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Is there such a thing as flamenco gallego?
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Piwin
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RE: Is there such a thing as flamenc... (in reply to El Frijolito)
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Not that I've ever heard of. Outside of Andalucia, Madrid and the Eastern coast, it seems like it's pretty slim pickings flamenco-wise. I once met a flamenco guitarist in Asturias who told me that all he did was accompany a few classes for tourists. The rest of the time he worked with various bands of Celtic or Charro music and would just throw in a rasgueado from time to time... According to him, flamenco was still fairly alive in the gypsy communities there, except it was mainly rumbas, bulerias and perhaps a solea from time to time. Add to that the fact that there's no real way for them to make a living out of flamenco (no contracts as a regular at a tablao, etc.), it seems flamenco in those areas is bound to stay in the poligonos and the odd pena. He was in his sixties and wanted to retire in the area but he did mention that there were a few younger guitarists who had left for Barcelona to try their luck there. In Salamanca there was only one guitarist, Rafael de Dios, who basically made a living busking, but only because he had lost his job and Salamanca doesn't have much to offer industry-wise. The rest of it was in the poligonos and consisted of rumbas.. I'd assume it's pretty much the same situation in Galicia. Perhaps it's time to invent a solea por bagpiperia and get things going!
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