by
John Fahey
- Record Label: Dust-to-Digital
- Release Date: Oct 11, 2011
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Nov 14, 2011Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You: The Fonotone Years, 1958-1965 is a massive John Fahey document that was a full decade in the making by Dean Blackwood of Revenant, guitarist Glenn Jones, and Lance Ledbetter of Dust-to-Digital.
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Entertainment WeeklyNov 23, 2011A rich exploration of Appalachian roots. [25 Nov 2011, p.71]
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Nov 14, 2011Fahey was a restless listener, tinkerer, thinker, and player--a combination that makes this set fascinating both as a history book and a lifetime listening indulgence.
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Nov 14, 2011This set--six meticulously documented hours recorded before his first proper album--is a progress chart.
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Nov 14, 2011Simply, we are left with more evidence of a true American original, who was also as important in his own way as Harry Smith or Alan Lomax and other such college-educated curatorial spirits.