Ananda Das's video: The Shival Experience - Al Shival Redwine

https://www.facebook.com/al.redwine With sincere gratitude we are so blessed to have been apart of Shival's time here in the physical world proud to call him dad and grandpa. Thank you all for sharing the experience with us that was Shival. We will be forever changed by this time in our lives. The overflowing support and love we received during this time from everyone has shown us there are angels here on Earth. We all now have one very special angel out there looking over us. We will keep this page up feel free to share stories, pictures, and the love. Blessings to you all, Balaram, Sharon, Rama, Jaya, Taj, Gopala, and Tincy A musical memorial for Al 'Shival' Redwine happens June 21 at Sea Pines BY GLEN STARKEY "Today is not just a loss of this man...but true testament as to the power of how some special souls in this vast universe change us forever for the better. His gift was love...he shared it through his music. We were the lucky ones. His was a light shining from the inside...it will burn on in all of us now that knew and loved him. Thank you brother...safe journey to the other side." TRIBUTE The life and music of Al "Shival" Redwine will be honored June 21 at Sea Pines during a musical memorial. PHOTO COURTESY OF BALARAM AND SHARON REDWINE Al "Shival" Redwine was one of the most effusive human beings I've ever met. Every time I saw him he was smiling, happy, and upbeat. I'm sure he had his down times, but I never saw them. He was also an amazing musician who could play rootsy reggae and Santana-like rock with equal expertise. On May 26, Shival died of lung cancer. "We're having a celebration event for him on Saturday, June 21, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Sea Pines Golf Resort," explained his son Balaram. "Members of The Shival Experience—present and past—will be playing a tribute set in his honor. The Zongo All-Stars will also be doing a set, and we're hoping for a jam session for musicians to join in on to send him off in a community of love and music." Shival was born and raised in San Francisco and began playing guitar professionally by age 17. His skills eventually earned him a place in Cobra, an offshoot of the original Santana band that featured Santana percussionists José "Chepito" Areas and Michael Carabello. He then toured through the West Coast and Hawaii with them before recording an album with the group at the 1975 Diamond Head Crater Music Festival. In 1985, while living in Hawaii, he met Nigerian drummer and Grammy Award-winner Babatunde Olatunji, who caught Shival's act at a night club and was impressed enough to ask him to record with him on his next album, which was produced by Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart, Carlos Santana, and Brazilian percussionist Airto Moreira. Called Dance to the Beat of My Drum, the album remains in print. Eventually Shival returned to California, where he and Olatunji continued to work together in L.A. while Shival also moonlighted with several rock and reggae acts. He was part of The Roughneck Posse, which won Best Reggae Band at the San Diego Music Awards, and by 1991—the year I started working for New Times—he'd moved to the Central Coast, forming his own band, The Shival Experience, three years later. For the past two decades Shival has been a staple of the Central Coast music scene. He'll be missed by all who knew him. I'll always remember his infectious smile. Safe travels, Shival! Tracks 1 Live or Rate 2 African Gypsy Queen 3 Heed it up 4 Rhythm of Love 5 Love gone right 6 Percussion 7 Green Green 8 South of the Border 9 I Owe Everybody| 10 The Lord's Prayer 11 Again and Again