John Fahey ‎– Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)
Label:
Shanachie ‎– shanachie 99005
Format:
CD, Album, Reissue 
Country:
US
Genre:
Electronic, Rock, Blues
Style:
Acoustic, Avantgarde


Tracklist
1	When The Fire And The Rose Are One	13:54
2	Thus Krishna On The Battlefield	6:37
3	Fare Forward Voyagers	23:37

Credits
Artwork – Stefan Grossman
Engineer – Jim Hobson
Guitar, Written-By – John Fahey
Mastered By [Digital] – Robert Vosgien
Photography By – Jo Ayres
Notes
Originally released in 1973. Dedicated to 'my guru Swami Satchidananda'.




History[edit]
Following the fulfillment of his two-album contract with Reprise Records and lackluster sales, Fahey was released from 

Reprise and went back to recording for his own Takoma label.[1]

Fahey originally dedicated the album to Swami Satchidananda, but later said the primary reason he was involved with the 

"spiritual community in the mountains of Lake County, Northern California" was because he was in love with the Swami's 

secretary. Relating the background to the recording of Fare Forward Voyagers to Byron Coley in his article "The 

Persecutions and Resurrections of Blind Joe Death", Fahey recalled "Probably the primary reason I got involved with them 

was that I fell in love with Swami Satchidananda's secretary, Shanti Norris. So, I was doing benefits for them, hoping to 

score points with her, and along the way I learned a lot of hatha yoga. I could go over there and get food any time I 

liked. I didn’t believe in Krishna or anything. It was like being in the middle of The Thief of Baghdad.”[2]

The album and song titles are from American poet T. S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets” set of poems. Fahey later said the songs 

were "too demanding" to play live.[3]