Audio CD review:
John Fahey - Sea Changes and Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide to John Fahey

John Fahey - Sea Changes and Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide to John Fahey

Band: John Fahey Title: Sea Changes and Coelacanths: A Young Person's Guide to John Fahey Rating: Release Date: 21 November, 2006 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Sharks 2: Planaria 3: Eels 4: Coelacanths 5: Juana 6: Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues I 7: Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues Ii 8: Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues Iii 9: Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues Iv 10: House Of The Rising Sun/Nightmare 11: Juana/Guitar Lamento 12: Red Rocking Chair 13: Song For Sara 14: Son House/Marilyn/My Prayer/Mood Indigo

Customer Review the Later late John Fahey And, Reneldo and O'Roark sort of rediscovered Fahey, the same way Fahey sort of rediscovered Skip James. Ok so most of Fahey's fans hated his later "Sonic Youth" phase. The deal is - these are live recordings of a guitar genius, who hadn't been playing in some time, and had been abusing himself for some time, and had long ago decided that everything he had done up until this point in his history - was shiit (I sometimes think it's inevitable for great musicians to hate their past - i was gratified to see gang of four reunite and bang out my faves in 2005 - but Billy Zoom is acidic about X, despite the reunion). This double CD set repackages TWO already available CDs. What is NEW is a nice booklet (split into two parts) with some nice essays and pictures. And the cover artwork. If you already have 'Womblife' and 'Georgia struts, atlanta stomps' (or is it Altlanta struts Georgia stomps?) you already have this music. it's ONE guitar - electric in front of an audience. And it's Fahey being Fahey. . . doing his dreamy renditions of traditional pieces as well as his own. Very unusual stuff. There's no one like him. . . You can see a complete list of all John Fahey discography, or go back to the John Fahey tabs