| The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration | ||||
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| Studio album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | June 19, 2007 | |||
| Genre | Blues, folk, Avante-garde | |||
| Length | 64:24 | |||
| Label | Table of the Elements | |||
| Tributes to John Fahey chronology | ||||
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The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration is a tribute CD to guitarist John Fahey released in 2007.
The sessions for the 1997 Fahey/Cul de Sac collaboration album The Epiphany of Glenn Jones marks the first appearance of "The Great Kooniklaster" [sic], as an Art Deco object Fahey acquired, named, and placed in the studio to bring focus to the sessions.[1] Fahey used the term in a variety of ways. It appeared in the introduction of the guitar instruction book The Best of John Fahey as a "KoonaKlastier Konfectionary" and also appears in Fahey's book How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life.[2][3]
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.2 of 10) [4] |
| Record Collector | (5 stars) [5] |
Music critic Kris Needs of Record Collector gave the tribute album five stars and stated "With projects like this... Fahey still seems to be leading a not-so-quiet revolution from beyond the grave."[5]
In his review for Pitchfork Media, Grayson Currin praised the album, calling it "a mighty tribute to a worthy subject' and "the clearest and most brazen picture of the onus and inspiration Fahey has left for modern music. Importantly, this is a tribute record, but it's not a covers record: Instead, it collects unreleased work from 11 current experimental acts that feel Fahey's influence and attempt to offer a glimpse of it here." [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Performer | Length |
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| 1. | "Since I've Been a Man Full Grown" | Jack Rose | 11:08 | |
| 2. | "Spanish Flang Dang" | Greg Malcolm | 5:13 | |
| 3. | "Exorcise/Intone" | Ben Vida | 7:24 | |
| 4. | "Hood River Lap Dance" | Richard Bishop | 4:25 | |
| 5. | "My Babe, My Babe" | Michael Hurley | 3:00 | |
| 6. | "Overcome" | No-Neck Blues Band | 3:46 | |
| 7. | "Escapisms in a Comedic Forum" | Lichens | 3:27 | |
| 8. | "Red Apple" | Badgerlore | 5:31 | |
| 9. | "I Used to Strive for a Tree; Now I Thrive on a Mountain" | R. Keenan Lawler | 4:06 | |
| 10. | "Ceremonial Knives" | Pumice | 4:53 | |
| 11. | "Crossing the Susquehanna River Bridge" | David Daniell | 11:31 |