Mahoud bin Kalb

Right after the 9/11 attack, before we'd heard of Mohammed Atta, I guessed that one of the hijackers would turn out to be named Mohammed (not a long shot, lol) and wrote a song about his likely afterlife reward...

I called him Mahoud - according Salmon Rushdie, a name used by the Crusaders to insult the prophet Mohammed. And gave him the surname "bin Kalb" - "son of a dog."

I gave my character a wife... 'cause only a truly depraved and evil man would abandon his family to carry out a suicide mission... Funny thing is, Atta really did have a wife - he was that depraved and evil.

The song was slated to go on the Hapless Fool CD, but I cut it in final editing because I just didn't like the recording...

But I do like the song.

I've been playing it recently with a slide on the gourd lute. So today, I re-recorded the song - slide gourd lute, fingered cigar box guitar (playing the original guitar part). Filled it out with a bamboo flute, mini-lagerphone, frog guiro, vibraslap, bass and drums.

So here it is: Mahoud bin Kalb (96kps mp3)