“My life has been a search for the sacred.”

About John Fahey

Musician • American

John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who pioneered the steel-string guitar as a solo instrument. His idiosyncratic and exploratory style, known as American Primitive Guitar, blended elements of...

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