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The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration

2007 studio album by Various artists

The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration is a tribute CD to guitarist John Fahey released in 2007.

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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.[1] 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.[2][3]

Reception

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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."[5]

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."[4]

Track listing

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References

  1. [1]
    Jones, Glenn. Original CD liner notes for The Epiphany of Glenn Jones. Retrieved January 2010.
  2. [2]
    Fahey, John. The Best of John Fahey. 1978. Guitar Player Books.
  3. [3]
    Fahey, John (2000). How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life : Stories / by John Fahey. Chicago: Drag City Incorporated. LCCN 99075130.
  4. [4]
    Currin, Grayson. "The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration > Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved May 3, 2010.
  5. [5]
    Needs, Kris (September 2007). "Review: The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration". Record Collector (340).



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