Babu Kishan released all of Bob Dylans Music in India and Asia

Babu Kishan gave Bob Dylan the name 'Western Baul' 
Babu  Kishan released all Bob Dylans records in India.

No one in India would know who or what Bob Dylan music was without Babu Kishan. RV Pandit 'Chairman of CBS India' which was later sold to Sony, asked Babu Kishan, 'why are you always promoting this guy Bob Dylan?" Babu has always been enthralled with Bob Dylan poetic songs since he came to know his father was on the cover of Bob Dylans album, "John Wesley Harding" 1967.

Babu Kishan was always inspired by Bob Dylan and he knew him personally and became friends with him.  

​When Babu Kishan worked at CBS India he had tried to bring Bob Dylan to India, he could not get sponsorship or enough interest. Babu Kishan was influenced by his poetry and music. They had a regular connection through 'Al Aronowitz' who was the 'Father Rock Journalism in America' Aronowiz introduced 'Bob Dylan to Allen Ginsberg' & 'The Beatles when Bob Dylan'.  Al Aronowitz of the Blacklisted Journalist, was a very dear friend of Babu Kishan's and they would talk daily. Al in New York & Babu Kishan in Bombay & Babu would visit once a year in New York along with Allen Ginsberg.

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​Go to 'Bauls of Bengal',
On Dylan's Web Site - Expecting Rain
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at the Botton of the page there are two links for Babu Kishan, 
​one is an old web site unactivated and the other is Who is Babu Kishan.

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In Garth Hudson's album (The Sea to the North), Babu Kishan played percussion and was the Indian Music supervisor to for this album.
​Garth Hudson was part of Bob Dylans (The Band) as was Levon Helm.
Both Garth and Levon were great friends of Babu Kishan's for years since the early 1980's, this photo is in 202
​RIP Levon Helm. 
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"Comment by Bob Dylan's drummer 
​'Levon Helm' of The Band
Levon was watching Babu's playing with music at Levon's recording studio.
Babu Kishan was a long time friend and Levon's Indian Drum teacher.
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"Babu is not only a traditional authentic Baul
but an extra ordinary genius personality."
Levon Helm

The above photo was taken  in Woodstock NY at Albert B Grossman's studio for the launch of Al Aronowitz's (the father of Rock journalism) the man who introduced Bob Dylan to the Beatles.

​ Babu with Levon Helm. Babu knew Levon Helm going back since the early 1980's, this picture was taken in 2004.

Babu Kishan at Bob Dylan's home in Woodstock playing on Bob's piano, early 1980's.

Albert B Grossman and Sally Grossman arranged to bring Nabani Das Khyapa Baul to America in 1967 beause Allen Ginsberg requested that they bring Nabani to America but he refused and sent his too son's Purna Das Baul and Laxshman Das Baul thus this is when Purna Das Baul met Bob Dylan. It was not until 18 years later that Babu Kishan met them and made friends with them again on his own... that he reunited his father Purna Das Baul.

Wrong quote on the 1973 reunion of Purna Das Baul and Bob Dylan was 1985 it was Babu Kishan who rented them, it was a surprised organized by Babu Kishan for his father and he arranged it through Al Aronowitz and Allen Ginsberg who he had already met years before.

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