Released June 19, 2007 Release date 19 June 2007 | Length 64:24 Label Table of the Elements | |
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Genres Folk music, Blues, Avant-garde Similar The Best of John Fahey - V, Vanguard Visionaries, A Tribute to John Fahey, Railroad, On Air | ||
The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration is a tribute CD to guitarist John Fahey released in 2007.
Contents
The sessions for the 1997 Fahey/Cul de Sac collaboration album The Epiphany of Glenn Jones marks the first appearance of "The Great Kooniklaster" [sic], as an Art Deco object Fahey acquired, named, and placed in the studio to bring focus to the sessions. Fahey used the term in a variety of ways. It appeared in the introduction of the guitar instruction book The Best of John Fahey as a "KoonaKlastier Konfectionary" and also appears in Fahey's book How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life.
Reception
Music critic Kris Needs of Record Collector gave the tribute album five stars and stated "With projects like this... Fahey still seems to be leading a not-so-quiet revolution from beyond the grave."
In his review for Pitchfork Media, Grayson Currin praised the album, calling it "a mighty tribute to a worthy subject' and "the clearest and most brazen picture of the onus and inspiration Fahey has left for modern music. Importantly, this is a tribute record, but it's not a covers record: Instead, it collects unreleased work from 11 current experimental acts that feel Fahey's influence and attempt to offer a glimpse of it here."
Songs
1Since I've Been a Man Full GrownJack Rose11:08
2Spanish Flang DangGreg Malcolm5:13
3Exorcise / IntoneBen Vida7:24