Music & The Performing Arts
[FAHEY, John] How Bluegrass Destroyed My Life. Stories by John Fahey
[FAHEY, John] How Bluegrass Destroyed My Life. Stories by John Fahey
Chicago: Drag City, 2000. Second Edition. Softcover. Small octavo. 291pp. Corner crease, light curls to corners, short tear at upper spine. A good reading copy.
A collection of fictional but semi-autobiographical stories, this work comes from one of the most influential guitarists in music history. The tales are recalled in a conversational, feverish tone, following the musician in his childhood and young adulthood in post-World War II suburbia, pausing along the way for moments of clarity and introspection. The stories resist categorization—part memoir, part personal essay, part fiction, and part manifesto they simply stand alone, having their own logic, religious dogma, and mythological history. Some of the tales may disturb some people, or at least, one can hope! Required reading!
