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Re: guitar drone music (Fahey)



Rev,

I am a big fan of Fahey too.

I was so sad to hear of his passing a few years back, and positively 
astonished to hear that he had been living in Portland, Oregon.

I never got to see him live - although i've seen Kottke and others 
many, many times.

Since I became an immigrant/exile in Oregon a dozen years ago, I also 
kick myself for not heading up that way to seek him out.

I don't get up there enough as it is . . . and Medford (where I live) 
is the most deadly dull, lethally boring, inhabited place on the 
planet.

It's certainly killing me.

Best regards,

tEd ® KiLLiAn

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On Dec 25, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Rev Fever wrote:

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Marshall <agentlesoul2004@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Dec 25, 2008 8:38 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: guitar drone music
>
> I grew up in the time and area of John Fahey (greater Washington DC 
> area circa 1960's and 70's)   for what it is worth, I never saw him 
> berate the audience though being a notorious drunk that is very 
> possible; unlike many functioning alcoholics it didn't seem to effect 
> his playing all that much, at least the many times I saw him. He was 
> brilliant the times I saw him in spite of being drunk.  It DID effect 
> his ability to tune and re tune his guitar to the different tunings. 
> He once asked if anyone in the audience could tune his guitar, and 
> admitted being too drunk to; I spoke up and tuned it and he then 
> proceeded to play, laugh, and tell me I was no better than him at 
> tuning.  I guess you had to be there!!  LOL
>
> Damn! That's a beautiful story!  Thanx for sharing.
>
> I am still kicking myself for NOT making the effort to go see Fahey 
> here in Portland, at the (long gone) Medicine Hat Gallery a small few 
> years ago. 
> It was one of his last shows. (or WAS his last?) He passed on not too 
> long down the road after that.(he also lived in Oregon and not all 
> that far from Portland, as I recall?)
> I guess I thought he'd always be around. BIG mistake!  Same goes for 
> ANYONE. 
>
> As for the Fahey non-experience, guess I should have adhered to my 
> even longer-time motto which is "Love 'em while ya got 'em!".  But, 
> that time, I screwed up. 
> However, I did learn a lesson though to try to not allow something 
> like that to ever happen again, if at all possible.    So far....so 
> good.... :-)
>
> All the best,
> Rev Fever
> http://www.spiritone.com/~rvfever/
>
>