The master of American Primitive Guitar - John Fahey, 1978 | NTS Radio

#ArtistSpotlight: Any introduction to American primitive necessarily begins with John Fahey, who pioneered the fingerpicked, introspective guitar playing style. Jesse Sheppard, co-organizer of The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose American primitive festival, said “Fahey took the [steel string] guitar and all of its rich history in the blues and folk musical forms and then freed it to be a purely expressive instrument.” Fahey not only birthed the American primitive genre, but also started a labe

FOUNDING MASTER: JOHN FAHEY Country: Washington, D.C (USA) John Fahey (1939-2001) is considered a pioneering and highly influential figure in acoustic and fingerstyle music. He developed a highly personal and innovative style, which he called "American Primitive Guitar". This style fused elements of blues and folk music with the sometimes dissonant harmonies of modern classical music, often in a solo and unaccompanied context. Fahey trained musically in California in the late 1950s, developing a