"Summertime" from John Fahey album Red Cross Disciple Of Christ Today (2003).
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11 years ago
heinrichvon
Actually Fahey himself called it "American Primitive." I don't think it's a good description of his music at all, though. Fahey's approach to American "primitive" music -- country, folk and blues -- was as sophisticated as can be imagined. And with a jazz-influenced Broadway classic like this, he manages to find and isolate something both primal *and* sophisticated in the tune, and runs with both aspects of it. A great master ending his career on a high note.
11 years ago
dopomusica
there's no such thing as "too much reverb". the same applies to delay.
11 years ago
nick b
And as for tabs.............use your ears!! It'll take you longer but you'll be so much better for it.Do you want to be a trained monkey,able to replicate but not create?
11 years ago
nick b
@ snoeress.It drives me nuts,mate.What does it matter what this music is called or branded? Salesmen need names but musicians don't.To musicians there is only GOOD or BAD music. I would suggest that this is of the 'good' variety.
12 years ago
JordanMedina
Son of a gun, this song is so cool. Like old fashioned cool
12 years ago
guild40
I love Fahey's music. And I love his interpretation of this song. My comment about excess reverb was not intended as a criticism. I was just imagining the song in warmer tones. Maybe that was the point -- an icy yet intimate version of "Summertime."
12 years ago
dopomusica
@guild40 wrong
12 years ago
guild40
Too much reverb. It detracts from the song
12 years ago
Ian Olwagen
Timeless music performed to perfection
12 years ago
rhizomaton
This is the most intimately personal cover of a song I've ever heard. Hauntingly beautiful, painfully intense. Good Lord, this is amazing!