Amoeba Music

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This is a used item. Light edgewear and creasing to front cover. Pages are clean.

ISBN: 978-1613738795

Paperback

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Street Date: April 1, 2018

248 pages

This portrait of a troubled and troubling man in a constant state of creative flux is the compelling story of a great American outcast.  

Fahey made more than forty albums between 1959 and his death in 2001, most of them featuring only his solo steel-string guitar. He fused elements of folk, blues, and experimental composition, taking familiar American sounds and recontextualizing them as something entirely new. His artistic voice transformed the cultural landscape of his time—and ours.

Journalist Steve Lowenthal has spent years researching Fahey's life and music. He describes how Fahey introduced prewar blues records and the men who made them to a broader public; how his independent label Takoma set new standards; how he battled his demons, including stage fright, alcohol, and prescription pills; how he ended up homeless and mentally unbalanced; and how, despite his troubles, he managed to found a new record label, Revenant, that won Grammys and remains critically revered.