John McLaughlin & The One Truth Band, Le Stadium, Paris, France, September 29th, 1978.

Meeting of the spirits 00:43
Interview 11:11
Two sisters 16:40
Friendship 24:55
Indian style improvisation 34:15
John McLaughlin (g), Lakshminarayana Shankar (violin), Stu Golberg (keyboards), Fernando Saunders (bass), Tony Smith (drums)

[@markrobinson8410]

Shakti was my very first concert in 1977

[@philliphirst5907]

How much fun are they having, bouncing off each other, wonderful stuff 😊

[@orbital14]

Absolutely epic performance!

[@juliosajevicas4719]

Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danielrae861]

Indeed what a gift

[@robertogomesmusic]

Fantastic!!!

[@landslug]

Loved this music back in HS, had no idea there was video. This is really awesome

[@freespiritsguitar2871]

The second lineup of One truth Band is one of the best bands of all time for me, love McLaughlin's playing, think he was at a peak at the time, his playing then evolved in other directions as well. Also, for me it is the most mature combination of Electric Western and Indian music.

[@victormusic01x]

..I saw One Truth at the Berklee Performance Center in 1979 with this lineup i believe..the show was crazy, got to talk to Fernando Sanders for a bit..was this the original One Truth lineup?..noticed a different lineup on another upload..thanks..

[@unearthnoise4975]

They were great, but the first lineup with Sonship and TM Stevens was explosive.

[@antoniocoppola3481]

Great band and music

[@dimitrisiebra5737]

Fantástico.

[@volpeverde6441]

C'mon John.....get some of these great 70's/80's/90's LIVE performances on C.D. ....you need to catch the grateful dead up....live-album-wise.... hurry....christmas is coming....

[@noonward]

let's gooooooooo!

[@robertogomesmusic]

Thanks for posting!!!

[@kamks6054]

John McLaughlin , comme toujours : Exceptionnel

[@czeslawkoepke3330]

Absolutely ingenious. Ideal coegzistence of jazz and Indian music.

[@JamosHeat]

Its funny cuz I love mahavishnu and John McLaughlin but I also love velvet underground and Lou reed so it’s interesting seeing the connection with fernando Saunders as he both played with John and Lou. Idk I find that interesting they both seem like worlds apart.

[@davestephens6421]

Oh thank you!! I saw this band in London and remember it as one of the best gigs I ever saw!! This proves it!!! Shanker was the perfect foil for McLaughlin, who was at his peak on electric guitar for me.... Beautiful!!!!

[@wannabuyabuppy]

I was also at that concert, Rainbow Theatre and Swift were the support band. I melted when John played My Foolish Heart solo.

[@ganazby]

Sensational music. I do wish this incredible lineup had recorded more albums. Thank you for the upload. 🙏

[@leclaireguy263]

abseulement fantastique!

[@sheercerebralpower]

I spent a year hunched next to my record player transcribing this record which my then guitar teacher presented me. I was 15, and I was 16,5 when I finally "got" it...a lifelong devotee of John Ji

[@nmvhr]

Where have i heard that meeting of the sprits intro before?

[@TheDavidfallon]

You didn't realise Mahavishnu spoke such perfect French...

[@lawrencebalara2221]

Does anyone what guitar he's playing?

[@ebjazz93]

Looks like a gibson es 345

[@wannabuyabuppy]

A Gibson ES335 with a scalloped fretboard, one of his favourite guitars to play. He ran it through a single Marshall valve head into a Marshall 4 x 12 angled cab when I saw this band in London the same year.

[@danielrae861]

wOwZ ! Thank you for posting!

[@lesliehayton2929]

That’s great and as a Yorkshire man I’m inspired to go to weatherspoons for a pint , I’ll have one for Allan holdsworth aswell another tyke of some notes , very best wishes !