Every time I meet Shaan and see him perform on stage, I'm constantly blown away by his talent, his stamina and how incredibly genuine and accommodating he is off stage. On 24th June, Klub Klassic and Mark Premji brought Shaan to Atlanta for the final concert of his tour which spanned the US, Canada and the West Indies. What many members of the audience didn't know says Mark Premji who was the National Promoter for the show was the fact that Shaan had performed till 1.30 a.m. in Trinidad before an audience of 7000, didn't even have time to shower, caught a flight and reached Atlanta at 6.30 p.m. A quick shower, and a 30 minute nap later, the popular Saregama host and singer par excellence was ready to rock the stage. Shaan's thoughtfulness spilled over as he took time out to sing lines from a song I had requested a year ago when he had come to perform and he had not been able to sing it. It is a beautiful but not often requested number based on rag Darbari. Composed by A.R Rehman the song Paigham laya sawaan is a song that Shaan admits to being one of those few numbers where he felt elevated as a singer. He had asked me to bring the lyrics and promised he would sing it. I forgot but he insisted I write the lyrics down and then took time to break the rhythm of the rocking numbers he was belting out to say he was going to sing this for me..he did and then went on to song my other favorite Le chalen from My brother Nikhil, dedicating it to yet another friend in the audience.
http://www.nripulse.com/CityNews_Shaan_Concert_REview.html -- regards, Vithur HELP EVER; HURT NEVER; LOVE ALL; SERVE ALL
