zalzal - 3-13-2007 at 02:12 PM
Wa dakhlaou el imrikani with the chewing gum and drinking rhum, oke, oke, dollar...1942 in Morocco, a popular singer oudist and guembrist, singed the
disembarkment of american troops and how the maroccan people lived this fact.
It seems he introduced in orchestras, during the 30th, and before Mohammed Abd El Wahab in Egypt, instruments like piano, clarinet, revolutionnary for
his time.
Here in french more infos and a podcast with lot of his songs.
http://www.selwane.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&a...
And here the tv doc on the histrory of this song "dakhlou lmarikane'. At About 5:18 time you see him playing the oud.
http://video.google.fr/videoplay?docid=-6634545768787848089&q=d...