Editing Marcel Dadi

{{Short description|French guitarist}}
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| death_place        = [[Long Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
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'''Marcel Dadi''' ({{IPA|fr|maʁsɛl dadi}}; 20 August 1951 – 17 July 1996) was a [[Tunisia|Tunisian]]-born [[France|French]] virtuoso guitarist known for his finger-picking style which faithfully recreated the instrumental styles of American guitarists such as [[Chet Atkins]], [[Merle Travis]] and [[Jerry Reed]]. He became a friend of country star Chet Atkins.

==Biography==
===Early life===
Marcel Dadi was born in [[Sousse]], [[Tunisia]] on 20 August 1951. Dadi, along with his immediate family, moved to [[Paris, France]] in 1954. In 1961, he started playing guitar at age 10. He had joined Andre Assouline, Joseph Illouz, and [[Maurice Levy (musician)|Maurice Levy]] to form a rock instrumental band by 1964. He was inspired by the music of [[The Beatles]], [[The Rolling Stones]] and [[Bob Dylan]], He continued to expand his musical horizons with the influence of a guitarist, Bernard Photzer, who introduced him to the music of [[Elvis Presley]] and other 1950's rockers. Photzer also taught him the rudiments of [[flatpicking]]. As a soloist with [[France|French]] singer-songwriter and guitarist, [[Hugues Aufray]], Dadi began to develop his own approach to flatpicking.  From 1972, he wrote instructional articles for Folk Music Review, wherein he introduced his rigorous training method, which utilizes a fingering chart, in the March 1972 issue.

===Career===
Dadi released several LPs and some instructional videos before his early death. His recordings featured a mix of compositions by his American heroes and original compositions of his own in a similar style. A feature of his early LPs was that they included a [[tablature]] booklet, allowing guitarists to learn the tunes for themselves. Dadi often recorded tunes dedicated to his friends, such as "Roger Chesterfield," dedicated to [[Roger C. Field]] with whom he first went to Nashville in 1975 to visit Chet Atkins.

Marcel Dadi immigrated to [[Eilat]] ([[Israel]]) on the [[Red Sea]], in 1983, and lived there with his wife and young son for several years before moving back to France. In 1988, [[Eric Clapton]], his longtime family friend, came to Eilat to visit Marcel Dadi.

==Death==
On 17 July 1996, en route from New York City to Paris with his band and his long time friend Serge Sloimovits, Marcel Dadi died when the [[Boeing 747|Boeing 747-131]] operating [[TWA Flight 800]] exploded off the coast of [[Long Island]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/19/nyregion/explosion-aboard-twa-flight-800-victims-lives-beauty-business-sports-scholarship.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm EXPLOSION ABOARD T.W.A. FLIGHT 800: VICTIMS;Lives of Beauty and Business, Sports and Scholarship, Youth and Age]</ref>  He was returning from the [[United States]] to [[France]] after being honored at [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]]'s [[Country Music Hall of Fame]].

Marcel Dadi's body was recovered, as were those of all of the other victims. He is buried on the Mount of Olives in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]].

== Certified Guitar Player ==
Marcel Dadi was honoured as one of the five "Certified Guitar Players" by [[Chet Atkins]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8AXs6oRPnQ Interview de Chet Atkins]</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p68313|pure_url=yes}} Marcel Dadi] Allmusic
* {{Discogs artist|Marcel Dadi}}
* {{imdb name|1333590}}
* [https://www.marceldadi.com/html/biographie.htm Biography: Marcel Dadi 1951-1996]
* {{Find a Grave|7793663}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071017110229/http://guitarworkshopuk.com/dvdlessons/00complete.htm Marcel Dadi instructional DVDs]
* [https://www.stevemcwilliam.co.uk/guitar/dadi.htm Marcel Dadi guitar tabs]

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