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Will Snelling explores how the record's combination of bare-bones intimacy and haunting atmosphere, post modern edge and inherent tension loom large over myriad artists today

#JohnFahey’s Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, 60 Years On

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John Fahey’s Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death album cover.
January 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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'Fahey’s gift is being able to sound like more than one person... his melodies so bright and clear and implausibly coming from one pair of hands, that there seems to be no need for a voice at all.'

#JohnFahey’s Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death, 60 Years On

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John Fahey - Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death album cover John Fahey - Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death album back cover. Writing sitting in the middle of the square, surrounded by skeletons and foliage, illustrated in green ink.
January 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Been reading #johnfahey's UCLA masters thesis, "Charley Patton," and was delighted to discover these contemporaneous ads for his records.
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Print ad for a record called "Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues" by the Masked Marvel, with a picture of a tuxedoed man wearing a blindfold. The text invites the reader to listen to the record at the dealer, guess the identity (it was Patton) and be gifted a free record of the listener's choice. There's a coupon to send in, and large text at the bottom reads: Paramount, the "Popular" Race Record.
October 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM