Kris Dollimore & Mike Jelly - Beautiful Linda Getchell

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Throughout the month of February I’m posting an instrumental song a day in memory and appreciation of the influential guitarist John Fahey, who was born 28th Feb 1939 and died 22nd Feb 2001.
Today I’m joined by my good friend and master musician, Mr Mike Jelly, performing Beautiful Linda Getchell.
Another Fahey composition, off his 1965 album The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death.
Linda Getchell, one of many girlfriends Fahey became obsessed and infatuated with, this song was presumably written and recorded before it, inevitably, went horribly wrong.
The intriguing 29 page booklet, that accompanies the album portrays “a Getchell” as some kind of caged, man eating, wild animal!
Fahey’s, sometimes surrealistic, writing of very tall tales, makes fascinating, mesmerising reading - in my opinion. I would recommend, How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life; an auto biography thats skits between fact and fantasy and visits some very dark, disturbing places.
Hope you enjoy this, thanks to Mike and please share.