Yes, THAT Rick Laird...the bass player from Mahavishnu Orchestra. Rick, excellent interview! I had no idea Rick was into any of this. (Nor for that matter that John Stowell was into TM. He often plays with a friend of mine in the Pacific NW, bassist Glen Moore.)
I saw Mahavishnu's first gig actually, at the Gaslight club in NYC. This was the gig that preceded the recording of their first album, The Inner Mounting Flame. The Gaslight was a small club with a brick wall. Based on the name of the band, I thought I was going to see something acoustic based. How wrong I was....they were LOUD! And very exciting! I was trying to go to George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh that night at the Garden, but I couldn't get in. Going to see Mahavishnu was Plan B that night. Rick's interview with Rick Laird can be seen here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=425742875734 Thank you Rick!
