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Debashish Bhattacharya
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1963
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An Indian musician renowned for his compositions on slide guitar. His technical prowess allows him to play complex passages at blistering speeds. His originality as a musician has earned him global admiration and he has performed all over the world.

Born into a musical family, it became apparent that he was exceptionally skilled at a young age. His parents, both traditional Indian vocalists, gave him a basic understanding of music from his birth and he first began strumming a guitar at the age of 3, when his father gave him a full-size Hawaiian lap steel guitar. He made his debut at the age of 4 on All India Radio in Calcutta. At the age of 9, he left his parents to study for 10 years under the pioneer of Indian slide guitar Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra.

He invented his own slide guitars, unique to his compositions. These hollow neck instruments are the the 24-string chaturangui, the 14-string gandharvi and the anandi, a 4-string lap steel ukulele.

His most popular albums are Mahima with Bob Brozman, and Calcutta Slide-Guitar, Vol. 3, both on Riverboat Records.

artisttitleinstrumentyear
Remember Shakti The Way Of Beauty slide guitar2006
John McLaughlin Floating Point slide guitar2008
 
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