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John Fahey is being remembered as a politician with compassion following his death from leukaemia. Political and community leaders are paying tribute to the former NSW premier who became the federal finance minister and head of the World Anti-Doping Agency. More: 7news.link/32oOUMC #JohnFahey #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney

John Fahey was an American fingerstyle guitarist and composer who played the steel-string acoustic guitar as a solo instrument. His style has been enormously influential and has been described as the foundation of American Primitive Guitar, a term borrowed from painting and referring mainly to the self-taught nature of the music and its minimalist style. Fahey borrowed from the folk and blues traditions in American roots music, having compiled many forgotten early recordings in these genres. He