2005, Water
Live at the Matrix, SF 1968/69. One of acoustic music's true innovators and eccentrics drawing from blues, Native American music, Indian ragas, experimental dissonance, and pop, John Fahey was living in Berkeley, California in the late Sixties when this set at San Francisco's legendary Matrix club was recorded. Drawing the best material from his two sets at the club that night, The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick shows the influential fingerpicker at the height of his prodigious technique. Deluxe package with detailed liner notes by Fahey expert (and Cul de Sac member) Glenn Jones.
Tracklisting
Disc 1
| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | When the Springtime Comes Again |
| 3 | Joe Kirby Blues |
| 4 | Requiem for Mississippi John Hurt |
| 5 | When the Catfish Is in Bloom |
| 6 | Fahey Blows His Nose |
| 7 | Lion (Intro)/Challenges to Quitting Cigarettes |
| 8 | Lion |
| 9 | Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV of Spain |
| 10 | View East from the B&O Railroad Viaduct and the Riggs Road ... |
| 11 | On the Sunny Side of the Ocean |
| 12 | Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick |
| 13 | In Christ There Is No East or West |
| 14 | Announcement |
| 15 | Death of the Clayton Peacock |
| 16 | Revolt of the Dyke Brigade |
| 17 | Magruder Park |
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