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Ravi Shankar at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival
Three things for those of you playing along at home:
- This is effectively speed metal that just happens to be ancient Hindustani music.
- Wait for it. This thing takes off. See how many famous faces you can identify at the end.
- That tabla (drum) player? That's Alla Rakha, a talent every bit as genius as Ravi himself. Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead said this about him, "Alla Rakha is the Einstein, the Picasso; he is the highest form of rhythmic development on this planet". He was also the father of famed tabla player Zakir Hussain - featured next.
Three things for those of you playing along at home:
- This is effectively speed metal that just happens to be ancient Hindustani music.
- Wait for it. This thing takes off. See how many famous faces you can identify at the end.
- That tabla (drum) player? That's Alla Rakha, a talent every bit as genius as Ravi himself. Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead said this about him, "Alla Rakha is the Einstein, the Picasso; he is the highest form of rhythmic development on this planet". He was also the father of famed tabla player Zakir Hussain - featured next.
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