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Paco in Belgrade
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Filip
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Joined: Apr. 23 2006
From: Paris
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Paco in Belgrade
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Paco played in Belgrade on Thursday, so, lets say a few words about it! The concert supposed to start at 20:30! I was there early, so I went staight to the place where Paco supposed to enter! After that, el Pirana, la Chonchi and Montse went out to smoke a cigar! I took a photo with them and talked a little, especially with la Chonchi! They were very nice to me, and in a good mood! I was lucky because, after a few minutes they got back in, Nino Josele went out to smoke his cigar! He was also very nice to me, asked me if I play the guitar and we talked a little! I took a photo with him too! Chonchi told me that Paco didn’t arrive from the airport yet, so I decided to wait a little! I think that the plane was late, and Paco arrived just 10 minutes before the concert, straight from the airport! A few people waited for an autograph! When he came out of the car, he ran to the entrance looking at us saying: ”despues, despues, I’m very late, very late..”! It was a very interesting scene ! Soon, it was announced that the concert will begin with 1h late! It was good, I was afraid that Paco will be tired and that he wont warm up, but I was wrong! The concert began and there’s no words to describe it! Paco played brilliant, he seemed very motivated and not tired! Every note was absolutely perfect, clean and his picados were played at the speed of light! All musicians were great and for me, a flute was something new! Also, it was my first time listening the beautiful voice of la Chonchi live! And I don’t know why, but Paco didn’t play “Cositas Buenas”! After the concert some people, including me and another foro member, el_menco, waited Paco to come out! We didn’t wait long, he was very nice, took pictures with everyone and gave autographs! I exchange a few words with him too, he signed me the picture I took with him last year with “A Felipe, con cariño”, and that’s it! I will upload some pictures soon! Regards
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Date Oct. 21 2007 16:31:00
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Filip
Posts: 419
Joined: Apr. 23 2006
From: Paris
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RE: Paco in Belgrade (in reply to Filip)
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I'd like to give an interesting follow-up of the concert I reported above :) A guy who is an organiser of the Guitar Art festival (GAF) in Belgrade gave an interview in a local magazine. Paco played quite a few times at the GAF after Cositas Buenas, one of which was the mentioned concert. I put below in quote the part of the interview in which Paco is mentioned (translation is mine). quote:
Q: Would you like to outline one moment from the cooperation you had with some of the world-known artists? A: I will always remember the first time I organised Paco de Lucia's concert back in 2007. I picked up Paco at a gas station because he was coming by car from Pula, Croatia. In the evening, I took Paco and his manager to Skadarlija [a bohemian quater in Belgrade], to "Tri Šešira" restaurant, where we stayed until 1am. I thought after that Paco would go to a hotel since he was giving a concert the next day. However, in front of the restaurant Paco told me: "I have a problem, I can't sleep, so where do we go next?". His manager looked at me and just said: "This is Paco". In that moment I figured out I should take Paco to "Black Panters" [a tavern on the Sava river in Belgrade and the gipsy band of the same name that plays there]. We stayed there until 7 in the morning. Paco was fascinated by the local rhythms, he gathered local musicians around him and made them hit spoons on the table to mark the irregular Balkan rhythms. He was impressed by the existence of more complicated rhythms than those of traditional flamenco. When I finally took Paco to a hotel, he asked me to wake him up one hour before the concert. The concert he gave the next day was incredible.
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