Guitar God Santana

The Nile: An Unforgettable Song 

After ages came across this! A rare track and

unforgettable song by Santana - 'The Nile' is a sure treat to the ears which has some crafty lead guitar, drumming and percussions. Infact, this is one of the classic songs of the living legend, Carlos Santana and would never mind listening to it thousand times!

This track brings back a lot of memories of good-old-days and reminds me of the black vinyl LP Records playing in our family furniture radiogram day in and day out. I was never aware that this awesome number also had a video.

Hats off to Madaxe Slingertrece for uploading this in YouTube. Had a glance of his collections and felt that he has some of the finest playlist in his YouTube channel.

Though the video is in sepia colour, but the overall production is simply awesome considering the time when it had been made. Ten Grammy award and three Latin America Grammy award winner, guitar god Carlos Santana really looks super cool.

The video has scenes of Egypt, river Nile, surrounding desert, camels, pyramids and mommies including some kind of mystical situations and enigmatic objects. The scene appears like a caravan may have pegged a tent at a nearby oasis while its chief being entertained by an Egyptian belly dancer. The chief sporting a typical hat and a waist coat is flanked by two well built bodyguards wielding daggers and that's the time Santana arrives... and for the rest watch the video although, it is quite hazy.

Going through this video several times, it appears such scenes must have greatly inspired many Bollywood producers as it is evident from several Hindi movies which have adapted to such kind of episodes.

I believe good music is a precondition to create attraction for any song irrespective of language or geography followed by lyrics. And here, this real unique music appears to be a blend of Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales, and congas besides, drums.

The lyrics too deserve special mention; part of the lines goes like this - "...her skin was dark, her voice was liquid fire..." I am sure watching this video could lead many to get goose bumps! 

Still remember Santana's maiden performance at Greater Noida, India during the autumn of 2012. It was an occasion that had made the homegrown rock aficionados proud in particular who had traveled from various distant states to attend the show and witness

From left: Santana, Tripti and Ruddy at Greater Noida

India's rock band brand ambassadors, Soulmate sharing the stage with the guitar legend. The group which comprises of Ruddy Wallang and Tripti Kharbangar impressed Santana by the duos performance and had special words of appreciation for Tripti's voice clarity. Soulmate is one of the country's leading blues rock band from the picturesque hill station, Shillong and once popularly referred as the 'Scotland-of-the-East'. The group has been frequently performing gig and shows nationwide and abroad.

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ASAD KHAN – FUSION MESSENGERS CONCERT

·       Indo-German Urban Mela in Delhi

Asad Khan and the band, "Fusion Messengers"

If Sunday was a crowd puller for guitar legend Carlos Santana’s concert at the Greater Noida’s Galotias University, Delhi’s Indraprastha ‘Millennium’ Park was not left behind as sitar maestro Asad Khan and the band, “Fusion Messengers” mesmerised a huge audience.

The group took on audiences with the most unusual mix, crossing classical Indian genres with jazz, flamenco, electronic and folk music. The crowd was left with raptures as unique renditions of the Indian and German national anthems were also performed.

The ecstatic audience at the show

“Mausam and Escape” – one of the themes from the original score of “Slumdog Millionaire” was another hit with the ecstatic audience.

“Fusion Messengers” who regularly play for A. R. Rahman during his world tours apart from many other jazz and world music festivals across the globe, gave Dellites a perfect Sunday evening with a captivating blend of music.

Asad Khan has earlier performed at the Classic Incantations tour with the German Film Orchestra – Babelsberg held in India and Germany.

“It is a matter of extreme pleasure for us to contribute to this huge project that will further strengthen the music and cultural ties between the two nations. I have been involved with the year of Germany in India since the Classic Incantations tour and it feels great to associate with the project again for a live audience at such a spectacular venue”, Khan observed.

The programme was held on the occasion of the ongoing nine-day event titled – “Germany-India 2011 – 2012: Infinite Opportunities” which is a special initiative to mark and celebrate 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Check out the video clip below: