American primitive guitar

American primitive guitar
American primitive guitar
	John Fahey
Stylistic origins	Contemporary folk music; old-time music; Country blues;
Cultural origins	1950s, United States
Typical instruments	Steel-string acoustic guitar
Other topics
	Roots revival; bluegrass; country; blues;

American primitive guitar is a fingerstyle guitar music genre, developed by the American guitarist John Fahey in the late 1950s. While the term "American primitivism" has been used as a name for the genre, American primitive guitar is distinct from the primitivism art movement.

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