The Mahavishnu Orchestra – “You Know, You Know” from the album “The Inner Mountain Flame”
John McLaughlin was born on 4 January 1942 in Doncaster. He studied violin and piano as a child and took up the guitar at the age of 11.  He moved to London in the early 1960s and played with Alexis Korner, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, the Graham Bond Organisation and Brian Auger.

He moved to the US in 1969 to join Tony Williams’ group Lifetime and formed The Mahavishnu Orchestra in 1971.
He played on the following Miles Davis albums; In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, Live-Evil, On The Corner, Big Fun and A Tribute to Jack Johnson.
Jeff Beck called him “the best guitarist alive” and he gave guitar lessons to Jimmy Page.

The Inner Mountain Flame

1) Meeting Of The Spirits; 2) Dawn; 3) The Noonward Race; 4) A Lotus On Irish Streams; 5) Vital Transformation; 6) The Dance Of Maya; 7) You Know, You Know; 8) Awakening

John McLaughlin – Guitar
Rick Laird – Bass
Billy Cobham – Drums, Percussion
Jan Hammer – Keyboards, Organ
Jerry Goodman – Violin