Re: Another kind of farewell

on 2/27/01 5:16 AM, tuning@yahoogroups.com at tuning@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> From: Gregory Taylor <gtaylor@rtqe.net>
> Subject: [max-msp] Another kind of farewell
>
> I guess I'll remember this as being the year in which Xenakis
> *and* John Fahey passed away.
>
> http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010224/t000016703.html
>
> I'm sure that Jim O'Rourke and I aren't the only Max/MSP users
> to shed a tear at John's passing. Beyond the pleasure and range of
> his work [to say nothing of the way he rearranged the musical
> terrain he homesteaded on], you've gotta stop to contemplate the
> gift of his musical openness; he's the man who gave us "Blind
> Joe Death" *and* "Womblife." RIP, John.

I too will greatly miss his presence. John Fahey was the first person I
heard playing solo acoustic guitar instrumental music using blues
techniques, slide and open tunings that wasn't just accompaniment to songs.
His music pointed me towards a musical form of expression that has been an
integral part of my own compositional language ever since. RIP, Blind
Joe/John.

Seth

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