Meet Lou Majaw, India’s Bob Dylan
Widely known as the man who loved Bob Dylan too much - he's organising the 43rd Dylan tribute concert in Shillong today, Lou Majaw is much more than a fanboy musician. He's a successful artist with a compelling story of his own to tell
He's a bit of a legend in the North East and is celebrating 50 years of his music today. But almost an equal number of years ago Lou Majaw, widely recognised for his Bob Dylan tribute shows, was busy cleaning cars at a gas station on Kolkata's frenetic Park Circus-Karaya road crossing.
That's on days when he wasn't carrying heavy goods to and from various establishments in central Kolkata. He spent his evenings though, at some of the most popular bar-restaurants of Park Street in Calcutta- armed with a guitar, strumming up a storm to an enthusiastic crowd of old school live-music patrons.
"I was asked how I felt about my work as a labourer but I always said I felt no shame or embarrassment. 'I'm doing my job, yeah? I respect it', is what I said," says Majaw with a drawl.
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