Sunflower River Blues (track)
by John Fahey
Year: 1964
From the album Death Chants, Break Downs & Military Waltzes (track #1)
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Sunflower River Blues appears on the following album(s) by John Fahey:
- Return Of The Repressed: The John Fahey Anthology (track #20) (compilation) (1994)
- Death Chants, Break Downs & Military Waltzes (track #1) (this album) (1964)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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65/100  | 07/17/2025 18:47 |  DommeDamian | | 51/100 |
80/100 | 07/04/2023 03:27 |  Repo | | 84/100 |
80/100 | 11/30/2022 18:49 | LosWochos | | 80/100 |
80/100 | 03/02/2022 03:54 | Taosjohn | | 75/100 |
65/100 | 01/24/2022 20:46 | kokkinos | | 68/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 7% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.7/100, a mean average of 82.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.5/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.
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Jameth 08/09/2019 18:43
I also came to say I hear “Poor Tom”.
I hear a tiny little bit of Poor Tom by LZ in this song. They are famous for their borrowing, so it's possible Page/Plant took a bit from this tune for theirs.
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