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Steel Guitar in an Arabian Setting
Posted: 3 Jan 2014 10:02 pm
by Kay Das
Arabian Sunset: Steel Guitar with " ooijie oojou" bits in a Middle Eastern setting: From CD "Shadows on Steel" first issued 2011. Lead guitar and original composition by Chick Holland of the UK.
Feel the desert wind...
https://soundcloud.com/kay-das/arabian-sunset
Enjoy!
Kay
Posted: 3 Jan 2014 11:04 pm
by Brian McGaughey
Kay, what's ooijie oojou?
I enjoyed the piece.
Posted: 3 Jan 2014 11:06 pm
by Earnest Bovine
Kay, I always love to hear your recordings, and this one is especially nice. Besides the fine musicianship, there is always a contagious love for the sounds of the instruments.
Posted: 4 Jan 2014 1:39 pm
by Andy Volk
I really enjoyed this recording, Kay. Very cinematic. I recently re-watched Lawrence of Arabia and I can imagine the camels coming over the horizon to your cut.
Posted: 5 Jan 2014 1:27 am
by Bill Leff
That was very cool. Cinematic as Andy said. Reminded me of a Ennio Morcone film score.
The lead I instrument is electric guitar, correct?
Posted: 5 Jan 2014 11:02 am
by Alan Brookes
I get the impression I've heard the lead guitar theme somewhere else, but I cannot remember where.
Posted: 5 Jan 2014 4:41 pm
by Kay Das
Gentlemen,
Many thanks for the appreciation, much treasured.
The copyright on this tune belongs to my good friend and mentor Chick Holland who lives in a lovely part of North Devon in the UK. I overdubbed steel on this mix in which he plays the lead (on a Stratocaster). He had asked me to overdub the "ooijie oojou" (my own terminology and invention). He is a stickler for perfection. I have overdubbed steel on some of his other recordings and he once had me do 87 takes before he was satisfied!
Kay
Posted: 7 Jan 2014 8:15 am
by Wally Pfeifer
I,too,- think I have heard this on one of Kay's CDs but with a title like Night in Tahiti or Tahitian Nights or something like that.
Wally
Posted: 7 Jan 2014 10:43 am
by Kay Das
Yes, Arabian Sunset was featured on my CD "Shadows on Steel" issued 2011, on track 7. Track 2 was also a Chick Holland original, titled " Windsong of Tahiti", which featured the lovely voice of Rachel Dickson (that was the recording with the 87 takes).
Kay
Posted: 7 Jan 2014 12:01 pm
by Paul Honeycutt
Beautiful as usual. It shows that steel guitars can be a part of any kind of music.
Posted: 10 Jan 2014 12:52 pm
by Rockne Riddlebarger
I recorded a piece a couple of weeks ago called MAQAM BAYATI which is the name of an Arabic scale. I am playing on my Dobro, to hear it click on my website link below and go to the SONGS page.