Darvish Amir Hayati was born in 1921 in Sahne, Kermanshah, Iran. He started learning tanbur from his father, Ali Gholi Hayati when he was 12 and developed his skills with help of his spiritual mentor, Seyed Nasredin Jeyhoon Abad. His used Tanburs with big bodies of Late Master Nariman which were called Neda-Al-Haq (Voice of God). Darvish Hayati was the first person to use Persian lyrics on Tanbur and the first person to perform this instrument on a broadcasting media. He recorded the famous song “Ali Gooyam Ali Jooyam” for Iran’s Radio and therefore contributed a lot to Tanbur’s popularity. He never had an official Tanbur class but many skillful Tanbur players had learned a lot from him. He recorded an album named “Ali Gooyam Ali Jooyam” in 2000 which was produced by Mahour Label. Darvish Amir Hayati died in 2006. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Darvish+Amir+Hayati">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.