[…] We didn’t know which room he’d be in, so we walked downstairs where there was a drum circle that was just starting up. It was nice and dark, and the “stone” walls didn’t look nearly as Indiana Jones-ish as they do in the pictures. And there was a huge Buddha and this performer there to greet us. (this and other shots noted were provided by Garret Wilson, who had a “bigger” camera than me, THANKS! (room pics from Temple’s website) We navigated through the “Catacombs” and into the “Destiny Lounge,” a 2001-themed room with a heavy sound system. (there was another bar here too) We chilled in this room for a while until we noticed people going upstairs for the Cheb i, so of course, we followed them up into Temple’s main room – “The Shrine,” marble floors and all. Backing him up on stage were Salar Nadar (Tabla) and Preetam Mayall (Dhol), both of whom kept up a thunderous beat serious enough to make it rain like in that movie, Lagaan. (this is another of Garret’s shots) A belly dance troupe joined the stage and that got the crowd even more into the music, which we could see made Cheb happier as well. The thing that stinks about SF is that no matter how cool the public transit system is, the BART still stops at 1:05, even on the freakin’ weekend, so if we didn’t want to shell out 50 bucks to make it back to our hotel near the airport we would have to split a little early. That means that I didn’t get to catch Karsh Kale who also came in to perform tonight. Oh well, at least I got a sample of bangin’ Bhangra going on in this town. Thanks again to Cheb i Sabbah and Ryan at Six Degrees for inviting me out! P.S. You can read my Music Connection profile we did back in 2000 by clicking the click! […]