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,^[1] American primitive guitar is distinct from the primitivism art movement.