It is not a bad song, and you do see the skill of Faiz Baloch as a singer and as a performer here. But it is more stiffled than what I recall. Partly, this may be because there is no audience and this was not a man used to performing to machines. Partly, it may be because he is singing in Urdu here while most of his work was sung in Makrani and Balochi (I think). But despite all this, it is a fascinating performance – note, especially, the dance steps around 2:30 into the video.
I have been watching it repeatedly over the last many days and enjoyed it tremendously. So have my young kids. I hope you do too.
OWNERS STEP OUT OF SHOE BIZ BOYHOOD FRIENDS SELL EASTBAY FOR $146 MILLION.(Business Thursday)
The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) December 5, 1996 Art Juedes and Rick Gering once sold track shoes out of the trunk of a car, taking home $5 a week after plowing any profits back into their floundering business.
“In the second year, we made about $20 a week,” Juedes said.
Today, the 44-year-old partners — boyhood chums born two days apart in a Wausau hospital — are multimillionaires.
They announced a deal this week to sell their 16-year-old company, Eastbay Inc., a catalog company of sports shoes, clothing and equipment, to Woolworth Corp. for about $146 million. go to website eastbay coupon codes
The pair own 52 percent of the stock Woolworth agreed to buy for nearly $24 a share.
As entrepreneurs, Juedes and Gering beat the odds and found rags- to-riches success, said Randy Cray, chairman of business and economic departments at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
“Success stories like that are few and far between,” he said.
Richard Judy, a UW-Stevens Point professor of management, attributed their success to “just plain luck,” some good salesmanship and an understanding of the market.
“They were in the right place at the right time with the right product. They hit on the right area,” Judy said.
Eastbay, the brainchild of the two men, who once had careers in education, grew into the nation’s largest direct marketer of athletic shoes and apparel.
Juedes and Gering, who were both runners in high school and college, wanted to provide high-performance track and field shoes to high school athletes in central Wisconsin.
Instead of having athletes travel to larger cities like Appleton and Madison to find proper shoes, they decided to bring the shoes to the athletes.
With $7,000 worth of shoes in the trunk of an America Motors AMX, the men began visiting schools in a 50-mile radius of Wausau, selling shoes one pair at a time.
“More coaches heard about us and liked what we could bring them,” Gering said. “One would tell another and it grew from there.” With little income in the early years, Juedes relied on his wife, Barb, for financial support, and Gering lived with his parents.
A third partner in the venture, Don Trzebiatowski, a track teammate of Gering’s in college, dropped out after five months.
“It came down to money,” Trzebiatowski said. “I wasn’t real comfortable with owing people money. I grew up on a farm and if you couldn’t pay for it, you didn’t buy it.” Instead, Trzebiatowski became a loyal employee, on the payroll in just about every capacity for all but 10 months of the company’s life. this web site eastbay coupon codes
Slowly, Eastbay grew. Its territory increased to 100 miles from Wausau, it added baseball and wrestling shoes to the lineup, and a toll-free number was offered for the first time in 1983.
Gering laughs when recalling that the toll-free number was added just in case anyone wanted to order by phone. “Sometimes, we weren’t always on top of things,” he said.
By 1986, the pair said they each made the equivalent of a teacher’s salary.
The rest is history. Eastbay sales grew between 100 percent to 300 percent from 1986 to 1988, a president was hired in 1992 and a public stock offering was made in 1995. The company now has 1,300 full-time, part-time or temporary workers.
Eastbay weathered some storms, especially when Nike pulled its line of popular shoes, including Nike Air, then 40 percent of the business.
“We were nervous, but our business grew by 10 percent that year,” Juedes said. Nike retuned in 1994.
“We never got into the business to get rich,” Gering said. “We did it because we enjoyed it.” Juedes concurred. “I have the same wife I had when we started the business and a lot of the same friends,” he said. “I don’t think people will look at me differently now that I have money.” Woolworth is a New York-based retailing giant with 3,500 stores worldwide selling athletic shoes and apparel, including Foot Locker. The sale awaits approval from Eastbay shareholders and necessary regulators.
Eastbay will operate as part of Woolworth’s Athletic Group.
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I suspect that many of our readers have never even heard of – let alone seen a performance by – Faiz Mohammad Baluch. If so, you do not know what you have missed; so watch this video!
Interesting find. I remember seeing him on TV years ago. Yes, his dance steps are interesting ;-)
I remember in the early to mid 80s the late Didlar Pervaiz Bhatti did punjabi stage shows called “Lok Tamasha” and then “Lok Funkar” from Lahore Station. These shows used to have folk singers like Faiz Baloch and Tufail Niazi and many other unknowns who used to sing and dance in the same fashion as in this video. Dildar Pervaiz Bhatti was an awesome host and one of the funniest and most witty guys on PTV, sadly he left so early. Nice video!
They were talented and spiritual people, great folk singers,an inspiration to new comers and greatly missed by all.A great tribute…
The only folk singer I remember well is Alan Faqeer. His duet with Shaikhi would have to be one of my favourite chidhood songs. It was called Allah Allah Kar Bhaiya. A truly brilliant song. It could be one of the earliest ‘fusion’ songs mixing Sindhi folk with Urdu pop.
Adil, thanks for the memories. I had never heard this song (“Pakistan Hamara”) but I clearly remember the traditional balochi folk song this seems to be based on. It was called “Naaz Husn”; probably singing the praise of the Beloved’s beauty but that is purely based on my recollection of what i heard in the early 70s & scant knowledge of balochi. (due apologies to any Baloch readers if I am not on the right track)
Thanks to regional tv channels, folk singers are getting a lot of encouragement which is certainly good news
Adil:
Once again thank you for making some of us walk down memory lane :) This must be the early to mid 70s.
I still recall the Lok Tamasha days with Uxi Mufti and the future Mrs. Salma Beg. Faiz Mohammad Baloch was a regular performer along with some other greats of folk music….such as Suleman Shah, Masooq Sultan, Tufail Niazi etc.
Why doesn’t someone in PTV or the world of television in Pakistan revive these old tapes and air them once again for their viewers?
Dear Adil Najam,
Thanks for writing about our nako faizuk. He indeed was a true performer. Totally illiterate but knew thousands of balochi classical verses by heart.
The video that you have posted is the pakistanized version of the balochi folk song ‘Ae Naaz Husn e wala’.
The small Mp3 File below might give you an idea of Nako Faizuk’s language skills.
http://gedroshian.tripod.com/Faizuk_Interview.mp3
Thanks, and a small note: Balochi and Makrani are not two seperate languages. Makrani is a dialect of Balochi.
Adil: Thank you for sharing this video with us. Our Pakistaniat must be so inclusive and all encompassing that each and every ethnic group and members of each and every sect and religion of our country must truly feel one hundred percent Pakistani. You have a hard road ahead but do not give up. We all are with you. Please continue venturing beyond Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad. Pakistan is much much more than these urban centers. God speed.
I don’t remember him singing Laila O Laila, but I do very well remember Naz Husn-i-walla. Its a great song, and I think one of the new singers also did a song based on that, don’t remember who. Nice clip and great memories.
I have been back in Pakistan for about 2.5 years and have been trying to find the song “laila o laila” with no success and no leads at all. If ANYONE can please let me know how and where to find it, I willbe truly grateful. Email me at Jawad45@aol.com
this is nice to see great singers mentioned and remembered:
ill tell u something Alam Lohar, father of Arif Lohar was a great singer, i remember seeing him sing live from dusk till dawn and he had such a powerful voice.
Also I remember him going to London for a show in 1974: I went along with some of my indian sikh friend, they just loved his style and voice, this man is a legend and should be remembered as a true punjabi folk singer and the best of pakistan, no doubt.
Faiz Baloch, not only great folk singer and memorable TV
performer, he is true TV Folk songs legend as well.
faiz muhammad (Faizuk) one of the best folk singers of pakistan. adil bhai plz carry on, it well stimulate the people of balochistan and boost their love and affections to their mother land.
Adil,
Great post.
I especially respect your reverence for the performers that honed their skill in live performances and later became an item on TV.
In retrospect the black and white footage works well to sustain the rawness of these performers.
I was fortunate enough to see him live at a baloch wedding ceremony in mid-80′s (I think). The man was looking old but performed until 3am in the morning nonetheless. Through out the evening the smile was indellible and the joy infectious.
May god bless us all with that type of energy and love for what we do.
-K
What a great find. Brought back memories. I remember seeing him on TV when I was a little kid.
This site never ceases to amaze me with these gems hidden all over.
@ Faiz Mohammed Baloch,
A legend Pakistani cultural icon from head to toe,
of sheedis and Baluch community in Karachi,
Curiously one gets the impression that he really
influenced with his gesticules, the beautiful, splendid
Tahera Sayed, with her incomparable hands with
sublime fingers of a Greek Godess.
Rafay Kashmiri
Salam dear.
Thanks for the post.
He is one of the most popular Balochi Language Singer of all times.
Please correct this, He sung in Baluchi (Makkorani dialect).
He had a very very high picth in his voice. We can never forget our Nako Faizok (Uncle Faizok, thats the name we Baloch gave him in his love and respect).
Baloch Zanda Batay (Live Long Baloch People)
good ..
Most recently I discovered the magical art of FAIZ MOHAMMAD BALOCH and instantly became an ardent fan of his mystic and vibrant voice and avery spontaneous style of vocals. An incredible singer and a truly great custodian of traditional art of Balochi singing. regards!
thanx for giving such useful informtion. nako faiz mohammad is my grand father and i feel amused and really pride to him.
GOD bless him.
he had migrated from irani balochistan ” Qasirqand”.
One of the great folk singer of Baluchistan-very captivating
performer indeed.
@ jawad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_eglCPXHvo
Even though , its not the original version but u can have urdu remix performed by some lyari folks….
can some sheedi bros…tell me what it does mean?
“arrrey nako rrrey nako”? this was the takia kalaam of my childhood friend from chakra goth ..