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George Harrison – Love You To

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“Love You To” is a song by the Beatles from the album Revolver. It is sung and written by George Harrison and features North Indian classical instrumentation; tabla, a pair of hand-drums, sitar and a tambura providing a drone. “Love You To” was the first Beatles’ song that seriously attempted to incorporate Indian classical music and has even been hailed as the first pop song to emulate a non-western form in structure and instrumentation. As such, it first introduced Western pop music fans to the … Continue reading →

The Concert For George Harrison

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The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first anniversary of his death. The event was organized by Harrison’s widow, Olivia, and son, Dhani, and arranged under the musical direction of Eric Clapton and Jeff Lynne. The profits from the event went to the Material World Charitable Foundation, an organization set up by Harrison. The concert opened with a traditional Sanskrit invocation, the Sarvesham chant, followed by Indian music … Continue reading →

Ravi Shankar: 1920 -2012 Celebrating his life

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Biography From Wikipedia: Ravi Shankar (Bengali: রবি শংকর; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), often referred to by the title Pandit, was an Indian musician and composer who played the plucked-string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician. Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent his youth touring Europe and India with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan. … Continue reading →

Ravi Shankar 1920 – 2012

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It is with great sadness the we mark the death of Pandit Ravi Shankar, Sitar virtuoso, cultural ambassador, teacher, friend and inspiration to all of us. But it is with great joy that we celebrate his life of  92 years and its uncompromising dedication to musical collaboration beyond national boundaries, virtuosity in every creative endeavor and a fundamental love of Gurukul teaching of Indian classical music forms. From his website: Biography Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist and composer is India’s most esteemed musical Ambassador and … Continue reading →

It happened on December 10, 1991

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This picture of Justin Hayward was taken out of a program booklet when The Moody Blues did two benefit concerts in New York City in 1991. I’ve been to so many of their concerts in New York City. This concert was at the Paramount Theater and the photo was from the Tour Of The Kingdoms. The big hit at this time was, “Say It With Love.”  It was a benefit concert, and after it had finished, the first ten rows of people (we had what was … Continue reading →

Ray Thomas

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I thought this would be a great song to post for Valentine’s Day. RAY THOMAS of The Moody Blues was born on 29th December 1941 in Stourport on Severn (Stourport-on-Severn, often shortened to Stourport, is a town in north of Worcestershire England). He  attended the Paget Road Secondary Modern School, and later qualified as a toolmaker. In the early ’50s Ray joined the Birmingham Youth Choir and then sang with various groups including The Saints and Sinners and The Ramblers. At that time playing the … Continue reading →