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Tuesday, May 11, 1999

My First Impression

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In 1971, a band called Velvette Fogg lined up to watch its way through the Simla Beat Contest at Shanmukhananda Hall, Sion. The group which performed covers of bands like the Doors won and Nandu Bhende was officially in the business of crooning. The band later cut an album too and in 1974, Bhende was singing on stage, as the lead for Alyque Padamsee's adaptation of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1974.

``The kind of singing you do on stage is so different from what you do in a studio or say at home. When you're singing on stage, you're singing with your whole body. It's incredible. Today, Bhende sings several ad jingles and stage-work is far and in between. ``In the 70s, nobody thought of singing as a career option. One was doing it because one was having such a great time. It was like walking on a cloud! It was a great deal of hard work, but it wasn't looked upon that way.'' But then that was the 70s and memories of Woodstock were still alive and music still had a kind of magic.

Copyright © 1999 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.


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