Скачать или смотреть Six Strings & Other Stories: Episode 08: Vishal Dadlani

Vishal is someone who I grew up listening to, as vocalist of Pentagram. The band was a definitive lesson on how to be a rock band in India, from their emphasis on playing original music, to their well rehearsed tightness on stage and immaculate sound & light production. Vishal's stage presence and handling of a crowd was as noteworthy as his unique and versatile voice.


I've worked with him (and his songwriting partner Shekhar Ravjiani) as a sessions guitarist since the late 90s, from doing radio spots at their little studio in Bandra, to doing a Knopfler impression for them on a Sanjay Dutt song (the song is called Tez Dhar, if you want to look that up) to playing on some of their biggest Bollywood hits. In all that time I have noticed a person who is extremely self aware but also brutally honest. This conversation reflects that, and is classic Vishal, down to the surprise ending....