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To: Clappy who wrote (20801)1/10/2003 8:44:06 AM
From: altair19  Read Replies (2) of 104155
 
Clapper,

<Who the fug is Ravi Shankar dude and how come I never heard of him.>

I know all the "elders" have weighed on on this already..however, here's my two cents.

The Beatles at the peak of their career became interested in transcendental meditation and eastern religions - hooked up with a Maharishi to study meditation and Yoga. Harrison learned to play the sitar under the tutoring of Ravi Shankar and included Shankar in many recordings. One example is Norwegian Wood on the Revolver album...where the melody line is on the sitar.

My take on it was the Beatle's life was getting frenetic. They looked to meditation for simplicity, and Harrison was just fascinated with all kinds of stringed instruments. Obviously there was some serious weed, hash, LSD and mescaline along the way too. They were growing and experimenting....that's what I loved about the Beatles...they continued to learn, change and develop personally and in their music. Eventually their fame consumed them...it was harder for them to keep growing as a band, so they split up. Sad for us, but good for them.

Altair19

Altair19 walks out of the lecture hall at the NNBM Graduate School of Music....one of the young graduate students cracks, "I like the teaching assistant better" <g>
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