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One of acoustic music's true innovators and eccentrics, John Fahey was a crucial figure in expanding the boundaries of the acoustic guitar over the last few decades. His music was so eclectic that it's arguable whether he should be defined as a "folk" artist. In a career that saw him issue several dozen albums, he drew from blues, Native American music, Indian ragas, experimental dissonance, and pop.... 


Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice) (or simply, Fare Forward Voyagers) is an album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1973. It contained three songs, one comprising a complete side of the original LP.

De Amerikaanse gitarist John Fahey overleed in februari 2001 op 61-jarige leeftijd aan de gevolgen van een hartoperatie. John Fahey debuteerde in 1959 met een album dat werd toegeschreven aan Blind Joe Death. John Fahey koppelde traditionele blues en country met elementen uit de klassieke muziek en Indiase muziek. John Fahey is de ontdekker van Leo Kottke en George Winston. In de jaren zestig bracht hij Canned Head bij elkaar


John Fahey - Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)

1  When the Fire and the Rose are One  [13:55] 
2  Thus Krishna on the Battlefield [6:36] 
3  Fare Forward Voyagers [23:42]