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Guess What! "I Can't Play a Sitar Properly" says Jeff Beck

Richard Green, Record Mirror, 11 June 1966

NOW THAT Mr. Ravi Shankar is actually in the country, all those funny little Indian shops that flog sitars are in for a good time. But if you're thinking in terms of rushing out with a handful of money and doing a Jeff Beck — forget it. For Jeff doesn't play the sitar.

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