Oh Dad Poor Dad Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm So Sad
I just found out Nora Jones is Ravi Shankar's daughter. I saw Ravi Shankar in concert years ago, he opened for George Harrison. This was a hot ticket at the time, we lined up the night before the tickets were to go on sale at the old Boston Garden. At some point they decided to just let us in and we spent the night roaming around the joint, which was an unforgettable experience. God it was a dump, but a lovable dump. We finally got great seats right up front. On the night of the concert Ravi opened...bear in mind he is considered a genius in his field although Sitar playing is not exactly a widely appreciated art in these precincts. Sadly he was roundly booed and variously harrassed by an impatient dunken Garden crowd. I believe George came out at one point to admonish the great unwashed, which caused only a stir of druggy confusion and anger. It was sad. So he's Nora Jones dad? I thought she was just some normal person from nowheresville who made the scene based upon her own native talent. Oh well, whatever.

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