M.S SUBBULAKSHMI……..1916-2004…….SURPREME SINGER AND “FIRST AMONG EQUALS” OF THE CARNATIC SACRED MUSIC OF SOUTHERN INDIA………THIS MIGHT BE AN ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE STRETCH FOR MANY OF YOU…BUT ONLY AN UNLIKELY STRETCH FOR OTHERS….THERE’S A PART OF ME SORELY TEMPTED TO DELETE THIS BEFORE WE GET STARTED….BECAUSE I’M AFRAID I MIGHT LOSE SOME OF YOU…. BUT IT’S NOT THE FAVORITE PART OF MYSELF SO I’LL JUST PUT THIS DISCLAIMER HERE “THIS IS NOT THE CUP CAKE CHANNEL”, FOLKS ,SO…..”SUCK IT UP” AS THEY SAY IN CALCUTTA…..THIS WOMAN WAS CONSIDERED A NATIONAL TREASURE AND SANG FOR THE KINGS AND QUEENS AND SPIRITUAL HIGHER UPS OF THIS WORLD….AFTER HER DEATH SHE WAS CONSIDERED A SAINT AND WAS WORSHIPED AS THE EMBODIMENT OF ALL THE HEAVY HITTER GODDESSES IN HINDU MYTHOLOGY……. THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE CIRCLE YOU RUN IT……SO I THOUGHT TO MYSELF…”WILLIAM, YOU MIGHT OUGHT TO POST THIS FOR THE ONE PERSON IN A MILLION OUT THERE, CAUSE THEY ALWAYS GET LEFT OUT……..MIGHT AS WELL DRAG THE MASTERS OUT OF THEIR GRAVES AND ASK THEM TO SING……. BUT FOR ALL YOU RAY CHARLES FANS , I’VE GOT YOU COVERED TOO…..SO RELAX…I’M NOT GOING TO BEAT YOU OVER THE HEAD WITH THIS……RELAX..TRUST ME…..WE LISTEN TO THIS AND THEN HAVING HEARD IT,MOVE ON….IT’S ONLY A REFERENCE AND A SYMBOL FOR SOMETHING UNAPPROACHABLE AND UNATTAINABLE BY WORLDLY MUSICIANS…….THIS IS A MASTERCLASS