sunday 22nd december 1974 there was a gig to celebrate the 60th birthday of swami satchidananda (the poster has surfaced on dust-to-digital).
two musicians horsemouth had heard of before played at it - alice coltrane (whom you might expect as a follower of the swami) and john fahey (who you might not expect as a notorious curmudgeon). so two of horsemouth's musical heroes crossed paths (he wonders what they made of each other).
also playing that night was michael jarrett - singer-songwriter and co-writer of late elvis hit I’m leaving (not the guy of the same name from NY dancehall scene and bobby konders' massive sounds - er. mack daddy - was the hit horsemouth believes). this - the imperfect first take of elvis trying to record it is great - very love-like.
also playing was his (michael jarrett I’m leaving that is) then wife, the actress sally kirkland, and the bhajan singer sant keshavadas (who is still singing and teaching horsemouth believes - no he's wrong, sadguru sant keshavadas's wife has taken on running the temple of cosmic religion, but his singing is still available on youtube and soundcloud)
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fahey said he hung around the spiritual community because he was in love with the swami's secretary (shanti norris), which is as good a cop out clause as you could ever hope for. this would be round about the time of fare forward voyagers (soldier’s choice) (1973) possibly fahey's best long form fusion of east and west and originally dedicated to swami satchidananda.
alice coltrane established her vedantic centre up in woodland hills near LA the year after (1975).
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