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check it out, here's the original post i was talking about:
> From: "Charlie Schmidt"
> Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:37:55 -0000
> Subject: [FaheyGuitarPlayers] Best of Fahey and
> Schmidt
>
> Friends,
> I want to state publicly now that Fantasy Records' March release of
> The Best of John Fahey, Vol. 2 is not what it appears to be. Three
> of the songs on this record were performed not by John Fahey, but by
> me, Charlie Schmidt.
>
> I recorded Tracks 1, 3, and 9 in March, 1993 for a project with
> Fahey that never went anywhere. According to producer Henry Kaiser,
> Richard Nevins of Shanachie recieved a DAT master from Fahey that
> included Fahey pieces that I had played, in a manner very much like
> John Fahey. In addition, there were other compositions on there
> that I wrote, including Track 9 which is not even a Fahey piece, but
> a Charlie Schmidt one. When I wrote it, John loved it and named it
> at my request: The Hyattsville Anti-Inertia Dance. Fantasy through
> no fault of its own did not know what it had; it sure sounded like
> Fahey over there. Note that through an oversight, the credits on
> Best of Vol2 do not reflect that I am the writer of this song, and
> the playerof all three, so I literally want to set the record straight.
>
> As such, it's a good time to apprise you all of my
> own record, Xanthe Terra, which will be available in the coming
> weeks; I will keep you posted. If you like Fahey, there will be
> something for you on this record, which echoes Fahey in many ways, but
> is also very much its own thing.
>
> Finally, Glenn Jones, wasn't it you who imagined the lurking John
> Fahey thinking up his next scheme? I hear him roaring in absurd
> laughter. HAAAA HAAAR HARRR HAAAR HHAARRRRRRRRRR
>
> Regards, Charlie Schmidt
― amon (eman), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link
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― amon (eman), Friday, 12 August 2005 01:25 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, Schmidt's playing here in Chicago on the 26th. Sounds like he doesn't -- or at least hasn't -- played out a whole lot. Should be worth checking out.
― nepre, Friday, 12 August 2005 01:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Fascinating stuff. Haven't seen or heard anything about Schmidt here in the U.K., but the album sounds promising.
Does anyone know offhand if the Chicago Reader is an entertainment publication or a daily newspaper? The piece on Johnny Pate by the same writer was equally noteworthy. I had no idea the man was even still alive.
― mlianne, Friday, 12 August 2005 01:59 (eighteen years ago) link
I am shocked! Only because those three songs are incredible, in my opinion. They are certainly reason enough to pick up Best of Vol. 2.
― San Carlos, Friday, 12 August 2005 03:58 (eighteen years ago) link
Just pulled out the disc and listened to the songs in question and it's damn hard to tell it's not Fahey playing. Very strange story.
― bradlee, Friday, 12 August 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
twelve years pass...
charlie was at the 1000 roses fest, closest i'll ever come to seeing fahey. he was channeling the spirit for sure. we coincidentally went to the same college so i complimented him a day later when i saw him in a hallway at the venue and it seemed like it made his day to hear that he was a perfect mimic/channeler. apparently the guy who told charlie that his recordings were on the best of comp is from mpls too, because i met him also
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 19 April 2018 23:07 (six years ago) link