Now playing: Squirrel Bait, s/t EP on Homestead Records, 1985. Has a $3.50 price sticker on it from back in the day…

Now playing: John Fahey, Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier’s Choice), Takoma, 1973.

Now Playing: John’s Black Dirt, Horrible Moments of Upness, our “lost” album from 1995. Why it wasn’t released back then is quite a story, by the way. Produced by Dave Fridman and with art by Matt Franzen, Horrible Moments is finally out now out on Belligerent Records and available on Bandcamp.

Now Playing: Fugazi, End Hits (Dischord, 1998).

Now playing: Joe McPhee, The Willisau Concert. There was a moment when non-keyboard driven synthesizer played a role in creative improvised music, as in albums like this one with John Snyder on an ARP 2600, but that seems to largely be a 1970s thing, sadly, as I like the sax/synth duet thing.

Now playing: Gastr del Sol, Crookt, Crackt, or Fly (Drag City, 1994).

Now Playing: Can, Soon Over Babaluma (United Artists, 1974).

Now Playing: Okkervil River, Black Sheep Boy (2005, although I’m playing the 2015 3xLP “Anniversary Edition” on Jagjaguwar).

Now playing: The Replacements, Let It Be (Twin/Tone, 1984).

Now playing: Gastr del Sol, The Serpentine Similar (Teen Beat, 1993).

Now playing: Peter Jefferies, The Last Great Challenge in a Dull World (1990).