John McLaughlin is an English guitarist and founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He released The Inner Mounting Flame and Birds of Fire with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. McLaughlin also released Extrapolation in 1969, which includes the song of the same name, and Electric Guitarist in 1978. He collaborated with Shakti on A Handful of Beauty (With John McLaughlin) in 1976 and with Zakir Hussain on Making Music in 1987. McLaughlin's most popular songs include Epilogue, Manhã de Carnaval, and Extrapolation, the latter of which he has performed with Paco de Lucía and Al Di Meola.