Arab Sheik

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Nice low D , sounds like a sousaphone or bell front leaning "privelege tone" :) into the mic. That's why i like a mic on a stand you can vary placement, and achieve proximity effects like a singer, on the fly. Listen to the first sustained low note fatten up as he leans in... thanks bloke
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Shiek Yerbouti, from the late Mr. F.V. Zappa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiEwBWWQcj8
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I love the curly fries at Araby's!!
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The Beatles recorded the song, "The Sheik of Araby."
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goodgigs wrote:Arabi is a census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
That is a true fact, but it has nothing to do with this song. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sheik_of_Araby
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OK, but maybe it has a little to do with it -
wikipedia wrote:The appeal to New Orleans bands may have lain in "Araby" sharing the same pronunciation as Arabi, Louisiana, a town downriver from New Orleans' 9th Ward and a center for gambling just outside city limits until the early 1950s.
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Donn wrote:OK, but maybe it has a little to do with it -
wikipedia wrote:The appeal to New Orleans bands may have lain in "Araby" sharing the same pronunciation as Arabi, Louisiana, a town downriver from New Orleans' 9th Ward and a center for gambling just outside city limits until the early 1950s.
Yes, that is what is known as an "after the fact fact" :D

Don't get me wrong - I like the song, with or without pants, and I know many NOLA bands play it. It is a lot of fun!
Back in 2003 I did a "Sheik" impromptu special on my radio program http://kfjc.org/music/playlist.php?i=6853 28 versions in about 2 hours! (my show starts at line 14 - a glitch in the program...)

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