4. Bean Vine Blues (OLV)
The heart of the maelstrom, the belly of the beast, the eye of the hurricane. The label says #1 and #2 but there are three, and only one of them has anything to do with beans or vines.
JF, notes: “A beautiful blues rendering by Blind Joe’s old friend, of the ensuing difficulties at the closure of the titled line.”
The only song which should have this title is on the OLV and contains the bean vine lyric. It has already noted similarities with Patton's “Pea Vine Blues”.
Malcolm Kirton points out that Fahey recorded “Pea Vine Blues” at the same session as a song called “Take this Hammer” (see DDD). It’s logical to suppose that “Pea Vine” is “Bean Vine” and “Take this Hammer” is “Nine Pound Hammer”. But we admit we don’t know for sure.
One guitar and 2 vocalists are heard. The later white vocal is Fahey, as is the guitar. Chris Downes names Joe Bussard Jr as the gruff "black" vocal. The CD reissue of VOT implies that the "Blind Joe Death" named as a participant on the sleeve is Fahey overdubbing himself. Be that as it may; there are more curious paths to tread.
4a. Another Bean Vine Blues [BLV]
On the BLV, under the same title, there is a guitar duet, not a song at all. The “Bean Vine” song is not present on the BLV. The BLV therefore has the wrong title. So what, then, is the guitar duet?
Malcolm Kirton, IFC founder member, puts his finger on the solution. It’s actually Charley Patton’s “Moon Going Down” played by John Fahey & Bill Barth, recorded on 13 April 1964 and listed in the DDD.
(Patton’s duet was with Willie Brown, recorded 1930).
This guitar duet does not exist on the OLV.

4b. Bean Vine Blues #2, or, The Third Bean Vine [BLV)
Under the title “Bean Vine Blues #2” on the BLV and CD is, once again, something with not a whiff of beans about it, a brisk mandolin/guitar duet. Again a wrong title, shoved in, in my opinion, when some lowly Takoma minion noticed there were too many tracks and not enough titles on the rehashed BLV.
For some years I thought this was Fahey. Then Nick Barks, honorary IFC associate, came across the very track being played on a blues show on British radio – and lo, it turned out to be the second object trouve of this strange collection. Not Fahey but The Blue Boys. We quote from the Godrich/Dixon bible:
NAP HAYES AND MATTHEW PRATER
Nap Hayes, g; Lonnie Johnson, vn-1/v-2; Matthew Prater, md; unknown, v-3.
Memphis, Tenn.
Thursday, 15 February 1928
400237-C Let Me Call You Sweetheart -1, 2, 3 OK unissued
400238-A Memphis Stomp -1 OK 43514
400239-A Violin Blues -1, 2 OK 8708
400240-B I'm Drifting Back To Dreamland -1,2 OK unissued
400241-B Somethin' Doin' OK 45231
400242-B Easy Winner OK 43514
400243-B Nothin' Doin' OK 45231
400244-A Prater Blues OK 8706
Okeh 8708 as by Johnson Boys;
Okeh 45231 as by Nap Hayes And Matthew Prater;
Okeh 45314 as by The Blue Boys;
matrices 400237 and 400240 as by Johnson, Hayes And Prater.
So "Bean Vine Blues #2" is actually "The Easy Winner" by The Blue Boys. (This song is also not present on the OLV.) Stay tuned for the flipside.
5 & 6. A Raga Called Pat Pts 3 & 4
JF, notes: “Fahey insists that the ‘Raga’ parts are …’pretty good music and sound effects’… It should be noted, however, that Fahey was the first occidental guitarist to make use of the raga concept, antedating even the great guitarists Sandy Bull and Robbie Basho. Fahey recorded an imitation of Shankar’s ‘Apu Theme’ on 22/8/64 with Blind Wilhelm Barth… Bull’s ragaesque record was issued before Takoma C-1004, but Fahey conceived of and recorded the idea first. In fact, he stated that he had been playing around with ragas ‘for years’ before 22/8/64, but never thought of recording them.”
The OLV and BLV contain radically different mixes and edits of these tracks. On OLV, part 3 is 3 minutes longer, and part 4 has completely different sound effects.
Malcolm Kirton : "The first section of Part 3 (the slide guitar bit) is done in the same modified G tuning as "I Am the Resurrection"; then it goes to what I believe is the same recording used on Vol 6, in C-with no third-tuning."
Note : Part 4 includes the first part of "Fight On Christians Fight On".

PART TWO, page three : TRAIN

The Voice of the Turtle