The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration

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The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration
Studio album by
Various artists
ReleasedJune 19, 2007
GenreBlues, folk, Avant-garde
Length64:24
LabelTable of the Elements
Tributes to John Fahey chronology
The Revenge of Blind Joe Death: The John Fahey Tribute Album
(2006)
The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration
(2007)

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

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[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(8.2 of 10) [4]
Record Collector(5 stars) [5]

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[edit]

No.TitlePerformerLength
1."Since I've Been a Man Full Grown"Jack Rose11:08
2."Spanish Flang Dang"Greg Malcolm5:13
3."Exorcise/Intone"Ben Vida7:24
4."Hood River Lap Dance"Richard Bishop4:25
5."My Babe, My Babe"Michael Hurley3:00
6."Overcome"No-Neck Blues Band3:46
7."Escapisms in a Comedic Forum"Lichens3:27
8."Red Apple"Badgerlore5:31
9."I Used to Strive for a Tree; Now I Thrive on a Mountain"R. Keenan Lawler4:06
10."Ceremonial Knives"Pumice4:53
11."Crossing the Susquehanna River Bridge"David Daniell11:31

References[edit]

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