John Fahey - Wine and Roses

YEsss, the Fahey express toots on

Category:

Music

Tags:

• john
• fahey
• hamburg
• 1978
• combover
• wine
• and
• roses
• red
• pony
• fingerpicking
• The
• Approaching
• of
• the
• Disco
• Void
• rockpalast

[g00dz]

This is my first time hearing this guy... he plays the guitar unlike anyone I've ever heard.. simply magnificent!!!

[fenderboy88]

Wow,ripping introduction and so underrated,you dont see any of the American idol signer song writer wannabes play guitar like this

[fgldnglbs]

Unfortunately because of his bout with Epstein-Barre, his ability to play as he did was gone by the late 90's. His style by then was slow and ghostly, as when I heard him at the Khyber Pass Pub.

[gentphilistine]

These videos from the Hamburg concert are truly special. Every one of them. Audience members consistently look stunned when you see them. John the Baptist totally absorbed, a demon on the stage, haloed by two rays of light breaking the darkness. How can anyone not desire to become a musician after seeing and hearing this?

[JulianBaynes1]

A glorious guitarist, and the only one of his kind. Fahey, you are sorely missed.

[friendlier]

@genesssa I find so many people think that way about music. "Are you a Beatles or Stones person?" etcetera. Choosing a side like that is supposed to show that you are an expert on both. Inane and childish.

[rebeloj]

@moneyquickeasy I do. :) It's great music to program to.

[sesshomaru322]

This song is in Open Dm isn't it? So many of the songs he played at this concert are in such different tunings and it looks like he played them all on the same guitar. How on earth did he not break any strings retuning?

[Greenalex89]

This is footage from the german TV channel WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk), I´m surprised, when was that? If it´s for that purpose I need my TV back..

[moneyquickeasy]

I could listen to this man all day.

[OspreyD40]

Also, by this time, he was commonly calling the piece, in this scary iteration "Approaching The Disco Void". Earliest title, I believe was "Wine and Roses". Then "The Red Pony". The piece evolved over time, becoming less the gently mournful song of the Red Pony days, more anxious and ... bleak.