John Fahey – Reed College, Portland, OR (1967-04-08)

John Fahey soundboard recording from April 8th, 1967 at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Co-billed show with Robbie Basho, John played his set first. Credit for audio to Steve Halpern, zuma11, and grner1. Additional details are quoted below.

"In late 2019, fellow Neil Young fan and Reed College alumnus, Jim B contacted me. He said that Reed College alum Steve Halpern had a group of late 60's/early 70's Reed College recordings of Reverend Gary Davis, John Lee Hooker, John Fahey & Robbie Basho that needed transferring.

In 1985, Steve found the recordings among a cache of reels in a Reed College library backroom while researching poet Lew Welch. It appeared that most of the reels were of official college business - board meetings etc, but others were student run campus events including lectures and music. He borrowed a few of the music related reels and transferred them using a reel to reel player from the library's AV dept, to a radio shack "y" cable plugged the reel to reel's RCA jacks into one of those ubiquitous, small, portable Panasonic cassette player/recorders. He doesn't know if the originals were mono or stereo.

The library was remodeled in 2008. As Steve was later told, most of the miscellaneous contents of the library was stored in bins in another building while the remodeling occurred. Steve thinks the reels, many of which had no labels, may have been discarded afterwords."

Uploaded for the love.

0:01 St. Louis Blues
2:50 The Great San Bernardino Birthday Party
10:11 Requiem For Russell Blaine Cooper
17:34 The Red Pony (Wine and Roses)
22:22 On The Banks Of The Owchita
27:28 When The Catfish Is In Bloom
34:13 Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Palace Of King Philip XIV
39:23 In Christ There Is No East Or West

Link to Robbie Basho’s 1967-04-08 set:
   • Robbie Basho – Reed College, Portland...  

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