Remembering "Remember Shakti"

I had a chance to attend "Remember Shakti" concert last Wednesday evening[Dec 03,2008] in Bangalore (Thanks to Biju,my lead in office who invited me with his
free passes)

I didnt have any expectations as such because I am attending concert of such magnitude only for the very first time.

"Magnitude" because it had the likes of Zakir Hussain,Drums Sivamani, Mandalin Srinivas,Shankar Mahadevan, Selva Ganesh performing on the same stage.
Absolutely unnecessary to describe how great it would have been,,,Should I????

For those who are not aware of the band:
"Remember Sakthi" is a band which performs fusion of Indian classicals with Jazz. Originally was known as "Shakti" in 1970's, but got dissolved in the late 1970s. It was again reestablished in late 1990's and came to be known as "Remember Shakti"
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remember_Shakti]

I was told today's concert was without the legendary John McLaughlin, the guitarist. I didnt know anything about him till the end of the concert. But when I came back and listened to some of his performances in youtube, I realized what I missed in the recital.
Listen to the guitarist in the video
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=wHDO1HN06Fc
...He is just too quick....

The biggest surprise of the package for me was the performance of Selva Ganesh who played "Kanjira". He was simply outstanding. The 5 mins solo from him made everyone speechless. After his performance even Zakir commented that he brings all the tunes in that small piece of drum which Sivamani could produce with all his 200 drums.


Truly these are people with some amazing skills....