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Ravi and George in the Angel City

Kirk Silsbee, 'It Was Fifty Years Ago Today', 2014

GEORGE HARRISON is credited with bringing Indian music and Ravi Shankar to the attention of the larger public, through his sitar playing on 'Norwegian Wood', 'Tomorrow Never Knows' and 'Within You Without You'. The city of Los Angeles runs through that narrative with an almost mystical current.

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