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Re: Shakti..."loopy" tablas...

At 11:44 PM 12/7/99 -0600, you wrote:
>i recently heard through a friend that john m. was restablish the original
>shakti. word is they are currently doing some shows. where? i am not sure,
but
>that it's potential is to do a whole international tour. i saw a glimpse
of j's
>guitar in an article briefly stating that they were reuniting. it was one
of his


hmm..actually this is kinda old news... humbly,i'll submit  what i know
about it:

-they (SHAKTI) have been reunited since 1997 or so..,maybe longer..
-there is a GREAT 1999 double CD out- live from shows from the UK tour 
1997..
-a couple things have,or soon will be re-mastered,re-released etc from the
70s.. (handful,shakti,etc)

the lineup>>> JM-ELECTRIC guitar,Zakir Hussain-tabla, T.H.Vikku
Vinayakram-ghatam, Hariprasad Chaurasia-bansuri

they toured a bit in the US in april-june?? i saw the one NYC show..

that's all i know.sorry if the loop-free post has bored anyone.

andre'




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