Name: Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites
Brand: Takoma
SKU: 123448
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Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites

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Album: Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Wine And Roses Album Version	More Info...	3:25
2)	How Long Album Version	More Info...	2:53
3)	On The Banks Of The Owichita Album Version	More Info...	3:49
4)	Worried Blues Album Version	More Info...	2:21
5)	What The Sun Said Album Version	More Info...	10:08
6)	Revelation On the Banks Of The Pawtuxent Album Version	More Info...	2:32
7)	Poor Boy Album Version	More Info...	3:17
8)	Variations On The Coocoo Album Version	More Info...	3:57
9)	The Last Steam Engine Train Album Version	More Info...	2:15
10)	Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry Album Version	More Info...	3:09
11)	Dance Of Death Album Version	More Info...	7:36
12)	Tulip (Aka When You Wore A Tulip And I Wore A Big Red Rose)	More Info...	2:41
13)	Daisy (Aka A Bicycle Built For Two) Album Version	More Info...	1:17
14)	The Siege Of Sevastopol Album Version	More Info...	1:19
15)	Steel Guitar Rag Album Version	More Info...	2:10

Album: Dance Of Death & Other Plantation Favorites
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Wine And Roses Album Version	More Info...	3:25
2)	How Long Album Version	More Info...	2:53
3)	On The Banks Of The Owichita Album Version	More Info...	3:49
4)	Worried Blues Album Version	More Info...	2:21
5)	What The Sun Said Album Version	More Info...	10:08
6)	Revelation On the Banks Of The Pawtuxent Album Version	More Info...	2:32
7)	Poor Boy Album Version	More Info...	3:17
8)	Variations On The Coocoo Album Version	More Info...	3:57
9)	The Last Steam Engine Train Album Version	More Info...	2:15
10)	Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry Album Version	More Info...	3:09
11)	Dance Of Death Album Version	More Info...	7:36
12)	Tulip (Aka When You Wore A Tulip And I Wore A Big Red Rose)	More Info...	2:41
13)	Daisy (Aka A Bicycle Built For Two) Album Version	More Info...	1:17
14)	The Siege Of Sevastopol Album Version	More Info...	1:19
15)	Steel Guitar Rag Album Version	More Info...	2:10

Performer Notes

Solo performer: John Fahey (acoustic guitar).
Producer: Ed Denson.
Reissue producer: Bill Belmont.
Recorded at Adelphi Studios, Silver Spring, Maryland on August 22, 1964. Includes liner notes by Lee Gardner.
Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (1999, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
Personnel: John Fahey (guitar).
Audio Remasterer: Joe Tarantino.
Liner Note Author: Lee Gardner.
Recording information: Adelphi Studios, Silver Spring, MD (08/22/1964).
Listening to this classic 1967 LP, the keen-eared might note that the melody to "On The Banks Of The Wichita" was lifted directly from Ravi Shankar's 1962 "Theme From Pather Panchali." (Which is fine because it's a great melody.) John Fahey's method was always to take themes--sections--movements from the great store of American roots music (folk, blues, Tin Pan alley, even classical) and meld them together in an avant-garde genre of his own making. DANCE OF DEATH (1967) is a representative title in the superior run of albums Fahey recorded (and re-recorded) for his own Takoma label throughout the 60s, and speaks to Fahey's reputation for experimentation and eclecticism.

Professional Reviews

The Wire (3/00, p.56) - "...Strange, flowering, fulsome melodic pieces in open guitar tunings..."

Mojo (Publisher) (12/99, p.130) - "...strongly rooted in the traditions of the South....it vibrates with an intensity generated by the truly original."