Return to India, Part 19: The wedding band, in the visual style of Sgt. Pepper's (10 image slide show)
I have uploaded and placed the photos from Sujitha and Manojs wedding in a draft post, but right now I am just too tired to write the text. See, I am a late night person but I had to get up very early this morning to drive Margie to Anchorage so she could spend the rest of the week babysitting rascals while I continue to live like a bachelor. When I have to get up early, I don't sleep. Worse yet, I tried to take a nap this afternoon, but it didn't work.
So, instead, I am posting this 10 image slide show of the wedding band. The instant I saw them dressed in their uniforms, I thought of the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Don't forget - India was big in the Beatles' life at that time and four of the many people pictured around them in the cover are Indians. I am pretty sure they patterned their own outfits after a band very much like this one.
I loved this band - they had soul, they had character - and their music, Wow! Strong! Energetic! Nothing like the Beatles at all; nothing like anything I have heard in the US - or anywhere but here. It is a sound unto itself - an all Indian sound. I wish I could spend a month with them, hang out with them, see what their lives are like - shoot a full-blown photo essay. I would love to do that. Anyway, to see the slideshow, click either on the photo or right here. You will see them in action in the wedding post, too.
I will write the text early Tuesday - or least right after I have my breakfast and coffee and come to. Actually, it probably won't be that early.
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