RIP Ravi Shankar

dirtychinchilla · 12 Dec 2012 at 09:29

Ravi Shankar died in hospital today aged 92. Rest in peace dude, you made some excellent music and influenced some superb musicians.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20690632

Edrof · 12 Dec 2012 at 09:30

Dad loved him! RIP Ravi.

alexthecheese · 12 Dec 2012 at 10:35

Don't suppose he did the intro to Kula Shaker's Tattva did he?

Always loved that intro, and the whole vibe to that album.

Mr-White · 12 Dec 2012 at 13:14

I thought Ravi Shankar was a cricketer :-/

MW

shadow_boxer · 12 Dec 2012 at 13:19

Mr-White said:
I thought Ravi Shankar was a cricketer :-/

MW

Lol. That'll be Ravi Shasti.

RIP, was never really into his stuff but my parents were big fans.

Hamster · 13 Dec 2012 at 08:09

No way

I was listening to one of his albums on the way back from London on the tube today. A true genius who put the sitar and Indian classical music on the map.

Very sad day.

R.I.P.

Rainmaker · 13 Dec 2012 at 09:04

RIP Ravi, your music brought me a lot of upliftment. Sadpanda.jpg

Vonhelmet · 13 Dec 2012 at 13:22

Only knew him from his influence on George Harrison, but RIP.

Jonesiani · 13 Dec 2012 at 13:34

Legend.

RIP

fozzybear · 13 Dec 2012 at 13:52

I knew of his name but have never listened to his music. Obviously a very well respected musician though.

Also, I only found out yesterday that Norah Jones is his daughter! You learn something new every day.

ic1male · 13 Dec 2012 at 17:03

Can't say I've listened to much of his music. I preferred his other daughter's stuff, Anoushka.

Curunen · 13 Dec 2012 at 19:32

Oh my goodness! :eek:

Amazing musician, his talent will be missed.

Hamster · 13 Dec 2012 at 19:56

alexthecheese said:
Don't suppose he did the intro to Kula Shaker's Tattva did he? Always loved that intro, and the whole vibe to that album.

It looks like one but that's not a sitar playing the drone at the beginning. It's actually a tanpura which looks like a sitar but has less strings (usually 4, sometimes 5) and the strings are tuned to resonate in harmony with key notes of the raag (melody) being played and the strings are plucked open i.e. the player doesn't create extra notes. It's a common background instrument (not to sound too insulting to tanpura artists) played during other classical instrument performances.

arc@css · 13 Dec 2012 at 20:16

Love that kind of music. RIP.