One of the first African musicians to gain widespread international recognition, Hamza El Din is a Nubian master of the oud, or the fretless lute. Western listeners are as likely as not to have been exposed to his work via the Grateful Dead, who played with him on-stage occasionally. (El Din also helped arrange the Dead's tour of Egypt.) He played an integral role in modernizing Nubian music, ...more
- Grateful Dead
- Rocking the Cradle: Egypt 1978
- Guest Appearance
- Grateful Dead
- Shakedown Street (Bonus Tracks)
- Handclapping






























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