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Raphael Rudd
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15153 Magnolia Blvd Ste F
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

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RAPHAEL RUDD'S SOUND CLIPS



AWAKENER

COMING HOME

HOLIDAY

HOOTNANNY

A LITTLE IS ENOUGH

LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR

WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER

TOWNSHEND TALKS ABOUT RAPHAEL

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NOTES TO TOWNSHEND/RUDD OCEANIC CONCERT CD

In June 1978 I was a 19-year-old studying for my masters at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City when I received a phone call that changed my life. It was Pete Townshend of The Who. He'd heard my music and invited me to record professionally at his Eel Pie Studios in London. I couldn't believe it. Coming from a classical background I was initially a little wary of Pete's legendary status in the rock'n'roll firmament but as soon as we started playing I realized that I was working with a contemporary composer of intense subtlety and sensitivity. Despite coming from two entirely different directions we connected strongly because the energy behind our music was the same. Overnight I had graduated from a student to a professional musician. By September, I was recording my first solo album 'The Boy' with Pete keeping an eye on things. It was he who thought up the title, an affirmation of the importance of the artist remaining young at heart. It was never released but featured Phil Collins, Annie Haslam and various members of the London Symphony Orchestra.

During my three-year stay in London I was involved in many projects which included arranging the horns for Rough Boys (from Townshend's solo Empty Glass LP) and arranging the orchestra for the soundtrack for the film Quadrophenia. However, what we shared beyond the music was our love for the Persian spiritual master AVATAR MEHER BABA and we realized that we were fellow seekers on the same road. For me, the highlight of my adventure in London was performing in two acoustic concerts with Pete at Eel Pie for an audience of the Meher Baba Oceanic around Christmas time in 1979 and 1980. Pete generously shared equal billing with me. I was touched by the profundity of the spiritual quality in his music and on those nights he brought it strongly to the fore. I recall it was a powerful and eventful performance and Pete's playing on those nights inspired me to reach heights I never thought attainable. His inspiration went far beyond that time over twenty years ago and it continues right up until today. He helped me evolve as an artist and a man. Nobody present can forget the final piece of the night entitled O'PARVARDIGAR, (a Townshend composition to a BABA prayer) a truly transcendent performance of love and devotion to all the avatars. I had the honor to meet MEHER BABA in the flesh when I was a child. My parents Virginia and Harold Rudd had been disciples since 1952 and BABA has been the central figure throughout my life.

Since those concerts I released three piano/harp albums and various film and TV soundtracks, the most recent being the score for a film of a Charles Bukowski story, "Love For $17.50," for the internet company Mediatrip.com. I was also in the British Art Rock band Renaissance as well as being one of the founding members of the Annie Haslam Band.

Whatever mediums I work in I strive to stay true to myself and true to AVATAR MEHER BABA. My most recent compositions (which have not yet been released) are dedicated to the memory of my mother, Virginia Cremen-Rudd who passed away on October 9, 2000.

Credits

Pete Townshend - Guitar/vocals
Raphael Rudd - Grand piano/harp

THE AWAKENING CHRONICLES

Disc One:

1. Homage
2. Seasons
3. Travels
4. The Game
5. Kids Like Me
6. Captivity
7. Moments
8. Magic Grace
9. Willow Song
10. The Awakening

Disc Two:

1. Joyfest
2. Awaken
3. Evening Silences
4. Beyond Passion
5. Skydancer
6. Contemplation of the Heart
7. The Eastern Art

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