yesudas

Tuned in to dd pothigai first thing in the morning and was pleasantly surprised to find yesudas singing.It has been a very very long time since i listened to him. A really mellifluous voice, just flowing down like a gentle river.He sang a few songs on krishna and they were the best.
Remember many years ago, kumar and me had gone for a live performance of his in krishna gana sabha. The place was overflowing with rasikas and what a performance it was. I knew when the programme started and before long, there was this break for a short while.I came out of a trance as it were.Then next one and a half hours or so.The second half was still better than the first half. Yesudas revels in bhakti and rakthi ragas.So it was an experience.Never have gone for a live concert again of yesudas. Did not want to.
Listened to his songs in tamil and malayalam films, quite a number of times of course and derived a lot of satisfaction.
I was wondering, why more christians have not taken to singing classical carnatic music after yesudas. More than 2/3 decades have past since he blazed into the scene with lot of controversy from christian clerics and his own family/community. One of his sons have taken to concert performance i heard yesudas say in an interview(but not had occasion to listen to the junior)But a larger following of this unique experiment has not taken place.
Remember my brother's teacher in school, also a christian used to learn carnatic music and sing in our navarathiri celebrations. These are exceptions rather than the rule, i guess.