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John Fahey

John Fahey is a person from the US, active from 1939.

Person US 1939–2001 american primitivism folk psychedelic folk
TOTAL PLAYS
177
SONGS PLAYED
99
STATIONS
3
FIRST PLAYED
2008-04-01 04:11 · 6 Music — "A Raga Called Pat Pt.S 1 & 2"
LAST PLAYED
4 months ago · 6 Music — "The Little Drummer Boy"
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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2008 — 2025
20 15 10 5 0
'08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
◦ WHERE

By station

6 Music 170 96%
Radio 2 6 3%
Radio 1 1 1%
1Xtra 0 0%
◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 22:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT
#TITLEPLAYSLAST
1 the dance of death 10 2014-10-22
2 The Dance Of Death (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) 7 2024-12-23
3 Sligo River Blues 7 2024-06-16
4 St Patricks' 7 2017-03-13
5 Joy To The World 6 2025-12-08
6 Buck Dancer's Choice 6 2020-06-19
7 The Red Pony 5 2024-07-23
8 On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean 5 2014-10-21
9 Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry 4 2024-10-30
10 Nightmare Summertime (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) 3 2023-11-30
11 On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) 3 2023-11-28
12 Medley: Hark the Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful 3 2021-12-11
◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-12-24 22:12 The Little Drummer Boy 6 Music
2025-12-14 21:26 The First Noel 6 Music
2025-12-09 18:41 Hark, The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful (Medley) 6 Music
2025-12-08 22:01 Joy To The World 6 Music
2025-10-23 21:16 Steel Guitar Rag (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) 6 Music
2025-10-22 21:28 The Death of the Clayton Peacock (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) 6 Music
2025-10-21 20:51 Sunflower River Blues (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) 6 Music
2025-10-20 21:36 Bucktown Stomp (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) 6 Music
2025-08-31 20:15 Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker 6 Music
2025-02-09 04:49 Sligo River Blues (Original Recording) 6 Music
2025-01-04 08:47 Poor Boy Long Ways From Home 6 Music
2024-12-23 12:12 The Dance Of Death (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) 6 Music
◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

99 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z
▶
A Raga Called Pat Pt.S 1 & 2 — 1 ▶
America — 2 ▶
Bicycle Built For Two — 1 ▶
Bottleneck Blues — 1 ▶
Buck Dancer's Choice — 6 ▶
Buck Dancers Choice — 1 ▶
Bucktown Stomp (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) — 1 ▶
Candyman — 1 ▶
Carol Of The Bells — 1 ▶
Christ Is Born as Child of Man — 1 ▶
Christ Saints Of God Fantasy — 1 ▶
Christmas Fantasy — 1 ▶
Christmas Fantasy Part 1 — 2 ▶
Christmas Fantasy Part One — 2 ▶
Christmas Fantasy Part Two — 1 ▶
Christmas Fantasy Pt.2 — 1 ▶
Christmas Medley — 1 ▶
Dance of the Inhabitants Of The Palace of King Phillip of Spain — 1 ▶
Evening, Not Night (pt. 2) — 1 ▶
Fast Forward Voyagers (Soldier'S Choice) — 1 ▶
For All the Saints — 1 ▶
For LMC 2 — 1 ▶
Franklin Blues — 1 ▶
Give Me Cornbread When I'm Hungry — 4 ▶
Hard Time Empty Bottle Blues Part 3 — 1 ▶
Hark The Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful — 1 ▶
Hark the Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful (Medley) — 1 ▶
Hark The Angles Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful — 1 ▶
Hark The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful — 3 ▶
Hark, the Herald Angels Sing / O come All Ye faithful — 1 ▶
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful (Medley) — 1 ▶
High Hill Blues — 1 ▶
Highhill Blues — 1 ▶
I'm a Poor Boy a Long Way From Home — 1 ▶
I'm A Poor Boy A Long Ways From Home — 1 ▶
In Christ There Is No East Or West — 2 ▶
In Christ there is No East or West (John Peel session 22.5.1969) — 1 ▶
Jesus Is A Dying Bedmaker — 1 ▶
Jingle Bells — 1 ▶
John Henry Variations — 2 ▶
Joy To The World — 6 ▶
Let Go — 3 ▶
Medley - Hark the Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful — 1 ▶
Medley: Hark the Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithful — 3 ▶
Medley: Hark The Herald Angels Sing/O Come All Ye Faithfull — 1 ▶
Medley: Hark, The Herald Angels Sing / O Come All Ye Faithful — 2 ▶
Medley: Pretty Polly / Shortnin' Bread — 1 ▶
Night Train To Valhalla — 1 ▶
Nightmare Summertime — 1 ▶
Nightmare Summertime (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) — 3 ▶
O Come All Ye Faithful — 1 ▶
O Come O Come Emanuel — 1 ▶
O' Holy Night — 1 ▶
On Doing An Evil Deed Blues — 1 ▶
On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean — 5 ▶
On The Sunny Side Of The Ocean (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) — 3 ▶
Orinda Moraga — 2 ▶
Orinda-Moraga — 2 ▶
Poor Boy — 3 ▶
Poor Boy Long Ways From Home — 1 ▶
Reinumeration Blues [Brenda's Blues] — 1 ▶
Remember — 2 ▶
Russian Christmas Overture — 1 ▶
Saint Patrick's Hymn (Radio 1 session, 8th Oct, 1987) — 1 ▶
Silent Night, Holy Night — 2 ▶
Sligo River Blues — 7 ▶
Sligo River Blues (Original Recording) — 1 ▶
Spanish Carol — 1 ▶
St Patricks' — 7 ▶
St Patricks' (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) — 2 ▶
St Patricks' - BBC Session 08/10/1987 — 1 ▶
St. Patricks — 1 ▶
Steel Guitar Rag — 1 ▶
Steel Guitar Rag (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) — 1 ▶
Steel Guitar Rag (John Peel session 22.5.1969) — 1 ▶
Steel Guitar Rag (Radio 1 session 22 May 1969) — 1 ▶
Sunflower River Blues — 3 ▶
Sunflower River Blues (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) — 1 ▶
Take A Look At That Baby — 2 ▶
the dance of death — 10 ▶
The Dance Of Death (Radio 1 Session, 8 Oct 1987) — 7 ▶
The Death of the Clayton Peacock (BBC Session, 22 May 1969) — 1 ▶
The Death of the Clayton Peacock (John Peel session 22.5.1969) — 1 ▶
The Discovery Of The Sylvia Scott — 1 ▶
The First Noel — 2 ▶
The Little Drummer Boy — 1 ▶
The Portland Cement Factory At Monolith California — 1 ▶
The Red Pony — 5 ▶
The Spanish Two Step — 3 ▶
The Spanish Two Step - BBC Session 08/10/1987 — 1 ▶
The Sunflower River Blues (John Peel session 22.5.1969) — 1 ▶
the Sunflower River Blues (Radio 1 session 22 May 1969) — 1 ▶
The Waltz That Carried Us Away And Then A Mosquito Came And Ate Up My Sweetheart — 1 ▶
The Yellow Princess — 1 ▶
We Three Kings/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Fantasy — 1 ▶
When The Catfish Is In Bloom — 2 ▶
When the Fire and the Rose Are One — 1 ▶
When the Spring Comes Again — 1 ▶
When the Spring Time Comes Again — 1 ▶