He died six days short of his 62nd birthday from complications after an operation involving six coronary bypasses, the details of his life almost as complicated as the lengthy discography built up over five decades.
Keeping track of the permutations, combinations and reissues means I’ve had to go to the unusual extreme of keeping the label details in the material I’ve borrowed from Wikipedia and other sources, and if that seems like unnecessary detail I’d point out there are at least ten versions of Blind Joe Death and nine of the Christmas album.
Biographical Sketch Links
Discography: Studio albums 1959-1973 Studio albums 1975-1991 Studio Albums 1992-2003 Live albums; Compilation albums 1969-1996 Compilations 2004-2011; Tribute albums
In the music library: After the Ball God, Time, and Causality
The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party And Other Excursions; Guitar Volume 4
The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick: Live @ The Matrix San Francisco, CA 1968-1969 The Legend of Blind Joe Death
Live in Tasmania The New Possibility Of Rivers And Religion Old Fashioned Love
Old Girlfriends And Other Horrible Memories Rain Forest, Oceans & Other Themes
Requia and Other Compositions for Solo Guitar Return Of The Repressed: John Fahey Anthology
The Voice Of The Turtle The Yellow Princess Your Past Comes Back to Haunt You (The Fonotone Years 1958-1965)
Books: Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life Vampire Vultures The John Fahey Handbook Vol. 1