I Remember Blind Joe Death

I Remember Blind Joe Death is an album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1987.

I Remember Blind Joe Death
Studio album by John Fahey
Released	1987
Recorded	1986 at Spectrum, Portland, Oregon
Genre	Folk
Length	45:41
Label	Varrick
Producer	Tinh Mahoney
John Fahey chronology
Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes (1985) I Remember Blind Joe Death (1987) God, Time and Causality (1989)

This album was later disregarded by Fahey, stating the album suffers from sloppy playing due to the Epstein–Barr virus he was suffering from at the time.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]
New Musical Express	8/10^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]

CMJ New Music wrote that "The record is rooted in a deep delta blues sound-but that's certainly not where it ends.. Fabulous."^[5]

Track listing

1. "The Evening Mysteries of Ferry Street" (Fahey) – 3:28
2. "You'll Find Her Name Written There" (Harold Hensley) – 1:36
3. "The Minutes Seem Like Hours, The Hours Seem Like Days" (Fahey) – 4:02
4. "Are You from Dixie?" (Traditional) – 2:45
5. "A Minor Blues" (Traditional) – 4:42
6. "Steel Guitar Rag" (Traditional) – 2:26
7. "Nightmare/Summertime" (Artie Shaw, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward) – 5:25
8. "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" (Beth Slater Whitson, Leo Friedman) – 2:12
9. "Unknown Tango" (Traditional) – 3:54
10. "Improv in E Minor" (Fahey) – 7:31
11. "Lava on Waikiki" (Fahey) – 2:18
12. "Gaucho" (Bola Sete) – 6:00

Personnel

• John Fahey – guitar

Production notes

• Tinh Mahoney – producer
• Mike Moore – engineer
• Tom Coyne – mastering
• Susan Marsh – design

References

1. "I Remember Blind Joe Death > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
3. McKay, Alastair (14 November 1987). "John Fahey: I Remember Blind Joe Death". New Musical Express. p. 36.
4. Sheffield, Rob (2004). "John Fahey". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
5. "I Remember Blind Joe Death > Review". CMJ New Music. November 2000.