John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been enormously 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
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John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been enormously 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
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FOUNDING MASTER: JOHN FAHEY Country: Washington, D.C (USA) John Fahey (1939-2001) is considered a pioneering and highly influential figure in acoustic and fingerstyle music. He developed a highly personal and innovative style, which he called "American Primitive Guitar". This style fused elements of blues and folk music with the sometimes dissonant harmonies of modern classical music, often in a solo and unaccompanied context. Fahey trained musically in California in the late 1950s, developing a
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FOUNDING MASTER: JOHN FAHEY Country: Washington, D.C (USA) John Fahey (1939-2001) is considered a pioneering and highly influential figure in acoustic and fingerstyle music. He developed a highly personal and innovative style, which he called "American Primitive Guitar". This style fused elements of blues and folk music with the sometimes dissonant harmonies of modern classical music, often in a solo and unaccompanied context. Fahey trained musically in California in the late 1950s, developing a
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Remembering John Fahey, born John on February 28, 1939, in Washington, D.C. – he died on February 22, 2001. Fahey was a 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 Ameri
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Remembering John Fahey, born John on February 28, 1939, in Washington, D.C. – he died on February 22, 2001. Fahey was a 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 Ameri
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