The King is Dead ... Long Live the King
Ahmad Zahir represented many things in 1970s Afghanistan - aristocratic, carefree abandon; politics and revolution. He had a brief career in education and journalism before switching attention to singing. His music was mostly based on Western instrumentation, his personal style was highly Persianised, modelled on Elvis Presley and like Presley himself, Ahmad Zahir was dead by the end of 70s. His killing on 14 June 1979 is surrounded by speculation - caught up in the revolution, surrounded by personal strife - he was dead, aged 33 on his birthday and the day that his daughter was born.
In this clip, edited using Windows Live Movie Maker, we return to Ahmad Zahir's Laghmani Pashtoon roots in a slightly rarer Pashto-language recording. The song, Oba Darta Rawram, (I'll Bring You Water) with it's Santana-esque flavour, is dedicated to his memory.
Ahmad Zahir represented many things in 1970s Afghanistan - aristocratic, carefree abandon; politics and revolution. He had a brief career in education and journalism before switching attention to singing. His music was mostly based on Western instrumentation, his personal style was highly Persianised, modelled on Elvis Presley and like Presley himself, Ahmad Zahir was dead by the end of 70s. His killing on 14 June 1979 is surrounded by speculation - caught up in the revolution, surrounded by personal strife - he was dead, aged 33 on his birthday and the day that his daughter was born.
In this clip, edited using Windows Live Movie Maker, we return to Ahmad Zahir's Laghmani Pashtoon roots in a slightly rarer Pashto-language recording. The song, Oba Darta Rawram, (I'll Bring You Water) with it's Santana-esque flavour, is dedicated to his memory.
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