Who was Anil Bhagwat?

Tabla - traditional Indian instrument

In April 1966, George Harrison was scheduled to record the first major British pop song with an Indian arrangement and instrumentation, "Love You To". On the morning of the session, he told Abbey Road about a major issue. He would need someone to play the tabla - a two-handed Indian drum.

Tabla players were a rare blank page in George Martin's encyclopaedia of session players. Frantic enquiries were made. Did anyone know any traditional Indian musicians?

Tabla player for Mr Harrison?

Eventually, they tracked down a tabla player. That afternoon, Anil Bhagwat, a young engineering student, was collected from his flat in Earls Court in a chauffeur-driven Rolls-Royce. 

His contribution to the recording would earn him a name-check on the back cover of Revolver - full story here.