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Rafaela Carrasco left me cold
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Ron.M
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RE: Rafaela Carrasco left me cold (in reply to chapman_g)
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Well, Gerardo Nunez recorded music is very good, but this guy was an absolute monster live. He did a live show with his Trio, Jesus Mendez, and Carmen Cortes, and it was insanely good and very flamenco, I mean this guy was playing traditional and modern and everything in between, but with a rhythmic drive and tight as hell. Yeah, I got the same impression too. His recorded stuff is very intricate and quite cerebral, but the guy can play mean and dirty like the best of 'em, with an amazing rhythmic drive and great improvised feel. "You can take the boy out of Jerez, but not Jerez out of the boy", was the thought running through my head at the time! Impressive performer and Carmen Cortes is dynamite. cheers, Ron
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Date Feb. 21 2010 7:24:58
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Ron.M
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RE: Rafaela Carrasco left me cold (in reply to Florian)
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lol wow are you serious ? still trying to figure out if you joking or this is a fact Yeah Flo...I'm serious. Paco, like a few Spanish guys I've known, had a taste for the finer things in life (whether they could really afford it or not) and even when he was just starting out as a young guy, had a W1 home address in Central London. Apartments there cost mucho dinero to rent! So I'm sure he wasn't going to turn down an offer to make some dough. Anyway...he knew who he was himself so I'm sure it didn't worry him as a young guy trying to make a career in a foreign country. He was always very driven in his quest to spread the Gospel and educate audiences of what real Flamenco was about. In fact some of his early concerts were like mini-lecture tours with demonstrations on the guitar. He definitely was a pioneer in dispelling the "picture postcard" view of Flamenco that was prevalent in Britain and took every opportunity on radio or tv etc to present it as a serious art form. I have mucho respect for him. Of course, as with anything in life, he was in the right place at the right time, with the big social change here and interest in other cultures, plus a craze of guitar players (a legacy of the Beatles and other early British bands), which meant plenty TV exposure etc as the producers had the same mindset. In fact at one point, you could mention " Flamenco guitar" and "Paco Peña" to a lot of ordinary folk in the street and they'd pause and say " Oh Yeah....I think I know who you mean....is that the guy who plays that amazing Spanish guitar stuff on the Parkinson show etc?" That's pretty good recognition! cheers, Ron
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Date Feb. 22 2010 1:10:47
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