i drift on the river in trance..

Shubham, a word synonym with 'happy ending' which i normally used to see at the end of most of the malayalam films :) - was the name of the person who was at the other end of the phone that day... I was taken by surprise by the name (as he was the first person i ever heard/met with the name Shubham) as well as by the invitation for a musical rendezvous at his place in KR Puram..

Being with Val Moraes, a guitarist and a singer, for a year and listening to his wonderful voice and guitar, i had developed a fad for classic rock and blues and was following him almost all the places in Bangalore where he performed.

Meeting with Shubham was a different experience altogether... We discussed about our musical aspirations and interest and it was then that he expressed his idea of forming a band.. There was nothing more exciting to me than to associate myself with such an idea of forming a band with people having similar interest and passion...

River X, that was the name suggested by Shubham for the band and i had no second thought on it as he explained the thought behind framing that name.. There started the journey of the band called River X.

Zo(one of Shubham's greatest findings) joining the band was another important turn in the band's history.. a hardcore Rahman fan and a person with a good creative mind ... anyone can make out that " those hands are made for playing... "

Our hunt for a permanent drummer ended in Ashishda..Dada's style of playing drums made a perfect match with our band's sound.. so keen about going in a systematic way (being an ex-service man),he steered the rest of the wild rivers to the right valley..

Our first show, late night jamming sessions with the king of good times, our first song, 'Steve' the wonder !!!, Chiro and Preetam joining the band, break ups and the hunt thereafter for the new rivers, Sunday jamming at Dada's place and last but not the least , the 'dude' Bharath joining as the lead guitarist..These are few of the many interesting events unfolded before me in this journey of River X.

Few miles to our destiny, i drift on the river in trance..
Hang on to know more..
Hang on to get bewitched..

River B...