Rain Forests, Oceans and Other Themes
Encyclopedia
CMJ New Music wrote that Fahey's "... newest work is slightly more subdued than last year's Let Go, but equally as radiant. A nimble-fingered master... Fahey has continually created profound expressions on the acoustic guitar, in a mystical yet intimate setting".
Production notes
Track listing
- "Melody McOcean" (Fahey) – 6:42
- "Rain Forest" (Fahey) – 6:47
- "Lullaby and Finale from the Firebird" (Igor StravinskyIgor StravinskyIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
) – 4:19 - "Atlantic High" (Fahey) – 2:08
- "Samba de Orfeo" (Luiz BonfáLuiz BonfáLuiz Floriano Bonfá was a Brazilian guitarist and composer best known for the compositions he penned for the film Black Orpheus.-Biography:...
) – 3:12 - "Theme and Variations" (Louis HardinMoondogMoondog, born Louis Thomas Hardin , was a blind American composer, musician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. Moving to New York as a young man, Moondog made a deliberate decision to make his home on the streets there, where he spent approximately twenty of the thirty years he...
) – 3:00 - "May This Be Love/Casey Jones" (Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
, Furry LewisFurry LewisFurry Lewis was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. Lewis was one of the first of the old-time blues musicians of the 1920s to be brought out of retirement, and given a new lease of recording life, by the folk blues revival of the 1960s.-Life and...
) – 3:28 - "Intro to Ocean Waves/Ocean Waves" (Fahey, Bola SeteBola SeteBola Sete was a Brazilian guitarist. Sete played jazz with Vince Guaraldi as well as with Dizzy Gillespie. His song "Bettina" was featured on the "Tribe Vibes" breakbeat compilation, as it had been sampled by the musical group A Tribe Called Quest.Born in Rio de Janeiro, Bola Sete's name means...
) – 6:31 - "Jiroscho Ascopi" (Fahey, Terry Robb) – 5:20
- "Saint Patrick's Hymn" (Traditional) – 2:38
Personnel
- John Fahey – guitar
- Terry Robb – guitar, bottleneck guitar
- Guy Maxwell – percussion, drum machine
- Scott White – bass
Production notes
- John Fahey – producer
- Terry Robb – producer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Susan Marsh – design