ohn Fahey's death is shrouded in confusion and camouflage. He is believed to have

died in the explosion of a house during the filming of Michelangelo Antonioni's

Zabriskie Point in 1969. His remains were never found, and the question remains:

did Fahey purposely stage his own death for his own occlusive purposes?

A collusion of folk, blues, ethnic and modern classical methods, Fahey's music suggests both

the trickster and the shaman, and has attracted a cult of musician followers over the years,

ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime. His unsolved disappearance has inspired another

cult that worships Count Saint Germain, a Rosicrucian adept who is said to have never died and

assumed various identities over the centuries. Disciples of this sect, heard on this record,

believe Fahey, "The Great Koonaklaster," to be the most recent incarnation of Saint Germain.

They view Fahey's music as a synthesis of Saint Germain's abilities as a classical composer

and skills as an alchemist, and have absorbed his guitar style in order to pay homage to him.

There is much to be gleaned from the Koonaklasterians' rites contained within; whether or not

you choose to accept this "Immortal Motherf#cker of the 20th century" as Saint Germain is up

to you.

FORMAT: CD 

PACKAGING: Standard Jewel

RELEASE DATE: June, 19 2007

FILE UNDER: Rock, Various Artists

CATALOG NO: TOE-CD-91

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BOX LOT: 25

RELEASE DATE:  JUNE 19, 2007

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TRACK LIST

1. Jack Rose  "Since I've Been a Man Full Grown"  11:08

2. Greg Malcolm  "Spanish Flang Dang"  5:13

3. Ben Vida  "Exorcise/Intone"  7:24

4. Sir Richard Bishop  "Hood River Lap Dance"  4:25

5. Michael Hurley  "My Babe, My Babe"  3:00

6. No Neck Blues Band w/ John Fahey and Coach Fingers  "Overcome" 3:46

7. Lichens  "Escapisms in a Comedic Forum"  3:27

8. Badgerlore  "Red Apple"  5:31

9. R. Keenan Lawler  "I Used to Strive for a Tree; Now I Thrive on a Mountain"  4:06

10. Pumice  "Ceremonial Knives"  4:53

11. David Daniell  "Crossing the Susquehanna River Bridge"  11:31