Rain Clouds, Ravi Shankar at Woodstock, 1969

[1000volteSoFy]

What's the name of the instrument at 1:30?? I love it

[willruddock]

@GingerGarlicOnion Ravi Shankar was very disappointed in his Woodstock performance due to the rain, the photographers, and the stoned audience. Even his Live At The Woodstock festival was largely overdubbed. As psychedelic as his music was, Shankar himself did not approve of psychedelics.

[GingerGarlicOnion]

why did i not here of this, why does nobody talk about ravi shankar at woodstock, everybody knows the who was there and jimi hendrix n stuff, i've never heard of ravi being there until now, i feel ........stupid

[alcmejl]

music is fine but clouds... are this chemtrailed and haarped clouds or what?

[scotfreak]

dude, those clouds

[Endlesslovekiss]

nice music & rain cloud vid

[TedChambers]

Phenomenal skies. Really beautiful.

[maddening3]

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[bobbyjr120]

i cant find this on limewire or itunes anywhere. is there another name it goes under? like in hindi?

[marlonrockstar]

@bobbyjr120

you can go to dirpy.com and get this videos url.

its a free download!..

[buzzboy4321]

i love sitars, and indian music, and woodstock, and... well i love the whole damn thing!

[MrKaratekid89]

Lumbi lambi chorian--Rain and Sitar

[guitar19904]

good vibrations

[L00kng]

Beautiful...

[themutefromthefarsid]

He has most likely used but Im sure he understands that they are distractions of more important things and when used indulgently as intoxicants they sedate the mind to sucumb to the world of ilusions. That is why herbs must be used with the respect they deserve. This is something easily understood in Indian culture. Only used for meditative purposes

[themutefromthefarsid]

I believe that he has used what we in the western world call drugs but not in the intoxicating self indulgant sense more in the spiritual sense for meditation as it is custom to use cannabis and lotus flower for meditational practices.

[Dictator300]

I believe that he has used what you might call drugs but not in the intoxicating sense we see it in the western world.He most likely has used cannabis or lotus flowers in the sense of spirituality and meditation as it is typical in their culture for the use of these in complete respect of the plants.

[sra97ster]

Shankar complained to the Indian press how the fans at Woodstock applauded when he tuned his sitar. 'Who was listening to the music? They were all stoned. Completely stoned.' So I'm sure Shankar has never done drugs.

[NmHman127Nugget]

now shankar im sure has never done drugs

please tell me if I'm right

[Lynx1525]

Good shit man. I preferred Shankar at Monterey, but this is still great. What the fuck the editors were thinking by not putting Ravi in the movie is beyond me...

[Lukecash12]

That I doubt I'll ever understand.

[xlapj001]

@Lukecash12 well eternal spirit playing not matter... very easy to understand:)

[oliverecords]

@Lynx1525 I thought of a very simple reason for this, but I prefer not to evoke it here and I might be wrong... though, they had black people on this show! I guess it was too "exotic" for western people at the time.

[Lenangreal]

acid+rain+shankar= wooOoooOOoooOOO

[LittleMegha]

Why is it that LSD and India go together to well?

[williamx747]

i don't know, but it is such a fantastic combination!

[seshes42o]

@LittleMegha cause they can both get spiritual if you want it to be

[willruddock]

Ravi Shankar played in the rain!

[leyburnhealeyman]

@willruddock You bet he did, I remember seeing it on TV. :)

[MrDouglasfairbanks]

ravi shankar at woodstock opened minds!

this is god at work!

[boomersandblotters]

This music is beautiful. Pure beauty.

[bassist448]

Trull beautiful music. I wanted to see him play live but tickets were $500!!!! So I'll just enjoy this for now. Hahaha.

[shamannofthedead]

never mind that last comment this isnt himat monterey pop, he played different stuff their im sure

[shamannofthedead]

are you sure this isnt ravi at monterey pop?

[nostalgiahistoria67]

Viva Pandit Ravi Shankar! Viva Woodstock!

[eihwazone]

I was a teenager during Woodstock but too young to attend. :-( I remember when George Harrison went to India with Shankar and learn to play the Sitar. It's about the same time he became a Hare Krishna devotee as well, I believe. Thanks for posting!!

[bronxindira]

Just posted this on Twitter to celebrate India Independence Day AND Woodstock! Lovely cloud montage.

[vinayak8ate]

Glad you liked it!

[TeamVirility]

I wish our lifes will be as good , sweet and smooth as this music .

[tylermoviepro]

What song is he playing?

[Brekky57]

absolutely beautiful. lol Shankar fit right in at Woodstock.

[mexicoapestaaKK]

very nice!!

[kokosnoot100]

thanks for the upload!

[vinayak8ate]

thanks for the comment!

[crazytruckers]

you must be realy quick on them bongos

[bookkeeper57]

Those are Indian tabla; not exactly the same as bongo drums, but you're right, they are played fast. The man on tabla is Alla Rakha.

[vinayak8ate]

thanks!

[remedysains]

cool

[djbeatbox]

awesome

[crazmanproduct]

Nice