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I was surprised he was still alive. I recall seeing the movie Concert for Bangladesh at a theater and watching Ravi perform his (long) set. I was in the proper 'mood' for the music, but was never able to sit and listen to it again on the album. Still, I appreciate his artistry.
By the by: Leon Russell's set of Jumping Jack Flash was spectacular.
I appreciate it as well. I remember doing a thread August 1st of last year regarding the Bangladesh concert. Like legalsea I went and saw the movie when it came out, am thinking it was around March or April of 1972.
Around that time FM radio was giving the album quite a bit of airplay. IIRC this was the first concert of any kind that was set up as a fundraiser. Shankar had been friends with George Harrison for several years and appealed to him for help. And the people who were contacted by George and showed up? Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Badfinger. Other sidemen who have probably never showed up in any videos that I'm aware of would be drummer Jimmy Keltner, guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, bassman Klaus Voorman, and Jim Horn and the Hollywood Horn Band.
Other sidemen who have probably never showed up in any videos that I'm aware of would be drummer Jimmy Keltner, guitarist Jesse Ed Davis
Sorry to derail, but Jesse Ed Davis is on video playing with Taj Mahal on the Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, and Keltner is on Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen film, and at least one Traveling Wilbury's video.
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RIP Ravi. He has the aura of a person who has always existed. He can take credit, at least in part, for causing one of the major shifts in popluar music.
I remember the movie well, too...we lived in a wonderful era for music!
RS was the first to bring Indian music to the western world-I love the sound of the sitar...
RIP indeed
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Originally Posted by DOUBLE H
I appreciate it as well. I remember doing a thread August 1st of last year regarding the Bangladesh concert. Like legalsea I went and saw the movie when it came out, am thinking it was around March or April of 1972.
Around that time FM radio was giving the album quite a bit of airplay. IIRC this was the first concert of any kind that was set up as a fundraiser. Shankar had been friends with George Harrison for several years and appealed to him for help. And the people who were contacted by George and showed up? Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Leon Russell, Billy Preston, Badfinger. Other sidemen who have probably never showed up in any videos that I'm aware of would be drummer Jimmy Keltner, guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, bassman Klaus Voorman, and Jim Horn and the Hollywood Horn Band.
I saw Ravi Shankar perform a couple of times at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. His passing is another sad day for music.
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