
Born Abdallah Badawi in Lebanon in the Northern town of Amoun in 1957. His first interest in music started at age 6 and was greatly influenced by an uncle. By age 9 he was performing and continued to play accordion into the seventies, heavily influenced by the Rhabani Brothers and the music of the late Halim Hafez and Oum Koulthoum of Egypt . After a short period in Kuwait in 1976 he arrived in Boston to attend college (1977). By 1978 he was playing at the Continental Restaurant on a weekly basis with other local musicians.
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Introduction
Ajam
Nahawand
Bayat
Hejaz
Kurd
Rast
Sika
Saba
Arabic Maqams Make Simple-Aboudi
Bint el Hijaz
Youm el Farrah
ending
Baladi
Ajam: Lisa Faker, Fi Yom We Leila, Taxim
Rast: Yamsaharni, Leila Leila, Taxim
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