Posted by Sid Smith on Jun 3, 2008 - This post is archived and may no longer be relevant

My thanks to long-term DGMLive visitor, CyNoth, for providing me with the following post. Cy writes:

"I thought some of the readers might be interested in the following comments that the Southern Indian jazz percussionist Ramesh Shotham made in a discussion of his record collection in the latest issue of “Blue Rhythm” the blues and world music supplement of  the German jazz magazine “JAZZthing”. In the course of the interview Ramesh describes how he, as an aspiring rock guitarist, was inspired by the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The article continues how this record awoke his interest in other concept albums such as “In The Court Of The Crimson King”, he says;

“I listened to this LP over and over again. I was fascinated, above all, by the drummer. He didn’t just bang around loudly on the drums but was following a predetermined dramatic plot in which he told a story from A to Z that evoked picture in the heads of the listeners.” (my translation)

This apparently motivated him to stop playing guitar and become a drummer. Later he turned from rock drums to jazz and then from drums to the Southern Indian tavil but that is another story that has nothing to do with Crimson. For those who don’t know Ramesh you can find him on You Tube. I particularly recommend the duet with Omri Hason for fans of fleet fingered drummers."