Indian Music and Drones

i am starting to see this connection between indian classical citar playing and your the guitar. Is that fair? I think you can hearthe direct influence, at times, of not only the guitar, but of shriebos and a sultan chan and different instruments. Obviously entreatig ascate for the electric mandolin and be a sarongei heard sultan khan when i was in college. Then he was playing with zakir,. This was at saimill college in los angeles. The music circle would have concerts in kerrick chapel there ialto an octidental her alaraka and ashish khan. These were very important experiences.