Chitti Babu's lyrics & chords

Chitti Babu was one the most pre-eminent Veena artist from the late 1960's to the early 1980's. A desciple of Emani Shakara Shastry, Chitti Babu brought a new verve to the oldest musical intrument. Though there were classical Veena players like Mysore Doraiswamy Iyengar and S. Balachander, Chtti Babu's success spawned a generation of excellent Veena artists like R.K. Suryanarayana, E. Gayatri and S. Sundar. Chitti Babu brought in Blues-like quality to Veena playing, eschewing the then prevalent style of plucking audibly so that the music was ki...read more