The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death

The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death is a 1965 solo guitar album by John Fahey that showcases his idiosyncratic fingerstyle approach, blending traditional folk and blues forms with ragtime, classical motifs and occasional avant garde touches. Fahey's spare, resonant acoustic tone, open tunings and extended instrumental pieces emphasize mood and narrative rather than conventional song structures, and the record is associated with his mythic persona and influence on progressive folk and the American primitive guitar tradition.