Mike Bloomfield

The Best Of Michael Bloomfield

Michael Bloomfield (1943-1981) was the first guitar slinger hero of the American baby boomer generation. His success helped open concert stage venues to Chitlin' Circuit veterans like B.B. King and paved …

John Fahey

America

In 1971 John Fahey recorded America, one of the most striking albums of his career. But sometime between the time it was recorded and the time it was released, half the album was scrapped. (Fahey was pers…

John Fahey

Death Chants, Breakdown

Produktinfo: The first version of DEATH CHANTS was recorded in 1963 - four years after the release of John Fahey's seminal Blind Joe Death. During these four years, Fahey completed his degree in phil…

John Fahey

Old Fashioned Love

Product Information John Fahey's recordings spanned four decades and a stylistic range from traditional blues fingerpicking to avant-garde "industrial guitar." But even in a such a widely varied context,…

John Fahey

The Legend Of Blind Joe Death

There are very few guitarists who have actually invented a genre of guitar playing. Charlie Christian and Chuck Berry are a couple of examples. Another is John Fahey (1939-2001), who invented the concept …

Leo Kottke

6- And 12-String Guitar

Scores of guitarists and tens of thousands of fans remember “The Armadillo Album” as their first exposure to solo steel-string guitar fingerpicking and the modern concept of the guitarist/composer. Leo Ko…

Leo Kottke

6-And12-Strng Guitar