Fusing Blues music with Indian music has
been tried before, but no one has done it quite as successfully as Doug
Cox and Salil Bhatt (the son of V.M. Bhatt). That’s because they have been
thinking and practicing for over a year before actually recording
together.
“Slide to Freedom” was recorded by Miles Wilkinson, one
of the best sound engineers from Nashville — necessary for capturing the
intricacies of the mohan veena, V.M. Bhatt’s 19- stringed instrument; the
amazing tabla of Ramkumar Mishra; and Salil’s instrument, the Satvik
Veena, which has 20 strings (3 for main melody, 5 for drone, and 12
sympathetic strings).
Doug Cox—one of Canada’s best slide
guitarists, teams up with Salil Bhatt — one of India’s best slide
instrumentalists, along with special guest, Grammy-Award-Winning V.M.
Bhatt (Salil’s father).
V.M. Bhatt is Famous! He won a Grammy in
1994 with Ry Cooder for their album, “Meeting By The River”, and he was
considered by George Harrison (and now by Eric Clapton) as one of the
world’s best musicians.
