Alms For Shanti

Alms for shanti was conceived in bombay, india. we called on old friends, compatriots, drinking buddies, and a few hangers-on to help us make this shit happen. We had a bunch of ideas and began to work them into songs (bang on the ole anvil, gotta beat these mothers into shape!). the above-mentioned brought their toys and wares into the studio and we began to make some music. we recorded an album, we did. we paid for it ourselves because we figured that the begging bowl was going to serve its purpose soon enough and we wanted to do this uday benegal and jayesh gandhi) are better known as the ex-singer and guitar player of india's most successful ever rock band, indus creed. 14 years with that one alms for shanti is uday and jayesh's first album in their new avatar of the band of the same name. it was recorded in bombay, india and features some of the world's finest indian classical and folk musicians. the details are as follows: They’ve performed concerts in 28 cities in india, represented the country at the festival of india in the ussr, played at peter gabriel's super-hipped-out-totally-prestigious world music festival - womad, toured the uk, and performed with bon jovi to 40,000 people in bombay. in 1996 mtv flew down guns & roses guitarist, slash to perform live on stage with us in bangalore, india. alms for shanti jayesh gandhi - electric and acoustic guitars, slide guitar, keyboards, programming uday benegal - vocals, bôls, keyboards, programming, ghungroo, acoustic guitar on 'in god we trust' maestros and monsters taufiq qureshi - table, duff, halgi, chanda, chakwa, batajon, ghungroo, tambourine, bôls, talking drums on 'realms', 'i wish i was a whale', 'superbowl', 'everlife' rakesh chaurasia - bansuri on 'i wish i was a whale' and 'pahadi' dhruba ghosh - sarangi on 'in god we trust' and 'satya' deepak borkar - ektara on 'i wish i was a whale'; chakwa, halgi, chondka on 'superbowl' sridar parthasarthy - kanjira and mridangam on 'alms' rajendra sodha - swarlin on 'realms' and 'varanasi trail' ravindra sathe - sanskrit shloka on 'satya' madhukar dhumal - shehnai on 'superbowl'