John Fahey + Gastr del Sol + Smog at Spaceland
September 2nd, 2008
Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs of Gastr del Sol. Photo by Rich Jacobs.
Los Angeles, California
Friday, August 2, 1996
This was an acoustic guitarathon to end all “athons.” Smog was melancholy and sing-songy. Gastr del Sol was alternately tuned, droney and grated one big, long piece of cheese. John Fahey wound intricate webs of disturbed thought around the very gradually dispersing crowd–he played at least close to two hours–highlighted by some ghostly lap steel slide action. Although it didn’t floor me like I thought it might, this was still a pretty good show with definite moments of nod-out bliss. About 75% of the 200-plus people there used Spaceland as a mere watering hole—yakking endlessly and seemingly oblivious that actual live music was being played. Oh well, give me a call sometime.
John Fahey. Photo by Rich Jacobs.
Note: This article originally appeared in Lou Zine (Lou’s Records newsletter) in August 1996.
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