Friday, September 30, 2011

Hamza El Din

Mellow mellow, feeling really mellow.  Skip this post if you are in a bumpin mood and about to go out, but if you just want to chill and watch the rain for a while this is the tune to accompany you.  Hamza is a Nubian/Egyptian chap that plays the oud.  The oud... hmn... picture the combination of a guitar and a watermelon. :-)  He has interacted with a bunch of famous musicians but the coolest one is that he played with the Grateful Dead during their Egypt 1978 concerts.  Song 11 "Ollin Arrageed" is the one where Hamza plays; it takes quite a while to build but it's good stuff.  As a side note, this is not one of the Dead's better concerts but it gets better toward the end.

Hamza El Din - I Remember (1971)

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