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John Fahey
Recorded circa 1995/96, mostly in John Fahey’s room at a Salem, Oregon boardinghouse, the performances on Proofs and Refutations prefigure the ornery turn of the page that marked Fahey’s final…
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(Guitar Recorded Versions). 18 songs in note-for-note transcriptions with tab from the man who was considered the grandfather of instrumental acoustic fingerstyle guitar. Includes: America * Brenda’s Blues * Desperate…
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(Guitar Recorded Versions). Matching guitar transcriptions to Fahey’s iconic 1968 album featuring 14 guitar solo arrangements of Christmas classics: Auld Lang Syne * Bells of St. Mary’s * Go I…
Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia’s interests from the…
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Deeply researched with keen judgements, Traitors and Spies is a devastating indictment of Australia’s security services and their political masters in the decades before the formation of ASIO.‘ - Professor…
There are times when an idyllic childhood in Ireland, even for just a few years, can sustain that child as he grows older, encountering physical abuse and terror. That was…
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Traitors and Spies tells the story of Australia’s intelligence operations before ASIO was established, and reveals the dark side of Australian politics in the first half of the twentieth century.
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An intimate look at the life of legendary musician John Fahey through his journal entries and letters.
The story of the first 25 years of Australia's national signals intelligence organisation, told for the first time.
A young man becomes a research scientist wanting to fight against diseases, tormented by memories of his troubled teenage years and nightmares, fearing he will have a short life to…
Joseph R Garry (1910-1975), a Coeur d'Alene Indian, served six terms as president of the National Congress of American Indians in the 1950s. He led the battles to compel the…
Noted guitarist John Fahey presents a textual and musicological examination of the music of blues legend Charley Patton. This new edition is enhanced by Fahey’s notes from the Grammy-winning, out-of-print…
The first systematic account of Australian intelligence operations in the early 20th century offers fascinating new insights into Australian politics and international relations.
Steve Lowenthal
John Fahey hovers ghostlike in the sound of almost every acoustic guitarist who came after him, from Leo Kottke to Jimmy Page. In essence, John Fahey is to the solo…
George Henderson
For over sixty years, American guitarist John Fahey (1939-2001) has been a storied figure, first within the folk and blues revival of the long 1960s, later for fans of alternative…
John H Fahey
On The One Hundred And Eighty-Eighth Anniversary Of The Birth Of Jefferson, April 13, 1931.
John F Fahey
John E. Fahey
Examines the economic, political, demographic, and cultural ramifications of Austro-Hungarian military investment in Przemysl, Poland, from the inception of the fortress in the 1870s, through four months of siege in…
