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thenewgreen  ·  4065 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What would you play in this scenario?

Nice to find some Nusrat fans. Meriadoc, to your point about Buckley, I wrote this a while back.

I was once at a function in DC shameless plug for Operation Smile and upon leaving I ran in to a Sikh man that I talked to briefly at the gala. He was standing by his car and asked where I was headed, turns out he was headed to the same place so he gave me a lift and I was able to bypass a taxi. He asked what type of music I liked and I went through the usual "I like everything but modern country speel" and I asked where he was from and he said "Pakistan."

When I told him that I really loved Nusrat, his face lit up and he was overjoyed. Honestly, I've rarely seen this type of enthusiasm. He couldn't believe that some westerner knew who his beloved Nusrat was. He threw some on the stereo and we "rocked out" to some qawwali. It was a fun car ride.