RIP Ravi Shankar

[coolfeel]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-ravi-shankar-george-harrison-concert-bangladesh-20121212,0,3500743.story

[Steve Haynie]

When I bought the Concert For Bangladesh album my mother heard Shankar's Indian music playing in my room, and it made her wonder what the heck I was getting into.

[elduave]

Concert For George playing in store in Ravi's honor.

[Willie G. Moseley]

His performance at the Monterey Pop Festival was a musical and multicultural milestone, and was released as a separate album (that same year, IIRC). I used to own it, and I bet it still holds up.

[hamerican gigolo]

R.I.P. to one of the world's great musicians.

[RichRS6]

A great musician and ambassador for indian music.

[kanegon]

He was a formative influence, though I don't play the sitar.

[zorrow]

His name was related to the best band known to men ever (The Beatles), but he was a great musician, himself.

Rest in Peace!

[RobB]

Shankar accomplished so much in his lifetime. He was responsible, with his association with the Beatles, of bringing Eastern classical music to the western world. He was doing "World Music" (I hate that term) before the genre was created.

His accomplishments aside, he also had a great sense of humor. In the "Bangladesh" movie, after about 5 minutes or so of tuning up their instruments, the crowd breaks into polite applause. He thanked the audience, saying something to effect of, "if you enjoyed the tuning of the instruments I'm sure you'll like the music even more."