The Bottom Line
This CD encompasses some of Fahey's best work and his strongest influences, and is one of the best tribute recordings I've heard in some time.
Pros
- One of the best tribute CDs released in a long time
- Incredible covers by some of the best artists around
- Calexico, Sufjan Stevens, M Ward, Lee Ranaldo
Cons
- Not a bad song on the disc
Description
- There's not a slow moment on the disc.
- A well-deserved, well-paid tribute to one of the best players around.
- The line-up of artists really speaks for itself.
Guide Review - (Various Artists) "I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey"
How can you possibly go wrong when you get artists like Calexico, Sufjan Stevens, Cul De Sac, Grandaddy, and M Ward together to pay tribute to one of the greatest guitar players around?Much like Fahey's work itself, this CD will draw your attention from the very first implication of a note, and will retain your interest until the last note has echoed off into silence.
Fahey has managed to master the art of not only playing notes, but of telling stories without using words. Like any great storyteller, his compositions say as much in the spaces between notes and songs as they do during the loudest, most intricate arpeggios.
The artists included on this CD are some of the best players around, and they don't hold back a thing in paying tribute to Fahey's best work. It's rare anymore to hear a CD that holds you from beginning to end, without even one song that falls short of the rest. But this tribute recording does just that. Definitely a must-have.
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