3: The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites) is the third album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, released in 1965.

In the summer of 1964, along with Bill Barth and Henry Vestine, Fahey visited the South where they “rediscovered” blues great Skip James.

"On the Banks of the Owchita" is a duet with guitarist Bill Barth which uses a musical refrain composed by Ravi Shankar (credited in the liner notes) for Satyajit Ray's The World of Apu.

[5][7] Fahey continued writing liner notes in a similar vein as his previous two releases, attributing them to "Elijah P. Lovejoy".

He renames his Fonotone patron "Joseph Buzzard," records as Blind Joe Death, or else espouses his work as "expert" Elijah P.

and noise guitarist and writer Alan Licht noted that Fahey "did as much to take folk out of the hands of squares as his music did," and he suffered lightly those that pined for the past.

"[5] In reviewing The Dance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites for Allmusic, music critic Richie Unterberger called it "One of Fahey's less eccentric early efforts, featuring relatively straightforward instrumentals showcasing his deft finger work and occasional keening slide.

Much of it is inspired by the country blues and Delta sounds that he had been drawn to, and yet it was obvious that Fahey [was] taking the tunes to places they hadn't been before... a classic; it provides a snapshot of a musician in transition.