Shankar, who was considered among the greatest musicians to
have ever lived, died in San Diego's Scripps Memorial Hospital after being
admitted last week after complaining of breathing difficulties. In addition to
his own work, he is known to a new generation as the father of musicians Norah
Jones and Anoushka Shankar.
Both Ravi and Anoushka are up for 2013 Grammys in the World
Music category. Shankar broke onto the Western rock scene with his 1967
appearance at the Monterey International Pop Festival.
His friendship and tutelage of George Harrison on the sitar,
can be marked as the moment when world music became globally accepted. Harrison
collaborated with Shankar numerous times over the years and had him serve as
the opening act for 1971's The Concert For Bangladesh.
Harrison produced material for him, toured with him in 1974,
and had him serve as the principle artist of his own label Dark Horse Records.
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