tomatito's interview

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Miguel de Maria

Posts: 3532
Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ

tomatito's interview

There is a Tomatito interview on Flamenco-World.

I enjoyed it very much, not having had much exposure to Tomatito's personality, he seems down-to-earth, sensible, and wise. The priceless quote was that when he met Paco at 15 (?), he "surrendered," realizing Paco could not be surpassed. At that moment he realized he had to do his own thing, that trying to imitate or better Paco was impossible. He also opined that many younger guitarists are subconsciously trying to beat Paco, and that it was only a way to ruin and desolation! I guess he's right, even I am always eyeing Paco's incredible runs and hoping to achieve them (and that's just one aspect of course of Paco's genius).

The resulting "submission" is Tomatito, a colorful, vibrant guitarist who is playful and has created an inimitable style of his own. I think we could learn a lot not only from Tomatito's falsetas, but from his attitude.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 14 2004 18:22:42

duende

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Joined: Dec. 15 2003
From: Sweden

RE: tomatito's interview (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

Doesn´t Tomatito allways come of as incredebly nice? His head doesn´t seem to be that BIG if you know what i mean.
I use Paco (and Camarón) as inspiration. To beat Paco is never going to happen.
Just imagin when the next genius comes along. Would be cool if we were around then.

Henrik

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 15 2004 7:10:06

Miguel de Maria

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Joined: Oct. 20 2003
From: Phoenix, AZ

RE: tomatito's interview (in reply to duende)

If you listen to some over-enthusiastic folks (ahem, cough, Tom cough), some people seem to think this Jeronimo Maya is the next coming of Paco!
:)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 15 2004 15:46:11

duende

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Joined: Dec. 15 2003
From: Sweden

RE: tomatito's interview (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

I think i´ve read the same thing about V.Amigo.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 15 2004 16:13:31

TANúñez

Posts: 2559
Joined: Jul. 10 2003
From: TEXAS

RE: tomatito's interview (in reply to Miguel de Maria)

quote:

If you listen to some over-enthusiastic folks (ahem, cough, Tom cough), some people seem to think this Jeronimo Maya is the next coming of Paco!
:)

Be patient Miguel. Some day, maybe not this year or the next, but some day soon, Jeronimo will be big! You heard it here today 7/20/04.

_____________________________

Tom Núñez
www.instagram.com/tanunezguitars

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Jul. 20 2004 23:04:36