3LP'S John Fahey Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3 Takoma Label

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John Fahey (February 28, 1939 – February 22, 2001) was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been greatly influential and has been described as American Primitive, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of his art. Fahey himself borrowed from the folk and blues traditions of America but incorporated classical, Brazilian, Indian and abstract music into his eclectic ouevreAfter graduating from American University with a degree in philosophy and religion, Fahey moved to California in 1963 to study philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley. The following year, Fahey moved south to Los Angeles to join the folklore master's program at UCLA at the invitation of department head D.K. Wilgus. Fahey's UCLA master's thesis on the music of Charley Patton, later published, is considered among the very best of folklore academia. He completed it with the musicological assistance of his friend Alan Wilson, who shortly after became a member of Canned Heat. As his guitar playing and composing progressed, Fahey developed a style that blended the picking patterns he discovered on old blues 78s with the dissonance of contemporary classical composers he loved, such as Charles Ives and Béla Bartók. In 1958 Fahey made his first recordings. These were for his friend Joe Bussard's amateur Fonotone label. He recorded under the pseudonym Blind Thomas. The Three Album Covers have no Splits but show signs of slight wear. The Records are fair to borderline good but have scratches hairlines and smudges They play adequately well but in a few spots they have some chatter Sound Quality is average  Volume one and two are correct cover with correct record. Volume 3 album is Tacoma C1004 but Record is 1040 Leo Kottke, Peter Lang, John Fahey Volume one Blind Joe Death, Volume Two Death Chants Breakdowns and Military Waltzes, Volume Three as previously Stated These are very difficult to find quite rare.