John Fahey
John Fahey
John Aloysius Faheywas an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitive Guitar, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American roots music, having compiled many forgotten early recordings in these genres. He would later incorporate...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 February 1939
CountryUnited States of America
John Fahey quotes about
Someone once said that war is God's way of teaching geography, but today, apparently war or even the threat of war cannot adequately teach geography,
I do not even laugh at this like others do because the relationship between entertainers and groupies is pathological.
Geographic illiteracy impacts our economic well-being, our relationships with other nations and the environment, and isolates us from the world.
See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't learn anything from him, but I played that for him and he liked it a lot.
I also know that I am not a great technician.
As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself.
But I say these things in an objective dispassionate manner because, you know, and I can't explain why, but being one of the greatest guitarists in the world simply is not very important to me.
Being worshipped is a horrible experience.
The other thing in composition is opening up the unconscious.