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You’ve more than likely heard Ravi Shankar’s music and didnt know it. He won an Oscar for the sound track for the movie “Ghandi”.

He was a virtuoso on the instrument called The Sitar. The Sitar is responsible for that twangy sound that is associated with music from the far East.

Shankar was also famous for his endless concerts. He would routinely stay on stage for 4 hours or more.

In short , he did for music from India what Bob Marley did for music from Jamaica.

As he got older he spent more and more time teaching and less time performing.

His daughter is 5 time Grammy winner Norah Jones.