Al Basim's lyrics & chords

Born in Baghdad, Basim created his first music group in 1970 at the Al Adhamiah Youth Centre. The passion for the guitar came to him on hearing a very famous Irakian guitarist Ilham al-Madfai, who was one of the musicians from Paul McCartney’s studio. In 1978 he left for the USA where he produced his first LP, titled “Revival”, the following year, under the name of Al-Basim. This progressive rock disc has become extremely rare and is still praised by critics (“The Fact” magazine mentions the LP as being one of the Top 20 discs in the...read more