> Speaking of -Paris,Texas --- there is also an album by Ry Cooder and an
> Indian percussionist who's name I cant remember at the moment called "Down
> By The River" (??maybe). Sorry for being vague. I did actually own this cd
> years ago and it is excellent. Anyone have a more info??
MEETING BY THE RIVER
Ry Cooder & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Here's the review from Amazon.com:
Ry Cooder has long had an interest in other people's music, from the blues
and gospel of black America through classic jazz and the music of Cuba. Even
by this standard, his meeting with Mohan Vishwa Bhatt is certainly a
departure. He is neither a serious student of Indian music nor in any way a
master of its intricacies. Yet on his improvised session (this album was
recorded without rehearsal in one evening), he and Bhatt truly collided
musically and created moments worthy of the world-music Grammy they received
for it. Bhatt is an iconoclastic character himself. He plays a modified box
he calls the mohan vina that is a hybrid of a classical Indian instrument
and slide guitar. He is long trained in the arduous classical style, yet his
work has always demanded a lot of freedom. His duets here with Cooder are
completely unique, liberating both artists from the usual constraints and
creating a new musical style that is unlikely to be repeated or
imitated. --Louis Gibson
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