John Allspach		01/Jan/2002:09:18:06
John: I give something to hear your opinion of the prices your things are bringing @ebay. *S* Keep teaching!
james cougar	none	03/Jun/2001:07:39:49
IT WAS 1968...IN ENGLAND...IN THE ARMY...I LEARNED TO "PLAY" LISTENING TO DYLAN AND DONOVAN..ALL PLECTRUM AND KINDA "CLOCKWORK"....ON A RED PLASTIC GUITAR....THE NECK OF WHICH FELL OFF IF YOU DIDN'T HOLD IT RIGHT...THEN SOMEONE PLAYED "BLIND JOE DEATH" AND I THREW THE GUITAR AND PLECTRUM OUT OF THE OPEN WINDOW...MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND MANY GUITARS LATER, I HAVE PLAYED MY WAY THROUGH COUNTLESS FAHEY MASTERPIECES AND ALWAYS REMAINED MORE THAN 20 YEARS BEHIND HIM...I ONLY FOUND OUT LAST WEEK (27/5/2001)THAT JOHN HAD SHUFFLED OFF HIS IMMORTAL COIL....SHATTERED HERE... JOHN...DEAR JOHN...I WOULDN'T HAVE A PLAYING STYLE IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU..... YOU ARE NOT GONE JOE DEATH...YET AGAIN YOU ARE TRANSFIGURED... ETERNAL THANKS JAMES XXXXXXXXXXX
Frank Sellors		28/Mar/2001:14:47:55
I was sad to hear of John's passing. I've always liked the idae of John Fahey. This mad blues fan playing weird and wonderful music.
John Isted		28/Mar/2001:07:40:51
Thank You, John, for being the one honest person in the music business, who not only loved music but treated us so well. I'll never forget how you treated Peter with great kindness when he walked in Tacoma Records with his demo tape. And I thank you for trusting me to take over the reigns and produce Peter's first album. Let's here it for the Turtles!
Gary Haupt		27/Mar/2001:11:32:04
It was a sad day when I heard of John's death. When I was living in Silverton, Oregon I had the chance to see him perform. It was great to see someone you had always admire and respected live and perform so close to where you had lived. To a great guitar player and teacher - Rest in Peace John. Gary Haupt
Keith Watling
John, it seems like a lifetime ago I heard your music and bought your Tacoma records. Thank you for showing me the possibilities and love for the accoustic guitar.
		24/Mar/2001:20:05:11
Jim Middleton		15/Mar/2001:08:53:46
The singlemost influence on my guitar playing and way of looking at life. Sadly missed, but forever alive in his music and our hearts.
Linda (Cheek) Graf		08/Mar/2001:16:33:40
John, I will miss you alot you were a great friend. I remember growing up in Takoma Park with you, and one day you walked me to school at S.S.I. because I did not want to go to school. You made a big impressment on me, you were very kind and gentle. Thank you for the phone calls when I had my knee replacement. We must have talked an hour. I'll see you one day my friend - you and your music,art and stories will always be in my heart. Love you Linda
Lisa & Tim Cretsinge	GROOVACIOUS	07/Mar/2001:19:38:16
Visit our site for a unique view of a very interesting man. Also a photograph of him with Dr. Demento in 1994 and a poem I wrote for John. Lisa
john taylor		02/Mar/2001:12:11:56
Lots of magnificent journeys, played the old blind joe death stuff for my children in the 60s, they're grown now and playing the stuff too. I'll never forget john who took me back home to the old south, a place I left many years ago.
Nori	click here for more guestbook entries	01/Mar/2001:10:38:13
Hi Friends, webmaster here. Apologies for taking so long to update the website after John's passing. This guestbook was getting big, so I moved all the old signatures to my server and cleared the page. Just click on the link above to read more messages to John and in memory of John. Also, the free server "homepage.com" that currently hosts John's page is ending their free service as of March 31, so i moved John's page to my server (steamboats.com). I hope that you could find the new location through the search engines. -nori
Bob Turner		01/Mar/2001:00:42:49
I first heard John play at St Michael's and All Angels Church in Langley Park, MD in the late '50s. I was inspired, emulated, learned and copied from him and the music is still with me. I only knew him briefly, but his memeory persists indelible as the tunes I still play.
Bob Beach		28/Feb/2001:20:31:55
I will miss the anticipation of his next works. Happy cords Blind Joe.
dave boyles		28/Feb/2001:17:55:23
this is surreal. i just now decided to log into FAHEY on the internet for the very first time and suddenly i'm reading words and sentences here in this guestbook which indiate john has passed. yet, i know nothing of what has happened. i first heard john in the late 1960s and his music, especially the most haunted, was the perfect soundtrack for my existence at that time. i remember hearing "on the beach at waikiki" and i could not stop playing the song. there was this demented two- or three-day period once when i think i played the song over and over literally about 200 or 300 times IN A ROW. i saw john play in a small room at UCLA around this time; he had a tub full of beers. then before or later, i can't recall, we saw him at the bar at the ratskeller or the bratskeller or some stucco-looking bar in westwood. his music always has a way of making me feel pleasantly psychotic, for what this is worth. best to all. -- daveb
Morgan FitzPatrick		28/Feb/2001:12:15:30
Fare well, Charlie Nothing. May your tintinabulations forever ring around our ears.
Ben Mellon		28/Feb/2001:11:09:53
Farewell, John... Thanks for your music, which we shall all continue to love. Hope to see you on the next world, if there is one...
Doug Harrison		27/Feb/2001:21:11:42
Goodbye, John. You were a unique individual that brought me countless hours of joy and beauty.
Gene Turetsky		27/Feb/2001:16:22:36
Chris Downes		27/Feb/2001:15:59:28
Oh, John. Thank you for so much. For informing my music and my view of the world. It's been 35 years since we first met - you and your music made the world a better place. I'll always treasure the moments that we were able to talk with each other once more just a few days before you left this place. Farewell, you old bastard. Keep waltzing Matilda. Chris. Sydney, Australia
Joe Setliffe	Wilderness Communications	26/Feb/2001:22:23:13
I've been a Fahey fan since the late 50's. Bought his first "Blind Joe death" album from Gene Rosenthal who started Takoma Records in his fathers basement studio. Gene and I were good friends until we lost track of each other in the 70's & Takoma moved to Santa Monica. I followed John from the "D.C." area to California & was on his "scene" in Berkely in the early 60's and Laural Canyon in the late 60's. Lost track of him personally since the 70's but kept track of his music all the while. Got his "Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death" CD about a year ago. It's very touching that his death has caused the reuniting of so many of his lifelong fans at this time.
Marnix A. van Ammer		26/Feb/2001:20:30:07
I met Fahey just once in LA in the early 60s, but his music has been with me often. May his music live on forever. Marnix
paul weideman		26/Feb/2001:13:54:14
Sorry to hear John died. Have been sorta obsessed with his music since late 1970s. Saw him perform once in Santa Monica and five times in Seattle area 1980-92, and had the pleasure of talking to him once or twice. I have just about the entire discography on vinyl, and remember one time between sets at the Backstage in Ballard I talked with him briefly in a small room where he was tuning up and told him I was having trouble finding a copy of Of Rivers and Religion. He told me to forget about that and buy the Laurie Anderson record with "O Superman," so he turned me on to her music, which I love. I had John autograph a GHS guitar wrapper between sets at the Silver Spoon in Duvall back in about 1983. His music is beauty.
john mark boling		26/Feb/2001:12:52:43
god bless your soul john.
g.e. stinson		26/Feb/2001:11:35:48
it is true. when i heard that john had passed i was filled with such sadness and loss that i started crying. i put on a cd with the piece "on the sunny side of the ocean". what can i say about you, john. your music changed my life. thank you.
g.e. stinson		26/Feb/2001:11:25:43
i just heard today from my friend nels cline that john has passed away. is this true?
david rice		26/Feb/2001:10:20:43
john, i'm going to miss you.
kate pike		26/Feb/2001:09:11:49
I cried last night, when I saw Mr. Fahey's obituary. I had the extraordinary good fortune to be exposed to his "Of Rivers and Religion" album almost 30 years ago, and have purchased many others in the long years since. I was also fortunate in having seen him play a few concerts, including a fine time at a small bar in Corvallis, with Terry Robb. I've worn out three vinyl prints and a couple of taped copies of Mr. Fahey's first Christmas album, we play it many, many times during the season. My gratitude to Mr. Fahey for all of the exceptional musical performances and recordings that it was my privilege to hear. And I liked the way he laughed. Kate Pike
enrico ghezzi		26/Feb/2001:02:27:34
c i a o . you are a genius. I'm desperate you're dead. I'm happy you're definitely living. I'll write, inanously, something aboutunder you, and make a little thing in my night tv program called FuoriOrario cose (mai) viste, RaiTre, Rome, Italy. ciao. e g h (enrico ghezzi)
Tim Pacheco		25/Feb/2001:19:00:32
John... you took us into the void, but you promised you would bring us back. You always did, but not until you had taken us on the incredible journey of your music. I will always remember the times I spent with you... lighting fireworks in the street in front of your house on Palms Blvd.... sitting in your car after a show at the Golden Bear as you went on about an old girlfriend you missed... and sitting at the stages edge, intently listening as you took us into the void. Now you are there. Enjoy your trip there John, you will be sorely missed.
Robert Mittendorf		25/Feb/2001:15:46:16
Have a sweet journey ... thank you for filling my heart with the joy of music.
eileen gambrill		25/Feb/2001:13:33:38
I am sorry that I did not send this message saying how much joy I have gained from your music and what a pleasure it was to hear you in person while you were still among the living;however because of your music,you will always be among the living. Thanks John.
Danny Yanow		25/Feb/2001:01:33:56
Actually, I'm signing in too late for John to know that I visited. But I hope that he knew that there were alot of people like me who listened to his music for over thirty years, saw him whenever he came to town and for whom his music was an inspiration and a light. I hope that somebody writes him as eloquent a funeral song as he wrote for the likes of John Hurt. Bye bye John. RIP
Greg Huston		24/Feb/2001:17:25:46
A friend told me that John had died yesterday. He brought alot of joy into my life, and into the lives of those people who loved his music. An old friend, Richard Hite, brother of Canned Heat singer Bob Hite, turned me on to John's music long ago. Richard claimed John was his first guitar teacher, and the reason for Canned Heat's success. I have passed John's music down to many friends and family members in the years since. They had all become fans.I wish all of John's family and friends, and fans the best in this difficult time. I suggest it is time to celebrate his life. Greg Huston Tucson, AZ
john archdeacon		24/Feb/2001:15:46:51
I am very sad to hear of John's passing - the Blind Joe Death albums of the 60s were a great inspiration to me. I haven't heard his more recent work but I'll always remember the first few notes on Legend from way back. I felt a chill down my spine and that weird feeling in your stomach when something incredible happens. I had to play the album all the way through several times without stopping and turned many of my friends on to it. Thanks you, John.
TD	EBTAc	24/Feb/2001:15:20:04
You were the best man missyou
Steve Pilchman		24/Feb/2001:15:10:29
I will miss you, John. I first heard your incredible viruosity in 1968. You created amazing music. I wish you could have stayed with us a little longer. Thanks.
Pete Boudreau		24/Feb/2001:12:51:39
Thanx John Your one in a bazillion I'll miss you a lot
jordan curts		24/Feb/2001:09:49:15
I just wanted to express my regards concerning the passing of John. He has effected my life in ways that I am very aware of as well as ways I may never understand. I was lucky enough to see him three times in the past few years and I will never forget him or those experiences. Thank you.
jordan curts		24/Feb/2001:09:47:19
I just wanted to express my regards concerning the passing of John. He has effected my life in ways that I am very aware of as well as ways I may never understand. I was lucky enough to see him three times in the past few years and I will never forget him or those experiences. Thank you.
		24/Feb/2001:05:43:36
thank you for who you were.
Jan Turetsky		24/Feb/2001:02:27:04
I am so sorry to hear of his death; loved his early music, then lost track. Met him in the 60's at Berkeley and UCLA.
Cheryl		24/Feb/2001:00:20:26
John Fahey You leave a legacy of moving music that will live on. May you find peace in your afterlife. I'm glad to have spent some time with you in Berkeley and LA in the early 1970s. It was short but almost sweet and I recall your feet.
Zoltan Ori		23/Feb/2001:20:15:56
I was truly saddened when I heard of Mr. Fahey's death. I have enjoyed his unique view of music since I was 13 (30 years). I have sat and listened to his recordings for hours letting them take me off into different times and spaces. No other artist has approached the guitar in such a simple, honest and humorous way.
Dr Rico		23/Feb/2001:20:09:32
John? Are you still here? Give us a sign man. Missing you excursions in the Pacific NorthWet. Peace, Rico
ronald van Ammers		23/Feb/2001:19:43:35
I just heard youre dead and it stirred some memories of Berkeley in the 60s when I first met you. I remember Nathan Shapiro and I got a ride down to LA from you. Bill Barth came too. You drove the whole way, nonstop, as I recall. I really had to piss when we arrived. You stayed with Nathan at his parents' house and Barth stayed with me in my parents' house. The next day I turned you on to a jug of valium and you gave me a Death Chants from the trunk of your car. That was the original Death Chants which I always liked better than the later revised version(s). I wish I still had it. I dont remember when it was, but Nathan and I were also at your wedding to Jan Liebowitz. This is all very sad. Nathan is dead, now youre dead. I wonder how Bill Barth is doing. Sad youre gone. Im going to buy that video you did with Elizabeth Cotton which I found on the web just now. Take care, so to speak.
John Parnell		23/Feb/2001:17:09:19
Hi- I am saddended to hear John has gone on to jam with John Hurt and Libby Cotton. I spent a good part of my teenage years learning to play his pieces. I have seen him play several times in Berkeley in the 60s and later in Seattle. There is a giant hole in my music universe. I will never forget him; his music will jump outa my guitar as long as I play... Peace to your soul, JF, thanks for a river of sound that will live forever... -John Parnell Seattle, WA
Tom Mitchell		23/Feb/2001:17:03:05
Rest well John. Thank you for all the insite.
jennifer siegel		23/Feb/2001:15:39:25
Paul Mitchell		23/Feb/2001:13:50:26
RIP, oh great Koonaclaster.
steve		23/Feb/2001:09:47:33
so long, and thanks for inspiring be to learn fingerstyle guitar. thanks for the music, and many wonderful christmas memories.... s.
Alan Bangs		23/Feb/2001:05:11:39
Sad news. I'll miss you. Yours was the first music I ever listened to. In many ways, it set the course of my life. Thank you.
Andrew Cranmer		23/Feb/2001:01:20:22
Thanks for the music. A true original, you inspired and challenged.
freeze		22/Feb/2001:23:48:54
have a meal to go
Rev. Bryan Sale		22/Feb/2001:21:11:05
Wish I'd known about this site and had been able to sedt you a note while you were still here to read it. I love you John Fahey and will carry your memory with me always. Bryan
Norbert Sarsfield		22/Feb/2001:20:42:22
Thank you so much for the wonderfully unique music you created. It will live on forever. Rest in peace.
Norbert		22/Feb/2001:20:39:42
Hiawatha		22/Feb/2001:18:06:44
Goodby John, you will be missed. Dr H
Matt Gibbons		22/Feb/2001:13:48:30
Paolo - Roma-ITALY		17/Feb/2001:02:56:56
I hope you'll come soon in Italy
Bruce Flemons		07/Feb/2001:05:33:23
The lizard spleens are gleaming still in the frozen wastelands of Canada!!! I am extremely appreciative to you for providing my aural passages with such passages of beauty. Thanx John!!! Bruce Flemons 4118 hwy 7, RR 1 Omemee,ON Canada, Third Stone from the Hot Orb
bill garrett		19/Jan/2001:01:02:03
A fan since 1970. Where can I buy Sam McGhee recordings?
Jeff Greene		08/Dec/2000:10:27:00
Hi, I'd like to know if Mr. Fahey has published a sheet music transcription of his wonderful song, 'Brenda's Blues,' from "The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death." I would love to learn how to play it. Thanks, Jeff Greene
e. kris martinez		06/Dec/2000:01:26:34
spiritual transcendent inspirational joyful and fun gratefully
joel druckman		01/Dec/2000:16:31:15
hey.... what up with you? i've been trying to contact you for a while... glad to see that you maybe alive lemme know... joel
Suzanna Stephens		29/Nov/2000:06:01:46
My husband and I (both 39) have recently become very interested in your work and are quite surprised at ourselves for being so ignorant of you for so long. It all started unassumingly enough, last October, while visiting my brother in Knoxville and attending the Junior League's annual Bag-A-Bargain. We are record collectors and Tony headed straight for the used vinyl which were being sold for $1.00 a piece. We have over a thousand albums, but of course are always on the lookout for more. He assembled a nice pile of some "gap fillers" and picked up a record by someone with whom we were not familiar, John Fahey. We took it home, listened to it and were just blown away. It was so-o-o-o-o..."Revolution No. 9", but could not have been influenced by that composition because No. 9 was created about 10 years later. This guy was very different and very ahead of his time. We wanted to know more about him and if he was still creating. I would like to point out that though we are not experts
martin delabano	Martin Delabano	20/Nov/2000:15:11:14
Hello John, I have been a big fan since I was a sweaty teenager. I had discovered mississipi delta blues and went out and bought myself a 1930 national steel to slide on. After that I bought an old Student Prince. I'm an artist to tell you the truth and it was great to see a piece of your art work. I looked you up to see if you had a page, because I wanted to do this piece called "tower of babbling" and it needs to be emmitting all sorts of sounds. A sound scape if you will. My own work is all over the place because of all my various interest. Please check out my site if you have an opportunity. All the best, Martin Delabano www.delabano.com
Malcolm Kirton		29/Jun/2000:12:43:41
Tom Kremer		24/Jun/2000:14:29:01
Hi John, I gotta get out more, didn't realize you had a new site going. When are you coming to Minneapolis? Hitomi - very nice. Best, Tom
dennis orneborg		23/Jun/2000:05:24:04
i just heard a 30 sec sample of a john fahey composition and i was stunned and felt a deep happiness, like when you finally hear some music you've been missing without knowing it. i right away ordered "death chants..." and will proberly have to hear more. haunting far away visions, just the songtitles makes me longing... looking forward to find out more. dennis/denmark
Kim Loughran		06/Jun/2000:15:41:28
Just happy to be along for the ride. As long as the guitar keeps playing... Regards
Emily Titon		21/May/2000:14:08:41
Hey John its me - I wish you all best in future endeavors - hope you are well - Love, E
Hamilton Clayton		22/Apr/2000:14:17:56
Hello John Fahey. When is the new album coming out? I'm tired of waiting...
Jim		17/Apr/2000:18:25:34
I think that Fahey is amazing and hoping to see that he will do some tours this coming summer and does the little stops, so that people can get a great in close concert!
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Cindy Reich Wiesner	Governor's Rock	05/Apr/2000:19:04:53
Hi John I hope you have forgiven me years ago as I have forgiven you...If you are ever in Vermont again please look us up. You played some of your best tunes here when Jan and you stayed at the house in Jacksonville. I have been happily married all these years and so has my brother Lee. We send our best regards and still love your music...and you. Remember the lake and the carp that grabbed your $#@* I still have a copy of you playing at Carnegie Hall....the 3 guitarists.... and the lady that asked you announce the names of your songs before you played them.... Bye John! Love Cindy
Malcolm Kirton		16/Mar/2000:14:04:05
Hi John-- where can I write to you?
Forrest Richey		25/Jan/2000:19:03:13
John, Long time. I still love your music, though I have drifted toward text and visual poetry. gettin' ready to retire [from being a chemist] and put full time into play [AKA put many vinyl on CD, mangle words, texts, etc. May you live long and play beautifully, Forrest Rt 6 Box 138 Charleston, WV 25311-9711
Paul Acquaro	music, mountains and lava	25/Jan/2000:15:09:03
John's music was an inspiration and I didn't even know it. I picked up America album and heard stuff I was doing, but done by John 20 long ago. I liked that.
Colin Anderson		17/Jan/2000:06:48:46
Hey John, A friend of mine just turned me on to your music. I play acoustic bass and am glad to say I've found an exciting new influence in you. Thanks for creating the music that you have and thanks for everything else you will give us as a collective music listenning society. Sincerely, COLIN ANDERSON
Chris Downes		15/Jan/2000:03:25:04
I believe there may be a melody behind the theme of this page -if so I wanted to say hello again (all the way from 1980, Australia). Very best wishes, Chris p.s. I love the art image you've used on the main page.
Chris Downes		14/Jan/2000:06:52:33
Dear John, How many web sites can one man have?! This one's not bad, but I still like johnfahey.com the best. Hope you're well and that the Washington gig on 15/1/2000 goes (went) well. My best wishes and good thoughts go to you - as ever. Your Australian friend, Chris
Matt Hersant	Matt's Musical Mess	13/Oct/1999:06:52:09
John Fahey's guitar music is fantastic. Many elements of life have been captured in his sonngs. Thank you.
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