Introduction by George Harrison & Ravi Shankar (Live)

Thank you

Thank you

Thank you

I'd just like to say

Before we start off with the concert

That

Uh

To thank you all for coming here

And

Uh

As you all know

It's a special benefit concert

We've got a good show lined up

I hope so

Anyway

First part of the concert is gonna be an

Indian music section

You're gonna hear a sitar and sarod duet

And

Uh

As you realize

Indian music's a little bit more serious than our music

And

I'd appreciate it if you could

Uh

Try and settle down and get into the

Indian music section

So let me introduce

On sitar

Ravi Shankar

And the master of sarod

Ustad Ali

Akbar Khan

Sarod

I'm sure you all know

Rvi's tabla player

Alla Rakha

And this evening

The drone instrument

The tamboura

Is being played by

Kamala

So

I hope you enjoy the concert

Thank you

Friends

As

George told you just now

They will be participating in the second part

The first part is going to be us playing for you on the

Indian instruments

The

Indian music

This is a type of music which needs

A little concentrated listening

And I would request you to have a little patience

I know you are very impatient to hear your favourite stars

Who will be in the second part

But we are trying to set the music to this special event

This historical program

Which is just not a program as usual but which has a message

And this is to just make you aware

Of a very serious situation that is happening

We are not trying to be politicians

We are artists

But through our music

We would like you to feel the agony and also the pain

And lot of sad happenings in

Bangladesh

And also the refugees who have come to

India

We will play a dhun

Which means an air or a melody

Which is based on a folk tune of

Bangladesh

And after that we'll play a gat

A fast gat in teentaal of 16 beats

Now

As usual

I would request you

My friends

To refrain or stop from smoking

While the program is on

Thank you very much