Paco interview in English

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Ricardo

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Paco interview in English

Great interview, and rare being in English.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 24 2022 16:52:49

devilhand

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Ricardo)

Wow. A great interview. At 5:32 I'm glad that Paco mentioned it. It just gave me extra motivation. When I started to play guitar many years ago I read something like - it's easy to learn to play guitar, but it's very difficult to master it.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 24 2022 18:55:24

Argaith

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Ricardo)

Thanks for sharing Richardo; indeed a great interview and very inspirational.

A

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 25 2022 14:28:35

ernandez R

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Ricardo)

Simple words but so much power in them, feeling, inspiration: Dounde!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2022 0:06:16

Arash

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Ricardo)

damn, never seen this interview ! thank you.
but also made me sad, remembering once again whome we lost too early.
66 years is too young in this period of time

quote:

If you're on the bed smoking a joint waiting for inspiration to come ....no ! You have to be working

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2022 9:15:28

JasonM

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Arash)

Haha, what about mushrooms?! But another way of interpreting that is .. for the non pro player who takes a long break from playing because they loose the inspiration, when it comes back again you say dang! I wish I hadn’t wasted all that time in between!

Glad to hear even the maestro himself suffered from the annoyance of nails! I’ve heard him say this in other interviews but always makes it better to hear him say it!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2022 15:51:55

Paul Magnussen

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Arash)

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66 years is too young in this period of time

Indeed. But hardly a surprise, in view of the ciggy clamped yet again between the index and middle of his right hand.

At least it wasn’t cancer, like Ramón.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2022 18:32:33

silddx

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Ricardo)

Thank you for this, Ricardo.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 26 2022 19:28:46

davewphx

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Ricardo)

This is great, thank you Ricardo. I thought I read that he didn't speak english, but maybe that was a decade or more before he made this interview.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 27 2022 0:49:50

JasonM

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to davewphx)

Back in ~2004 myself and a friend got a picture with him back stage and he spoke English just as well! He was even asking us if we were guitar players and all that, like you could tell he was comfortable speaking it.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 27 2022 15:41:51

Auda

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Ricardo)

I share PDL's sentiments - if I take 2 to 3 days off it is like starting over. I just do not currently have that discipline.

Cheers

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 27 2022 17:05:01

devilhand

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to JasonM)

quote:

Back in ~2004

Back in 1977 he was comfortable speaking it.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 27 2022 17:57:30

devilhand

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RE: Paco interview in English (in reply to Auda)

quote:

if I take 2 to 3 days off it is like starting over.

I could deal with 2-3 days. So no problem. More than a week can be problematic. Last time I haven't practiced for about 15 days. After 2-3 practice sessions everything became normal again.
How about you guys?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 27 2022 18:12:31