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''Of Rivers and Religion'' is an album by American folk musician John Fahey, released in 1972. It was his first recording on a major label (Reprise Records) and is credited to John Fahey and His Orchestra. It marked a significant change from Fahey's previous releases, incorporating a backing band and performing songs and arrangements in a Dixieland jazz style. Although Time picked it as one of the Top Ten albums of 1972, it was also a difficult album to market and had little enthusiasm at Reprise. == History == ''Of Rivers and Religion'' was the first album Fahey recorded with producer/manager Denny Bruce. Bruce had negotiated the contract with Reprise after failing to negotiate with Fahey's previous label, Vanguard Records.〔 Bruce arranged for the musicians, beginning with Jack Feierman who wrote the majority of the arrangements.〔 Many of the New Orleans session players had previously contributed to Walt Disney's soundtrack for ''Song of the South''. Some of the same musicians would appear on Fahey's second release for Reprise, ''After the Ball''.〔 Multi-instrumentalist and session musician Chris Darrow later commented, "I remember the first time I ever heard him, I thought they'd turned the record from 45 to 33 or something, 'cause I couldn't believe how slow he played."〔 The session band appeared on "Dixie Pig Bar-B-Q Blues", "Texas and Pacific Blues" and "Lord Have Mercy". Speaking of both ''Of Rivers and Religion'' and ''After the Ball'' in a 1998 interview for The Wire, Fahey recalled, "I don't understand why they got bad reviews. It's like every time I wanted to do something other than play guitar I got castigated." The album cover featured a photo staged at Disneyland's Tom Sawyer's Island.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Of Rivers and Religion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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