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John Aloysius Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was 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 Primitivism, 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 classical, Portuguese, Brazilian, and Indian music into his œuvre. Fahey wrote a largely apocryphal autobiography. He spent many of his later years in poverty and poor health, but enjoyed a minor career resurgence with a turn towards the more explicitly avant-garde, and created a series of abstract paintings during the last years of his life. He died in 2001 due to complications from heart surgery. In 2003, he was ranked 35th in the Rolling Stone "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" list.
Dec 30, 2022: Acoustic Guitar: Woodshed: How To Play John Fahey’s ‘Uncloudy Day’
“Uncloudy Day” is an 1879 gospel song by the Reverend Josiah Kelley Alwood, who was inspired by the sight of a rainbow, backed by an enormous black nimbus cloud in an otherwise clear sky, greeting him on the final leg of a long homeward-bound journey. It has been covered by many performers, including the Staple Singers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Doc Watson, to name but a few, and here we’re going to talk about John Fahey’s instrumental interpretation for solo steel-string guitar.
“Uncloudy Day” is an 1879 gospel song by the Reverend Josiah Kelley Alwood, who was inspired by the sight of a rainbow, backed by an enormous black nimbus cloud in an otherwise clear sky, greeting him on the final leg of a long homeward-bound journey. It has been covered by many performers, including the Staple Singers, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Doc Watson, to name but a few, and here we’re going to talk about John Fahey’s instrumental interpretation for solo steel-string guitar.
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jose feliciano
Feb 12, 2020: In this conversation with Maria Hinojosa, Feliciano opens up about why he keeps the 70s alive and also describes one of his favorite relationships—the one he has with his guitar.
Freddy Fender (June 4, 1937 – October 14, 2006), born Baldemar Garza Huerta in San Benito, Texas, United States, was a Mexican-American Tejano, country and rock and roll musician, known for his work as a solo artist and in the groups Los Super Seven and the Texas Tornados. He is best known for his 1975 hits "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" and the subsequent remake of his own "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights".
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The Fireballs (Top Rank RM 324)
Side One: Torquay / Guess What / Panic Button / Let There Be Love / Nearly Sunrise / Long Long Ponytail -Side two: Bulldog / I Wonder Why / Foot-Patter / Blind Date / Kissin' / Cry Baby Torquay reached Billboard # 39, and Bulldog # 24 from 1959 and 1960 respectively. |
Rock and roll instrumental/vocal band from Raton, New Mexico: Chuck Tharp (vocals; born on Feb. 3, 1941), Georgo Tomsco (lead guitar; born on April 24, 1940), Dan Trammell (rhythm guitar; born on July 14, 1940), Stan Lark (bass; born on July 27, 1940) and Eric Budd (drums; born on Oct. 23, 1938). First recorded for Kapp in 1958. Had a string of classic rock instrumental hits on Top Rank beginning in 1959 with Torquay, followed by Bulldog, Vaquero(Cowboy) and Quite A Party on Warwick from 1961. Trammell left group in 1959. Doug Roberts (died on Nov. 18, 1981) replaced Budd in 1962. Chuck Tharp quit group in 1960 after recording the sizzling rockabilly scorcher Long Long Ponytail, and was replaced by Jimmy Gilmer (vocals, piano). Gilmer was introduced to The Fireballs by their producer Norman Petty at his famed studio in Clovis, New Mexico and the group would later record as Jimmy Gilmer and The Fireballs with such songs as 1963's Sugar Shack and Daisy Petal Pickin'.
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Fireballs
Vaquero (Top Rank 343) Side One: Vaquero (Cowboy) / La Raspa / In A Little Spanish Town / Cielito Lindo / La Golondrina / Tequila / --Side two: The Spur (La Espuela) / A Spanish Legend (Leyenda Espanola) / Jesusita En Chihuahua / La Borrachita / A Gay Ranchero / El Rancho Grande
John Carter and Gillian Shakespeare wrote the song "Beach Baby" in the summer of 1974 in their home in East Sheen, South West London, far from California or, for that matter, any beach. Carter immediately enlisted the help of Burrows and another session singer, Chas Mills, to record the song for Jonathan King's UK Records record label under the name The First Class. The dense, complex production, layered vocals and wistful lyric evoked the 1960s west-coast production style of the Beach Boys. At one point the arrangement utilises the horn theme from the last movement of Sibelius' Fifth Symphony. In 1974, the song became a hit in the UK (where it peaked at number 13), and in the US, where it peaked at #4.
The group recorded a follow-up single, "Bobby Dazzler" and material for their eponymous first album, The First Class. While there was some demand for live performances by the group, neither Carter or Burrows had the time for or interest in touring. So, a group including bassist Robin Shaw, lead singer Del John, guitarist Spencer James (now lead singer with The Searchers), keyboardist Clive Barrett and drummer Eddie Richards was assembled to perform a number of dates as The First Class. However, although that quintet was pictured and credited along with Carter, Burrows and Mills on the cover of the band's first album, none of the "live" quintet actually performed on "Beach Baby" or any of the album's other tracks. "Bobby Dazzler" and later singles, "Dreams Are Ten a Penny", "Won't Somebody Help Me" and "Funny How Love Can Be" (a remake of the Ivy League hit) failed to chart. After releasing an unsuccessful second album, SST in 1976 (with a drawing of the then-new Concorde supersonic transport airliner featured on the cover), Carter, Burrows and Mills saw no need to continue under the First Class moniker and the "group" effectively ceased to exist. |
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john fogerty
I'm in Love / Respectable (Atco 45-6285) 'I'm In Love' was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, published by Northern Songs Ltd in 1963, but was never released by the Beatles. The song was recorded by The Fourmost, produced by Beatles producer George Martin. The Fourmost were managed by Beatles manager Brian Epstein.
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Classic Rock 79
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Billboard 9/26/60
