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Jim Opfer

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Joined: Jul. 19 2003
From: Glasgow, Scotland.

Paco Pena

This is just great playing.
Go to 2.49. The guitar licks are spot on. Old school, but hey! fine fine playing.
Observe the young Juan Martin with the frilly shirt in the background dishing up some fine palmas.(

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 22 2009 14:48:04

MarcChrys

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Joined: Jan. 11 2009
From: England (West Yorkshire/Lancashire)

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Jim Opfer)

I love Paco Pena - it may be Old School flamenco but it's played with such refinement and mastery & he always exudes a dignified grace and calm. He's underrated in my opinion.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2009 1:48:37

rombsix

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Joined: Jan. 11 2006
From: Beirut, Lebanon

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Jim Opfer)

Man! Paco Pena is AMAZING! He has one of the best techniques (considering he plays in the traditional position) and sounds EVER! I think that no other flamenco guitarist who plays in the traditional position can beat him. Superb tresillos! Superb tremolo (not in this piece, but check some of his other videos)! Really just great!

Oleeeeeeeeeee!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2009 3:17:56

Thomas

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RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Jim Opfer)

I also enjoyed Pentangle...all the more as Pentangle's bassist Danny Thompson
is the bass player on Ketama's Songhai...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2009 7:52:57

mark indigo

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RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Jim Opfer)

quote:

Observe the young Juan Martin with the frilly shirt in the background dishing up some fine palmas

no way! is that really johhny there with the frilly shirt? did he still have an english accent then?!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2009 11:30:16

Ron.M

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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to rombsix)

quote:

Man! Paco Pena is AMAZING! He has one of the best techniques

I'd agree Ramzi,
A lot of folk think Paco Peña plays fairy "simple" and "traditional" stuff, but he is very precise and very Flamenco and brings to light the sound of the very best mature players he grew up with IMO.

His attack and phrasing is always just spot on and his technique just text book!

He never "flaunts" or makes any kind of showcase out of his rasgueados, but IMO they are about the best in the business!

Just take a look again of how he executes them!

cheers,

Ron

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2009 12:27:07

at_leo_87

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Joined: Aug. 30 2008
From: Boston, MA, U.S.A

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Jim Opfer)

this is my favorite solea on youtube.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2009 14:27:49

Adam

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From: Hamilton, ON

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Jim Opfer) 1 votes

Hmm, "Old School" flamenco, don't we have another forum for that.......

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 23 2009 22:58:26

at_leo_87

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From: Boston, MA, U.S.A

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Adam)

quote:

Hmm, "Old School" flamenco, don't we have another forum for that.......

old school, new school, im here to learn flamenco in general. i like it all.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 24 2009 7:10:40

MarcChrys

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Joined: Jan. 11 2009
From: England (West Yorkshire/Lancashire)

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to at_leo_87)

Thanks for posting the Soleares. The no-nonsense classicality of his approach, the 'crispness' of his playing, the textbook perfect rasgueados & tremolos make me want to get 'back to basics' and polish up my technique...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 25 2009 2:03:25

mark indigo

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Joined: Dec. 5 2007

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Adam)

quote:

Hmm, "Old School" flamenco, don't we have another forum for that.......

i think the "other" forum is for so-called "old school" flamenco ONLY, but my understanding is that this forum is for ALL flamenco, old school, new school, or in my case, "no school" flamenco

and anyway, the so-called "new school" is now the "old school", the so-called "old school" is now pre-historic, there's a new new school, and...er...confused? i think trying to draw lines in the sand is bound to bring that on.

i noticed on a paco pena cd from the late eighties that he was playing some paco de lucia style things from the early seventies, (i think there was a thread on the old school foro about how sad it was that paco pena had gone "nuevo"!

) so is he "old school" or "new school"? not that i'm really bothered either way....

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 25 2009 13:19:26

Matic

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Joined: Jul. 3 2006
From: Slovenija

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Jim Opfer)

Ole, Paco!
Really, one of the finest players.
And a nice, wise person

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 25 2009 13:37:22

MarcChrys

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Joined: Jan. 11 2009
From: England (West Yorkshire/Lancashire)

RE: Paco Pena (in reply to Matic)

Don't know about 'Old School', this immaculately played Bulerias by Paco Pena is very lively & sounds pretty modern to my ears!

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Feb. 25 2009 13:43:10

mark indigo

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RE: Paco Pena (in reply to MarcChrys)

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Don't know about 'Old School', this immaculately played Bulerias by Paco Pena is very lively & sounds pretty modern to my ears!

that's great, i took some of those falseta's off one of his cd's a while back, good to see them played....

and yeah, to someone who started listening to flamenco in the 50's or 60's it probably does sound "modern" but compared to what's coming out new now, it probably sounds "old", it's all relative.... i don't care what label gets stuck on it, i like it all anyway