RaistMagus
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Copenhagen
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 04:30 AM
I discovered this guy just now. He played some Egyptian/beat crossover and he was supposedly very big back then.
Maybe he's got a bit too much Egypt in his music for our taste but there are some points where he's trying to sound like Dick Dale.
I thought it was worth a hearing. Here are some links to vids I picked out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2himW6YgRhM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuMH-tl5M4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgiCIL-ItTw
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ElMonstroPorFavor
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New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 09:13 AM
Love him! There's a pretty great compilation of his stuff on Sublime Frequencies
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 09:41 AM
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RaistMagus
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Copenhagen
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 10:00 AM
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It didn't cross my mind searching for him in the forums, it seems I've underestimated 101!
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 10:38 AM
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Number9
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 11:15 AM
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 11:20 AM
Amazon sells Khorshid's anthology CD "Guitar El Chark" for $21. The page has very nice background info on Khorshid - here it is:
Double CD reissue of the out-of-print vinyl edition. With an additional ten bonus tracks and a 14-page booklet in a tri-fold digipak. The late Omar Khorshid remains an iconic legend of the Arab world, though he's received criminally little international acclaim. Born in Cairo in 1945, the glittering age of Egypt's cultural reinvention, Khorshid was soon to become one of its luminaries and most well-known, if short-lived, voices. He is regarded as the greatest guitarist the Arab world has ever known. By the mid-'60s, Khorshid was established with his group Le Petit Chats, an Egyptian beat group modeled after the prevailing influence of Elvis and The Beatles. It was at this time that one of the reigning figures of contemporary Arabic music, Abdel Halim Hafez, asked Omar Khorshid to join his orchestra. With Baligh Hamdi composing, Hafez with Khorshid in place would create some of the most innovative modern sounds in the Arabic musical canon. Time with the Hafez orchestra offered Khorshid instant fame, and it wasn't long before he was asked to play with the queen of Arab music, the voice of Egypt herself, Oum Kalthoum. Over the next few years, Khorshid became a well-established and integral part of the Arab musical landscape. He was featured heavily in live concerts, national TV and radio and studio recordings, playing for the leading artists of the day. The guitar had now become an essential ingredient in the Oriental orchestra. Khorshid began recording albums under his own name for the prestigious Lebanese record labels Voice Of The Orient and Voice Of Lebanon. Working with visionary engineer Nabil Moumtaz at Polysound studios in Beirut, Khorshid would take his music into some of the most progressive musical terrain of its time. The tracks included here in this retrospective are from the prolific span of Khorshid's career in Beirut from 1973 to 1977. The venerable Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish best encapsulated this time in Lebanon: "unfortunately, it was paradise." Khorshid's prolific instrumental music enjoyed recognition that transcended class and status during the brief period he shone. It's a testament to his immense talent and some of the finest guitar music the world has ever heard.
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JONPAUL
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Venice, CA
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 02:13 PM
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Nov 04 2012 02:57 PM
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Ruhar
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San Diego, CA
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Posted on Nov 05 2012 09:42 AM
The 2 CD version of Guitar El Chark on Sublime Frequencies that Ivan posted is a newer release (2012) and contains 10 additional tracks that don't appear on the double vinyl edition that I have. It is an absolute treasure chest of infinite greatness! Highly recommended to drop everything at once and buy this!
RaistMagus wrote:
Maybe he's got a bit too much Egypt in his music for our taste but there are some points where he's trying to sound like Dick Dale.
I think Omar Khorshid sounds exactly like Omar Khorshid. I don't think he was trying to sound like anybody else.
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JONPAUL
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Venice, CA
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Posted on Sep 17 2013 03:37 AM
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JObeast
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Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Sep 17 2013 04:10 PM
I don't know how Omar could have a bit too much Egypt in his music, I can't get enough of THAT Egypt! He's a formative influence for many other great guitarists, like Jeff Beck, and he revolutionized Egyptian orchestral music with his Strat. Listen to classic cuts by Oum Kalthoum, Egypt's premier diva. Khorshid is mid-century Arab modernism at its best! May his influence continue to grow among surf guitarists!
RaistMagus wrote:
I discovered this guy just now. He played some Egyptian/beat crossover and he was supposedly very big back then.
Maybe he's got a bit too much Egypt in his music for our taste but there are some points where he's trying to sound like Dick Dale.
I thought it was worth a hearing. Here are some links to vids I picked out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2himW6YgRhM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuMH-tl5M4o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgiCIL-ItTw
— Squink Out!
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caddady
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N.E. Ohio
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Posted on Sep 17 2013 05:36 PM
may all of your tribes prosper and increase in size for bringing this musician to me.
greg
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blueruins
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Posts: 362
Mauna Lani, HI
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Posted on Sep 17 2013 07:49 PM
caddady wrote:
may all of your tribes prosper and increase in size for bringing this musician to me.
greg
+1
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JObeast
Joined: Jul 24, 2012
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Finknabad, Squinkistan
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Posted on Sep 17 2013 08:43 PM
The illustrious host of the tribal confederacy of Royale Surfarabes thank you from the doorways of all their tents, wafting clouds of Abyssinian frankinsence toward you and all your women, children, horses and camels.
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Brian
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 17 2013 09:42 PM
JONPAUL wrote:
Bump! Check this double CD out immediately!!!
Wow.
Thanks for the bump, I had forgotten about this.
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caddady
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N.E. Ohio
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Posted on Sep 18 2013 12:47 PM
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RaistMagus
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Copenhagen
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Posted on Sep 20 2013 07:55 AM
I love his wooden strat tone. I also love the fact that the reverb is drippy without being harsh and having a big tail.
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IvanP
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southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 20 2013 08:00 AM
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CaptainSpringfield
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Under the Sun
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Posted on Sep 24 2013 07:19 PM
Long overdue for checking this out - should be arriving any day now, can't wait to finally hear it.
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