We all know about the sitar influence George brought to the Beatles, but I didn't know about Ravi Shankar at full tilt until about two weeks ago, when I caught him and his companions in this trippy, 20-minute long, ecstatic turbocharged jam at the end of Monterey Pop.
Mind Blown. High-speed joy. He and his drummer stay perfectly in sync while the rhythms keep changing. It is a trip and a half.
Thanks, Ravi - and thanks to George Harrison too, for bringing Ravi to the Dick Cavett Show and the world's attention.
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