I Remember Blind Joe Death

I Remember Blind Joe Death is an album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1987.

I Remember Blind Joe Death
Studio album by
John Fahey
Released1987
Recorded1986 at Spectrum Studios, Portland, OR
GenreFolk
Length45:41
LabelVarrick
ProducerTinh Mahoney
John Fahey chronology
Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes
(1985)		 I Remember Blind Joe Death
(1987)		 God, Time and Causality
(1989)

This album was later disregarded by Fahey, stating the album suffers from sloppy playing due to the Epstein-Barr virus he was suffering from at the time.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

CMJ New Music wrote that "The record is rooted in a deep delta blues sound-but that's certainly not where it ends.. Fabulous."[4]

Track listing
  1. "The Evening Mysteries of Ferry Street" (Fahey) – 3:28
  2. "You'll Find Her Name Written There" (Harold Hensley) – 1:36
  3. "The Minutes Seem Like Hours, The Hours Seem Like Days" (Fahey) – 4:02
  4. "Are You from Dixie?" (Traditional) – 2:45
  5. "A Minor Blues" (Traditional) – 4:42
  6. "Steel Guitar Rag" (Traditional) – 2:26
  7. "Nightmare/Summertime" (Artie Shaw, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward) – 5:25
  8. "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (Beth Slater Whitson, Leo Friedman) – 2:12
  9. "Unknown Tango" (Traditional) – 3:54
  10. "Improv in E Minor" (Fahey) – 7:31
  11. "Lava on Waikiki" (Fahey) – 2:18
  12. "Gaucho" (Bola Sete) – 6:00

Personnel
  • John Fahey – guitar

Production notes

  • Tinh Mahoney – producer
  • Mike Moore – engineer
  • Tom Coyne – mastering
  • Susan Marsh – design

References
  1. "I Remember Blind Joe Death > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "John Fahey". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  4. "I Remember Blind Joe Death > Review". CMJ New Music. November 2000.
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