He used a traditional guitar style to play modern-based compositions in an extended way. And his liner notes were way cool. ' The press garnered by Death Chants was enough to get Fahey his first paying gig--a weeklong engagement at Boston's Odyssey Coffeehouse in the summer of '65.'' In his 1992 article ``Reinventing the Steel'' for Acoustic Guitar, Dale Miller described the liner notes that Fahey began including on his releases as ``hilarious yet profound and somewhat disturbing phony folklorical ramblings that spoofed the pedantic notes on many folk releases of the day.''
He used a traditional guitar style to play modern-based compositions in an extended way.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
use
used
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
traditional
traditional
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
guitar
guitar
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
style
style
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
play
play
VERB
VB
amod
Degree=Pos
modern
modern
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
base
based
VERB
VBN
obj
Number=Plur
composition
compositions
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
extended
extended
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
way
way
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
And his liner notes were way cool.
cc
and
And
CCONJ
CC
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
liner
liner
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Plur
note
notes
NOUN
NNS
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
were
AUX
VBD
advmod
way
way
ADV
RB
root
Degree=Pos
cool
cool
ADJ
JJ
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
' The press garnered by Death Chants was enough to get Fahey his first paying gig--a weeklong engagement at Boston's Odyssey Coffeehouse in the summer of '65.''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
``
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
press
press
NOUN
NN
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
garner
garnered
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
death
Death
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Plur
Chants
Chants
PROPN
NNPS
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Degree=Pos
enough
enough
ADJ
JJ
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
get
get
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Sing
Fahey
Fahey
PROPN
NNP
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
pay
paying
NOUN
NN
xcomp
Number=Sing
gig
gig
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
punct
-
-
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
weeklong
weeklong
ADJ
JJ
parataxis
Number=Sing
engagement
engagement
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Boston
Boston
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
Odyssey
Odyssey
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Coffeehouse
Coffeehouse
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
summer
summer
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
punct
'
'
PUNCT
``
nmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
65
65
NUM
CD
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
In his 1992 article ``Reinventing the Steel'' for Acoustic Guitar, Dale Miller described the liner notes that Fahey began including on his releases as ``hilarious yet profound and somewhat disturbing phony folklorical ramblings that spoofed the pedantic notes on many folk releases of the day.''
case
in
In
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1992
1992
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Sing
article
article
NOUN
NN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
acl
VerbForm=Ger
reinvent
Reinventing
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
Steel
Steel
PROPN
NNP
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
case
for
for
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
acoustic
Acoustic
ADJ
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Guitar
Guitar
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Dale
Dale
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Miller
Miller
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
describe
described
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
liner
liner
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Plur
note
notes
NOUN
NNS
obj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Number=Sing
Fahey
Fahey
PROPN
NNP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
begin
began
VERB
VBD
case
VerbForm=Ger
include
including
VERB
VBG
case
on
on
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Plur
release
releases
NOUN
NNS
case
as
as
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
hilarious
hilarious
ADJ
JJ
cc
yet
yet
CCONJ
CC
conj
Degree=Pos
profound
profound
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
advmod
somewhat
somewhat
ADV
RB
conj
Degree=Pos
disturbing
disturbing
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
phony
phony
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
folklorical
folklorical
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
rambling
ramblings
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
spoof
spoofed
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
pedantic
pedantic
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Plur
note
notes
NOUN
NNS
case
on
on
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
many
many
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
folk
folk
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Plur
release
releases
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
day
day
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''