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    AASHID HIMONS
    MEGA SITE

    THE MUSIC OF HMN
    The albums on this site represent
    the efforts of many of the musicians,
    artists, technicians and patrons who have
    been leaders of the alternative music and
    art scene in Nashville since the late'70s.

    ABOUT AASHID

    Aashid Himons is nothing less than the
    greatest musical artist you never heard of.

    Now that is not to suggest that no one knows
    Aashid, but to the world at large, he remains
    virtually unknown. Now all that is about to
    change because of the internet and other new
    technologies which are giving him the
    opportunity to share his amazing volume of
    work with the entire planet.

    Aashid is an artist with a capital A, and
    his artistic path has led him through many
    incarnations, from child star in West
    Virginia (he began performing at age four and
    appeared on The Today Show when
    he was 14) to R&B crooner (he had several
    releases in the early '60s as Little Archie)
    to blues folkie (in the Toronto-based duo
    God and I during the late '60s and early '70s)
    to Delta blues man (performing bottleneck
    guitar as West Virginia Slim in the mid-'70s)
    to Blu-Reggae pioneer (as leader of Afrikan
    Dreamland in the late '70s and early
    to mid '80s, and as leader of the Blu-Reggae
    Underground in the late '90s) to space
    musician (in the late '80s and early '90s)
    to psychedelic rocker (as leader of The Pyramid
    Underground in the mid to late '90s to present)
    and finally as country soul man (as leader of
    the Mountain Soul Band from the late '90s
    to present).

    Now add cyber artist to his resumé. With his
    iMac, a few peripherals and some revolutionary
    music software, Aashid is busy making his art
    available to the whole world via the internet.
    He has an impressive website featuring his art
    and his interests at www.aashid.com. He also
    has his own subsite at MP3.com
    (www.mp3.com/aashidhimons), where he has more
    than 20 full-length albums available for
    purchase featuring some of his solo
    recordings, as well as work with The Pyramid
    Underground. More surprising than the fact
    that a virtually unknown artist has over 20
    full-length albums available is that Aashid
    is just getting started.

    "I don't know where its all going to end,
    man," he says from his headquarters
    in Nashville. "I have more than 20 more
    albums of unreleased material that
    Im planning to make available through MP3.com,
    plus all the Afrikan Dreamland and solo
    material to be reissued on CD that was
    originally released on vinyl and cassette."

    How do you spell prolific? A-A-S-H-I-D. Its
    almost unimaginable that an artist without
    major label backing could amass the amount
    of music that Aashid has in the vaults.
    Counting unreleased music, he may have close
    to 100 albums worth of material. In order to
    create all this, he has had to be as
    resourceful as he has been prolific.

    "Without question, the Most High has blessed
    me," he explains. "Ive been led to people
    who dug my music, who dug my message of
    Oneness, and who were able to help me gain
    access to facilities and players so I could
    record my music.

    "Things really took off when I moved to
    Nashville in 1979. A lot of people don't
    realize that Nashville isn't just a country
    music town. Some of the best musicians and
    studios on the planet are right here, no
    matter what kind of music you're talking
    about. As a result, I've had the good fortune
    to play and record with some of the baddest
    musicians on the planet."

    As you can imagine, Aashid is an
    outstanding musician in his own right.
    In addition to being an incredibly soulful
    singer with a rich baritone, he's an
    accomplished keyboardist, percussionist and
    practitioner of Delta blues bottleneck guitar.
    While he comes from a traditional background as
    a musician, he's always embraced new musical
    technologies, searching for ways to broaden his
    musical palette; and the digital revolution has
    given this amazing artist a window to the
    world.
    .

    "At this point, I can do so much myself
    because of the technology," he says with a
    broad smile, obviously relishing the fact.
    "I can create the CD artwork, edit the raw
    music, transfer the music to MP3 format, sell
    it on the web and feature it on my MP3 internet
    radio station. I have to confess it
    blows my mind."

    Judging from the volume of Email he
    receives, Aashid's music is blowing minds all
    over the globe, resulting in sales of his
    albums and offers to perform. Depending on the
    situation, he can perform solo or with a band,
    either The Pyramid Underground or the Mountain
    Soul Band.

    "All my life, Ive been driven to make music
    and share it with people," Aashid says.
    "Now after decades of struggling to get my
    music heard, the entire planet is right here at
    my fingertips through the keyboard of my
    computer. Because of the volume, I can't answer
    all the Email I'm getting from people I don't
    even know who have accessed my music through
    the internet and been touched by it."

    "All I know is it's a beautiful thing!"

    By Daryl Sanders



    MUSICAL ARTISTS;
    AASHID HIMONS
    DARRELL ROSE
    MUSTAFA ABDUL-ALEEM
    KIRBY SHELSTAD
    GILES REAVES
    ROSS SMITH
    GARY SERKIN
    AMIR RASHIDD
    JACKIE WELCH
    DENISE OWENS
    GARY COSTNER
    VICKIE CARRICO
    TIM COATS
    OWSLEY
    JEANETTE GOLTER
    MICHAEL MOSIAH SALEEM
    REGI WOOTEN
    VICTOR WOOTEN
    RICHARD DOWNS
    SUE RAMSEY
    BOBBY TAYLOR
    MIKE SIMMONS
    PAUL SIMMONS
    JAMIE SIMMONS
    JODY LENTZ
    TRAYLOR PARKER
    PHIL SCHMEIDT
    SETH RITTER
    TRAMP
    STEVE KAROL
    TONY GERBER
    GUS PALAS III


    VISUAL ARTISTS
    AASHID HIMONS
    GILES REAVES
    TONY GERBER
    SCOTT BONNER
    ALLEN WILLIAMS
    JASON PIERCE
    TODD GERBER
    LIBBA GILLUM
    JAMES THREALKILL
    ROSS SMITH
    MATUMBE HIMONS
    KAREN JOHNSTON
    J. CLARK THOMAS


    AUDIO ENGINEERS
    JOHN STOECKER
    TIM COATS
    DAN SPOMER
    GARY COSTNER
    GILES REAVES
    AASHID HIMONS
    KIRBY SHELSTAD
    RICHARD DOWNS


    PATRONS
    STEVE QUBECK
    NANCY ARMETTA
    ARTHUR ORR
    DONNA ORR
    TAMA DICKERSON
    HODA
    GLENDA BREAK
    MARTI HENDERSON
    GLEN FOX
    JASON PIERCE
    BILL FRENCH
    SAM PUGH
    GILES REAVES
    JODY LENTZ
    KRISTINA KATKUS


    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & MUSICAL DIRECTOR
    AASHID HIMONS

    CO - PRODUCERS
    TIM COATS
    GILES REAVES
    RICHARD DOWNS

    PERSONAL MANAGEMENT
    KRISTINA KATKUS(615-356-3169)

    WELCOME FRIENDS
    BIENVENIDOS AMIGOS
    BENVENUTI AMICI
    BIENVENUE AUX AMIS
    AHLAN WA SAHLAN
    EKAABO OREMI
    WILLKOMMEN FREUNDEN
    BEM-VINDO AMIGOS
    HOBBITNISA
    DOBRO DOSHLI
    VITEJTE
    ONGI ETORRI
    FIADHAICH MUINNTIR
    NINI NEBI
    KARIBU RAFIKI
    AKWABA
    MEA WEZO
    UNA BIALA
    KOMO MAI AIKANE


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