Blind Joe Death's America: John Fahey, the Blues, and Writing White DiscontentFor over sixty years, American guitarist John Fahey (1939 2001) has been a storied figure, first within the folk and blues revival of the long 1960s, later for fans of alternative music. Mythologizing himself as Blind Joe Death, Fahey crudely parodied white middle class fascination with African American blues, including his own. In this book, George Henderson mines Fahey's parallel careers as essayist, notorious liner note stylist, musicologist, and