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Kay Das


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 3 Jan 2014 10:02 pm    
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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
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Brian McGaughey


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Orcas Island, WA USA
Post  Posted 3 Jan 2014 11:04 pm    
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Kay, what's ooijie oojou?

I enjoyed the piece.
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Earnest Bovine


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Los Angeles CA USA
Post  Posted 3 Jan 2014 11:06 pm    
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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.
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Andy Volk


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Post  Posted 4 Jan 2014 1:39 pm    
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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.
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Bill Leff


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Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Post  Posted 5 Jan 2014 1:27 am    
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That was very cool. Cinematic as Andy said. Reminded me of a Ennio Morcone film score.

The lead I instrument is electric guitar, correct?
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Alan Brookes


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Post  Posted 5 Jan 2014 11:02 am    
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I get the impression I've heard the lead guitar theme somewhere else, but I cannot remember where. Oh Well
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Kay Das


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 5 Jan 2014 4:41 pm    
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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
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Wally Pfeifer

 

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Illinois, USA
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2014 8:15 am    
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Smile 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.
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Kay Das


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Los Angeles CA
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2014 10:43 am    
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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
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Paul Honeycutt

 

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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 7 Jan 2014 12:01 pm    
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Beautiful as usual. It shows that steel guitars can be a part of any kind of music.
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Rockne Riddlebarger


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Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Post  Posted 10 Jan 2014 12:52 pm    
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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.
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