John Fahey (musician)
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John Aloysius Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been influential and has been described as founda
Fahey performing in Paris, 1984
Fahey in studio with Recording King guitar, c. 1970
Childhood home of John Fahey
Alan Wilson (musician)
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Alan Christie Wilson, nicknamed "Blind Owl", was an American musician, best known as the co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the blues rock band Canned Heat. He sang and played
John Fahey (musician)
…thesis on the music of Charley Patton was later published by Studio Vista in 1970. He completed it with the musicological assistance of his friend Alan Wilson, who later joined Canned Heat. While Fahey lived in Berkeley, Takoma Records was reborn through a collaboration with Maryland friend ED Denson. Fahey…
Alan Wilson's Arlington High School senior portrait, 1961
Wilson (second from right) with Canned Heat in 1970
Wilson performing with Canned Heat at the Kralingen Music Festival
Wilson's 1954 Les Paul Goldtop with an improved two-part tailpiece