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I heard that he had been involved in a very serious car accident some years ago now. I contacted Estela (zata) to see if that was true and what had happend to him since and she said that it was indeed true, but he had recovered OK.
So it just seems that by choice, he afterwards preferred not to return to the professional Flamenco scene.
He sounds a really nice guy, 'cos I was talking with John Filmore, the American guitarist and concert player who now lives and teaches in Amsterdam and he told me that in his younger years he had chanced entering a guitar competition at a Festival in Cordoba.
He said that the nerves had got the better of him in his first piece and he felt he had made a mess of it and decided to withdraw from the competition.
Quique happened to be at the festival, sought him out, took him aside and said to him....
"Look man, you are a really good player....you'll be ok...these things happen, but you really must go on....you'll be fine!"
I thought that was a pretty nice thing for someone to do, especially from an established Spanish Flamenco guitarist!
A really good story about J. Filmore. It's a real shame how many really great Flamenco artists abandon their art for various reasons (accidents, El Culto, etc...). I really like his style. Asi es la vida...
Any idea what guitar he is playing here? It has a great sound.
Quique always played a Gerundino blanca. I met him one day in Sevilla airport, when we were going in opposite directions, but each carrying his guitar. They were identical, right down to the mariposa rosette.
He is a very nice person and was a very sought after accompanist, now greatly missed. I often think that his place has now been taken by Antonio Carrión. (Who plays a Reyes).
The album "amance el dia" was among one of the first guitar albums I bought when i still lived in England. I still really like it and some of the themes have been used for TV shows in Spain.
I often wondered why he didnt record more and I didnt know about the accident.
Quique always played a Gerundino blanca. I met him one day in Sevilla airport, when we were going in opposite directions, but each carrying his guitar. They were identical, right down to the mariposa rosette.
He is a very nice person and was a very sought after accompanist, now greatly missed. I often think that his place has now been taken by Antonio Carrión. (Who plays a Reyes).
Suerte
Sean
Thanks for the info Sean. I'll have to look into Antonio Carrion. (I like Reyes too !)
Just joined this forum. Here are some more links to Quique Paredes accompanying El Salmonete. This is the guitar on the cover of his "De Maera" album. Not sure who the maker was. May have been Andrés Domínguez.
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