Ravi Shankar died

[struggle4progress]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/ravi-shankar-sitar-virtuoso-who-brought-indian-music-to-west-mentored-beatles-dies-at-92/2012/12/11/a05f1b48-4415-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e_story.html?wpisrc=al_national

[eugene jones]

1. awww no

RIP

[ZombieHorde]

2. One of my favorites. nt

[MuseRider]

3. Oh no this is so sad.

What a loss but his long career of music is left for us. Thank you Ravi Shankar for your music.

[catzies]

4. I just played "Love You To" from "Revolver" for him. After all, he's in the lyrics.

RIP dear sitar Master.

[MiddleFingerMom]

5. I never saw him, but in the 80', there was a relatively young woman from a socialite background...

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... in Pennsylvania (I think) who had gone to live in India for 8 years in order
to study the sitar with him.
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Despite having to pickup a tabla player (hers had become very ill the night
I saw her), the show was just amazing -- captivating in a spellbound sort
of way.
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[elleng]

6. Yes. Posted elsewhere.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014333170

[elleng]

7. Background

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/13/arts/music/ravi-shankar-indian-sitarist-dies-at-92.html?pagewanted=1&hp&adxnnlx=1355296158-P9CEs5prCYkNR1om0bu1Mg

[LiberalEsto]

8. Saw him perform in 1967 or 1968 in NYC

I was in 11th grade, on one of the frequent field trips to the city from our northern NJ high school. Our teachers felt we suburban kids should be familiar with the vast cultural offerings of the city, so they formed a club called NY Revisited. Anyone who was a junior or senior with acceptable grades was eligible. We went into the city several times a year to see plays, visit the UN, eat at ethnic restaurants and see the sights.

The Ravi Shankar concert, with its morning, midday and evening ragas, was the most memorable. We were unfamiliar with the vastly different musical scale, the instruments and the concepts, so it was a tremendous learning experience. Thank you Miss Bell, Mr. Ludwig, Miss Ruscica and the other teachers who helped broaden our intellectual horizons so greatly.

And thank you, Ravi Shankar, for your music.

[antiquie]

9. and thank you for your daughter.