Guitarist fails to break Guinness record
An attempt by Sebastian Joseph, one of the leading musicians in Kerala to break the existing Guinness record of playing a guitar non-stop for 48 hours, currently held by a US national, failed on Friday after he complained of health problems.
This Trissur-based musician began his attempt for 60 hours of ‘Guitar Yajna’ at the Regional Theatre in Trissur on Thursday morning. He was allowed a break of 15 minutes after playing for eight hours. The guitarist took a break around 11:20 p.m. and resumed only around 12:15 a.m. He played till 12:20 a.m. and could not continue.
During his music marathon which started with the popular Malayalam song ‘Keranirakaladum’, he played the tunes of nearly 200 Malayalam songs on his guitar, accompanied by an orchestra. The three-day fete, sponsored by Worldwide Corporation, Trissur, was inaugurated by Mayor R. Bindu at a function presided over by Jayaraj Warrier.
Sebastian Joseph, an All India Radio grade guitarist, 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 performed many solo guitar performances on national and international stages.
