
joycejnn 9 months ago
What's the second tune called because it is beautiful ?
joycejnn 9 months ago
@joycejnn
The original version of Layla had a piano based ending written by Jim Gordon. The "second tune" is that piece finger picked on guitar.
Asilazi 9 months ago 4
@Asilazi Thanks. I knew that I recognised it and it was driving me crazy because I couldn't remember what it was.
joycejnn 9 months ago
i call them as i see them what's shameful about that? have a cup of tea and a good lie down and listen to fahey:-),i've a few yank mates who got a giggle out your comment,as i did they know me as bloody well shameless! cheers
gratefultiger 10 months ago
Fahey not that good are you kidding?,he is an american legend and you yanks should be proud of him.any criticism of him reminds me of an old aussie saying
'you can't educate mugs" cheers from downunder
gratefultiger 11 months ago 28
@gratefultiger Shame on you for paying attention to what a moron thinks.Ignore him and don't think for a second that he's ALL Americans, mate.
dantean 10 months ago
Better than Clapton's.
Smarigdine 11 months ago 13
@Smarigdine agree-- Fahey feels it more.
alcoholya 10 months ago
@Smarigdine lol
alucardae86 7 months ago
I saw the Rolling Stone rated Fahey #35 in the top guitarists of all time, while Hendrix was #1. I admire Hendrix and all but he's not that good.
holden415 11 months ago
@holden415 really no point in comparing the two... they're both great for diverse reasons. and hendrix died in his 20s.
alcoholya 9 months ago
@holden415 Jimi Hendrix is the most innovative guitarist I've ever heard.
lewars1912 8 months ago
@holden415 Hendrix was way overrated. I'm saying that and I'm a black man who used to idolize him until I started playing guitar myself and saw how simplistic most of what he did as a guitarist was and how much of it relied on electronic gimmickry. I came to appreciate Hendrix more as a songwriter over the years since I've matured.
speakwhnspkn2 7 months ago 2
@speakwhnspkn2
Damn straight. Fahey was a god. It's a shame they never play him on the radio.
holden415 7 months ago
See why he's listed as #5 in the list of 100 greatest acoustic guitarists.
itsoothesmysoul 1 year ago
@itsoothesmysoul Who's list is this? I'd like to take a look at it. If they've got Fahey at no. 5 it's gotta be a good one. Fahey always had something special that other guys couldn't touch. Like he was hooked into something.
nonthere 1 year ago 3