I Remember Blind Joe Death Explained

I Remember Blind Joe Death
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Fahey
Cover:	I Remember Blind Joe Death.jpg
Released:	1987
Recorded:	1986 at Spectrum, Portland, Oregon
Genre:	Folk
Length:	45:41
Label:	Varrick
Producer:	Tinh Mahoney
Prev Title:	Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes
Prev Year:	1985
Next Title:	God, Time and Causality
Next Year:	1989

I Remember Blind Joe Death is an album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1987.

This album was later disregarded by Fahey, stating the album suffers from sloppy playing due to the Epstein–Barr virus he was suffering from at the time.

Reception

CMJ New Music wrote that "The record is rooted in a deep delta blues sound-but that's certainly not where it ends.. Fabulous."^[1]

Track listing

1. "The Evening Mysteries of Ferry Street" (Fahey) – 3:28
2. "You'll Find Her Name Written There" (Harold Hensley) – 1:36
3. "The Minutes Seem Like Hours, The Hours Seem Like Days" (Fahey) – 4:02
4. "Are You from Dixie?" (Traditional) – 2:45
5. "A Minor Blues" (Traditional) – 4:42
6. "Steel Guitar Rag" (Traditional) – 2:26
7. "Nightmare/Summertime" (Artie Shaw, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward) – 5:25
8. "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (Beth Slater Whitson, Leo Friedman) – 2:12
9. "Unknown Tango" (Traditional) – 3:54
10. "Improv in E Minor" (Fahey) – 7:31
11. "Lava on Waikiki" (Fahey) – 2:18
12. "Gaucho" (Bola Sete) – 6:00

Personnel

• John Fahey – guitar

Production notes

• Tinh Mahoney – producer
• Mike Moore – engineer
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Susan Marsh – design

Notes and References

1. I Remember Blind Joe Death > Review . . November 2000 .