I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute To John Fahey

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Artwork:

Tracklist:

1. Fruit Bats - Death Of The Clayton Peacock
2. Pelt - Sunflower River Blues
3. Sufjan Stevens - Variation On Commemorative Transfiguration & Communion At Magruder Park
4. Devendra Banhart - Sligo River
5. Calexico - Dance Of Death
6. Lee Ranaldo Featuring The Lazy 8 Chorale - The Singing Bridge Of Memphis, Brooklyn Bridge Version: The Coelcanth
7. M. Ward - Bean Vine Blues #2
8. Cul de Sac - The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith, CA
9. Grandaddy - Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Phillip XIV Of Spain
10. Immergluck, Kaphan, Krummenacher & Hanes - Joe Kirby Blues
11. Currituck Co. - Medley: John Hurt Shiva Shankarah
12. Peter Case - When The Catfish Is In Bloom
13. Howe Gelb - My Grandfather’s Clock

Details:

Label: Vanguard
Release Date: February 14, 2006
Catalog # 907-2
Format: CD, digital download
Availability: CD is available at select stores including Amazon and directly from Vanguard, digital download available at iTunes.

Additional notes:

• Sufjan Stevens: acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, bass, recorders, flute, oboe, drums, percussion, shakers, triangle, etc., vocals
• Rosie Thomas: back-up vocals
• “I watched an episode of Laura Weber’s 1969 TV series Guitar, Guitar in which Fahey was a special guest, sitting uncomfortable, mumbling, wiping his hair against his head, smoking a cigarrette, and, when unable to find a nearby ashtray, he uses the sound hole of his guitar instead! I don’t know what was more entertaining - seeing Fahey perform ‘In Christ There Is No East Or West’ or watching Laura Weber fidget in her chair during an awkward dispute concerning whether or not Fahey’s music utilized ‘theme and variation.’ ‘No,’ he said. ‘There’s no variation. I just play the same thing over and over.’ A few years before his death, I saw Fahey open up for Sonic Youth at CBGB’s, wearing biker sunglasses. The crowd chatted over his clumsy lap steel playing, but when he picked up his acoustic and played ‘Oh Holy Night’ the entire city was struck dumb. Afterwards I remember how we all looked at each other, nodding in agreement, not saying a word.” — Sufjan Stevens
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