Sebastian Joseph, a Thrissur-based guitarist, started a music marathon on Thursday in a bid to set a Guinness world record. Mr. Joseph plans to play the guitar for 60 hours at a stretch to break the existing record of 48 hours created by an American.
The rules of the Guinness allow a 15-minute break every 8 hours. Mayor R. Bindu flagged off the guitar ‘yagnam’ at the Regional Theatre. The session was started with the popular Malayalam song ‘Keranirakaladum….’. Students of Nandanam Dance and Music Centre performed to the tunes of Sebastian.
Melodious old Malayalam songs flowed non-stop from Sebastian’s guitar accompanied by orchestra.
The audience applauded gently whenever he stopped to start the next song. During the next two days, he will play on his guitar 700 songs.
Mr. Sebastian, an All India Radio grade guitarist, is one of the leading musicians in Kerala. He has worked with famous singers such as K.J. Yesudas, M.G. Sreekumar and P. Jayachandran. He has been running Grand Music Academy for the last 13 years and has done many solo guitar performances on national and international stages.
The programme sponsored by Worldwide Corporation, Thrissur, will include a ‘music-dance dialogue’.
Bharathanatyam, Mohiniyattom and Theyyam performers will dance to music played by the guitaristThe ‘yagnam’ will be concluded on Saturday evening with a flute recital by Doordharsan director Raghavan.
