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Today I bring you Wine & Roses, composed by John Fahey after re-discovering legendary bluesman Skip James in 1964.
Fahey was a devout blues enthusiast and was having trouble figuring out the alternative guitar tunings used by Skip James… so he decided to track down the forgotten (at the time) musician, not knowing if he was even still alive let alone still playing and performing! James was eventually found, suffering from cancer, at a hospital in Tunica, Arkansas. He did enjoy (some might say endured) something of a renaissance until his death in 1969, which was largely, if not entirely, due to John Fahey (Henry Vestine later of Canned Heat and Bill Barth should also get a mention).
This song was allegedly written a week or two after the meeting, as Fahey now had knowledge of that elusive tuning. Dm - DADFAD in case you’re wondering.

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