John Fahey - On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean download mp3

Fahey first mesmerized me 50 years ago, and still does. He gets lost inside his music, and we are along for the journey. As a solo artist, Tash Sultana may be his reincarnation.

he wrote this song when he was 15.......self taught.........PRAISE HIM

The greatest guitarist of all time.

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Sometimes I’m on the dark side of the moon and other times I’m on the sunny side of the ocean

every time i listen to this alien being emit his note hoard, i become engorged with currents upon currents of heavy feeling.Not a sadness really. Not bleakness. Not emptiness. More alike some odd fullness, or completeness, to which i feel something of a stranger to myself. Attaining such fullness, i know the feeling of completion and totality, at which moment i am certain beyond the bounds of thought, that now, that at this time i am freed of some NEED to live, rather, it is a lovely time, as lovely as those notes, to die. .. to die with beauty and without regret of a thing missed. rip john 2001

Papa John at his best,,,,,I used to see him and talk to him in the flesh at the Ash Grove

Was this performance in Germany?

In 1973 one Houston’s rock stations would play Peter Lang’s, “Future Shot at the Rainbow.” I quickly bought the LP that featured that song (it was on Takoma Records). Later I bought Takoma’s, “Lang, Fahey, and Kottke,” with 4 songs by each artist. I bought it because of Lang but found myself only listening to Mr Fahey’s - they just seemed to have more gravity and seriousness. I sought out many of his records. Years later - I think in ‘86 - I got to see him at Anderson Fair. Strange to see his hulking presence. Fair owner, Tim Leatherwood, would bring out pitcher after pitcher of what looked to be Coca Cola. I’m sure now it was more likely bourbon and coke. The man obviously needed lots of fuel to keep going - whatever it was. What a thrill - and honor - to see him. Rest his soul.