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Topic: Debashish Bhattacharya with John McLaughlin. |
Andy Volk
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 6:45 am |
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This cut is from Debashish's CD "Beyond the Ragasphere". I'm not a huge McLaughlin fan but this is pretty cool and the contrast between instruments is very fresh, as is the SFX beginning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnCcNY2U5zE
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Brian McGaughey
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Orcas Island, WA USA
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Posted 29 Mar 2017 7:36 pm
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...ahh the things we used to do listening to John McLaughlin/Mahavishnu Orchestra records back in the 70s... 
I own that Debashish CD and it's fun. Love the close mic'd tabla drums. |
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 30 Mar 2017 4:40 am
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I was a big Mahavishnu fan, but it all went by so quick.
This is a pretty complex piece. McLaughlin could do that. |
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Tom Keller
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Greeneville, TN, USA
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Ed Pettersen
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Tennessee, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 1:14 am
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Interviewing Debashish was a treat. Super nice guy. I'm gonna' try to get to India next year to study with him for a coupla' months at his school. Bucket list thing.
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Tom Keller
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Greeneville, TN, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 4:59 am
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| Ed, That has to be an exciting prospect and a daunting one. Do use the Indian style slide guitar? |
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Andy Volk
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 6:08 am
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Debashish is indeed a really nice guy and technically speaking, I doubt there's anyone alive who can match his control on the instrument. I enjoy a lot of his music and appreciate that he is interested in collaborating with Western musicians.
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Ed Pettersen
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 6:56 am
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| Ed, That has to be an exciting prospect and a daunting one. Do use the Indian style slide guitar? |
I do on 8 string lap and 8 string Weissenborn.
It seems my tuning and style was in the ballpark before I embraced Debashish and Bhatt but it will take my three lifetimes to get anywhere near them that's for sure. It's otherworldly.
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 7:48 am
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I can't see what he's playing. The picture looks like a Strat-steel. A google yields several far out acoustic-looking steels.
I love the intro, very other-worldly, but I can't identify the instruments beyond McLaughlin, a harp, a sitar (or possibly one of Debashish's. |
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Tom Keller
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Greeneville, TN, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 8:30 am
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The link below has pictures of a Mohan Veena. This one is off of Ebay. It goes without saying this instrument isn't anywhere near the quality of Debashish's guitar but it does give an idea of how the sympathetic strings work. Its a cross between a Hawaiian guitar and a sitar.
https://tinyurl.com/kr58y2g
Regards Tom
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 9:02 am
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| Wow. Too cool. |
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Ed Pettersen
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Posted 31 Mar 2017 1:55 pm
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Debashish makes his own instruments for others as well now. He's very proud of them.
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rodger_mcbride
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Minnesota
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Posted 2 Apr 2017 9:55 am
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This is one of his most recent guitars, the Neo Zen. Picked it up there a few months ago.
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Orville Johnson
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted 2 Apr 2017 11:16 am
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Speaking of his collaborations, Debashish did a nice tribute album to Tau Moe and got together with some fine Hawaiian musicians (some of our forum buddies) to create it. Maybe its been talked about in another thread but I haven't seen it. Here it is...
http://www.debashishbhattacharya.com/album-hawaii-to-calcutta.php |
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Andy Volk
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 2 Apr 2017 11:28 am
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This is an excellent album with masterful playing by all three musicians but personally, I make it a point not to listen to any of Brozman's music ever again.
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James Kerr
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Scotland, UK
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Posted 2 Apr 2017 11:36 am
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This Video is not available to me here in the UK courtesy of Google & You Tube.
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