Baul History traveling oversea's

1985 San Francisco, California

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http://www.blacklistedjournalist.com/column95e.html

A little bit of Baul history as told by Al Aronowitz who was the father of Rock Journalism in New York City.

1985 "Purna and his family arrived in the States this trip on September 23 to tour with world-renown sitarists Ravi Shankar and Aly Akbar Khan in an Indian music festival that'd camped in L.A., San Francisco, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington, Chicago and New York. It was Allen Ginsberg who'd reminded Purna to look me up when he got to New York. The first time Purna phones me, he stands me up. That's OK. The language barrier. Finally we zero in on each other. First Babu scouts me and then they pick me up and take me to the gig."

Babukishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul, his father Purna Das Baul, and mother Manju Das Baul did many, many world tours with the best of the East and the West. They were a magic trio and super talented musicians. Purna Das Baul was the first Indian voclaist to travel worldwide outside of India. They are all highly regarded, multi award winning. Babukishan for his musical compositions in Bengal, and the Indian Cinema, Purna Das Baul the best Baul singer ever, and Manju as a vocalist and Harmonium player.

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Baul Mystic Love Bird (Baul Fusion) by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BDsHyHPA2E&feature=channel_video_title

This is a Baul fusion style song. In the video you will see pictures of Babukishan's family home in Kolkata, the temple in Shantiniketan where there is a Statue of Nabani Das Khyeppa Baul, Babu's grandfather. The statue was commissioned by Rabindranath Tagore. There is a picture of the statue and the second picture is of Babu standing with the statue. There are photos of his Baul family temple, the alter, tulsi, and his grandparents samadhi. There is a photo of Babu with the Tara Pith Temple peopl from 2007 , photos of Dakinashwar Temple in Kolkata, Babu was a monk for 12 years in the Ramakrishna order. There is also a rare photo of Kali Ma and Lord Shani from a temple in Bengal. This really gives a good depiction of Baul and Bengal. There is no Baul without Bengal, they are from the soil and soul of Bengal and there is no Bengal without the Bauls the two go hand in hand.

The Dotara was used for the first time as a Baul instrument in the 1940's.

DOTARA - 

a folk instrument much like it's classical cousin, the sarode, and not unlike it's western relative, the fretless banjo. Plucked with a coconut shell pick, the strings are depressed with the fingernails of the left hand, rather than the finger pads as in a guitar or violin. the finger nail becomes like the slide on a slide guitar. 

My dotar has an electric pickup built into the bridge, which is normally made of elephant teeth, I am the first Baul to do fusion music, then I made an electric mandolin, and added more instruments.

 Babukishan

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"The first Dotara used by Bauls was by Gopal Das Baul in the early 1940's he was the husband of Radharani Dasi Baul ( Babu's aunt who was the biggest most famous Baul women for her revolutionary firsts as a Baul women, she was a sweet magical Baulini with a voice that is a gift.)  

Gopal Das Baul was the disciple of Nabani Das Baul.

 This is where this one and only LINEAGE of Vaishnava Baul is from, they are from Ekachakra and ancestors of Nitai (Nityanada who was the elder best friend of Sri Chaitanya.

 

Nabani asked what Gopal wanted because he was such a wonderful student, of all my students you are the best, and Gopal said I want to marry your daughter, Radharani, he said allow me to be in your family and take care of Radharani all my life. Gopal Das was pure Vaishnava, a true sadhaka.

Radharani as the first official Baul Women to record for all India Radio... In 1960's there was movie call Raikamal made about Radharani's life, wrote by one of Bengali's top writers, Tara Shankar. In 1985 a movie called Togori was also made about Radharani's life. 

A very historic family Lineage of Bauls.

Gopal Das was the son of the Ekchakra Nityananda Temple, and he was a great sweet maker. "Nityananda Mahaprabu was a Baul and from this lineage, he was an Avadhuta Baul, this lineage has been hijacked over and over, most recently by nakal fake Bauls, the fake it til you make it, the ones who make up lineages, teach wrong teachings, and collect donations to preserve Baul, when Baul was preserved decades ago by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul."

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