John Fahey News

The master of folk guitar playing his most unrecognized masterpiece, The Voice of the Turtle , mostly because no one but John Fahey knows exactly who played each part of the album and which parts are attributable to Fahey alone.

Leo Kottke is a legendary and beloved master of finger picking guitar and a gifted raconteur.

Joe Bussard, 75, has perhaps the world's greatest collectors of 78 RPM records. Back in 2004, I posted about Bussard and his remarkable collection of blues, folk, gospel, and Americana shellac records.

"Jack's early music is recognized in the Takoma-inspired tradition of John Fahey, Leo Kottke - here Jack adds his own exotic stylings and a recognizable touch, somewhat related to the whole strain of free, late sixties modally fuelled string music, led in the uk by the likes of Davy Graham, Renbourn & Jansch and a host of less talented imitators.