How Many Indian Guitarists Does it Take to Play "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"?


	How Many Indian Guitarists Does it Take to Play "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"?

Charolastra

10-28-2007 1:27 PM

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shilong, indian guitarists, bob dylan, guinness record

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/57057128-125b-40ed-abdf-956e69e16abc/2095BD06-D315-4883-BCEC-74150878A803/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://putthatcoffeedown.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-many-indian-guitarists-does-it-take.html" href="http://putthatcoffeedown.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-many-indian-guitarists-does-it-take.html" style="font-size: 11px;">putthatcoffeedown.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://putthatcoffeedown.blogspot.com/2007/10/how-many-indian-guitarists-does-it-take.html"><P><DIV>That headline may sound like one of those ubiquitous "lightbulb" jokes ("How many __ does it take to screw in a lightbulb?"), but there's a real story behind it. </DIV><BR /><DIV>More than a thousand<SPAN name="petesearch_highlightelement"> guitarists </SPAN>gathered in a remote town in India Friday to try to set a Guinness world record for the largest guitar ensemble.</DIV><BR /><DIV>Supposedly upwards of 1,700<SPAN name="petesearch_highlightelement"> guitarists </SPAN>played Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in<SPAN name="petesearch_highlightelement"> Shilong;</SPAN> they were seeking to top the current Guinness record. That occurred last year, when 1,721<SPAN name="petesearch_highlightelement"> guitarists </SPAN>met in Kansas City to perform Deep Purple's 1970s rock anthem, "Smoke on the Water." The Indians seemed to have more than 1,721<SPAN name="petesearch_highlightelement"> guitarists </SPAN>strumming. (Wonder if Slash of Guns 'n' Roses was there?)</DIV><BR /><DIV>A story about the<SPAN name="petesearch_highlightelement"> Indian </SPAN>event says there were no Guinness judges at today's proceedings, but the organizers of the Dylan fest claim their feat will be recognized because they have witnesses as required by the Guinness Book of World Records.</DIV><BR />Rock on, dudes...</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2095BD06-D315-4883-BCEC-74150878A803/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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