Volume 6: Days Have Gone By

Volume 6: Days Have Gone By (1967) finds John Fahey in his signature solo acoustic guitar mode, blending traditional blues and country-folk sources with modal, raga-like passages and subtle dissonance. The music emphasizes intricate fingerpicking, open tunings, and extended instrumental explorations that shift between recognizable folk motifs and idiosyncratic rearrangements, producing a mood that is both reflective and exploratory. The album is representative of Fahey's contribution to the American primitive guitar approach, where blues roots and modernist sensibilities intersect.