Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted December 12, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 12, 2012 A guitarist maybe not, but one of the worlds greatest exponents of the stringed instrument, mentor and friend of the demi-god that was George Harrison, and an all round great blokehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20690632God Speed you RaviOm Shanti and here with his daughter Anoushka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members etawful Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 I was just about to post this. Talk about an amazing talent who lived a long, full life. . . . RIP Ravi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 The first time I ever heard him doing his thing I was truly amazed. Rip Ravi Shankar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BeanoBoy Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 I couldn't listen to Indian music for long periods of time but Ravi's influence on George and The Beatles is undeniable. Definitely part of the 60s musical landscape. RIP Ravi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HanSolo Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 From USA today: "Despite his fame, numerous albums and decades of world tours, Shankar's music remained a riddle to many Western ears. Shankar was amused after he and colleague Ustad Ali Akbar Khan were greeted with admiring applause when they opened the Concert for Bangladesh by twanging their sitar and sarod for a minute and a half. If you like our tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more," he told the confused crowd, and then launched into his set." "In 1979, he fathered Norah Jones with New York concert promoter Sue Jones, and in 1981, Sukanya Rajan, who played the tanpura at his concerts, gave birth to his daughter Anoushka." RIP while my sitar gently weeps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 Originally Posted by HanSolo From USA today:"Despite his fame, numerous albums and decades of world tours, Shankar's music remained a riddle to many Western ears. Shankar was amused after he and colleague Ustad Ali Akbar Khan were greeted with admiring applause when they opened the Concert for Bangladesh by twanging their sitar and sarod for a minute and a half.If you like our tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more," he told the confused crowd, and then launched into his set.""In 1979, he fathered Norah Jones with New York concert promoter Sue Jones, and in 1981, Sukanya Rajan, who played the tanpura at his concerts, gave birth to his daughter Anoushka."RIP while my sitar gently weeps. LOL, yeah, I don't quite get Indian music, either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 Westerners thought it was all about the hippie ethic Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n Roll, when that couldn't be further from the truth. That was their Classical Music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Floyd Rosenbomb Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 Om, Ravi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ravi, may you attain nirvana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xStonr Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 Ravi, may you attain nirvana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flatspotter Posted December 12, 2012 Members Share Posted December 12, 2012 He's Norah Jones' father? I did not know that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted December 13, 2012 Members Share Posted December 13, 2012 George Harrison once called him the greatest musician alive. If you don't like Indian music but are open to a synthesis of Eastern and Western influences, Tana Mana on the Private Music label is an excellent record. I personally was a huge fan. RIP Ravi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 13, 2012 Members Share Posted December 13, 2012 Originally Posted by Flatspotter He's Norah Jones' father? I did not know that. I think (don't quote me here) that she was somewhat of a "love child". From the bit I recall about this, Nora really never had any relationship to speak of with him. Although I admired Ravi's musicianship - big time - sounded like he wasn't always the best of human beings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 13, 2012 Members Share Posted December 13, 2012 I was in awe of his playing and a bit surprised to hear that he'd passed on. He was indeed a bit older than I would have guessed.The performance that long ago caught my attention was from the Monterey Pop Festival. But unlike the other musicians that attended (peace, love, dope) he was the only one that demanded payment. Can't say as I blame him for that, after all, he wasn't a kid at that point like most of the performers were in '67. But maybe he should have also set his sitar on fire. j/kBut yeah, every once in a while, I've had to take time out to watch this performance again. It's fun to watch the notables in the audience go slack jawed over his prowess on the sitar and amazing musicianship Camera finally focuses on the performers at around 7:00 He was an amazing shredder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5sRbmJdsFI hmmm, the embedding has quit working edit: I finally got the embedding to work, but it wasn't clip and paste like it used to be. I copied the format from Ratae to get it to work, i.e. added youtube=;h5sRbmJdsFI inside the first set of brackets and then it took. Wassup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted December 13, 2012 Members Share Posted December 13, 2012 That was a great film IMO the way it captured the mood of the time and none better than Shankar and Country Joe to trip out and make time stand still. Cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 13, 2012 Members Share Posted December 13, 2012 Originally Posted by fretmonster That was a great film IMO the way it captured the mood of the time and none better than Shankar and Country Joe to trip out and make time stand still. Cool stuff. Indeed, that was cool. And as simple as it was, that was still groundbreaking. You can see that with some of the folks there that are mesmerized.It's interesting for me to think that I was 10 yo then so every youngster in that crowd would now be mid '60s to pushing 70. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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