Middle Eastern Rock

John Berberian, an accomplished Armenian oud player from New York, helped penetrate the consciousness of the Woodstock generation with “Middle Eastern Rock”, a 1969 fusion album that included studio pro Joe Beck on amplified guitar and fuzz. But Berberian was thirty years ahead of his time.

John Berberian, an accomplished Armenian oud player from New York, helped penetrate the consciousness of the Woodstock generation with “Middle Eastern Rock”, a 1969 fusion album that included studio pro Joe Beck on amplified guitar and fuzz. But Berberian was thirty years ahead of his time.