Shawn Lee’s Incredible Tabla Band: Raunchy ’73

Buy, Download, Stream: Produced and Arranged by Shawn Lee. Recorded by Pierre Duplan at Trans Yank Studio London. Mixed by Shawn Lee & Pierre Duplan at T.Y. Featuring Prithpal Rajput on Tablas. Also featuring Dom Glover on trumpet, Andy Ross on saxes & flute, and Mick Talbot on Hammond organ on Apache. All other instruments played by Shawn Lee. Artwork by Kei. Mastered by George Horn at Fantasy The original Incredible Bongo Band’s “Bongo Rock” is firmly cemented into musical history having provided the oft sampled (and completely irresistible) “Apache” drum break for a million and one producers to cut up. Also known as Michael Viner’s Incredible Bongo Band, the project was born in 1972. Viner, a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records, was making use of MGM recording facilities in down-time, recruiting whichever studio musicians were on-hand. Ringo Starr is rumored to have played on some tracks. They made two albums of funky, instrumental music filled with covers of