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From: The South Ireland
My Old mate Paco Peña
I went to see a performance of Quimeras , by Paco Peña the other day , which is a mixture of flamenco and African music and dance ,, very interesting thing to see , not as traditional as some may like , but its very good and the whole troop have a lot of 'stage power' Happy to see him playing again , , , not too much help with my Cantiñas , said it would be better if I just played the blues , its more popular ..... Or just start hitting a bottle with a drum stick and learn some rhthym....
Pic of Paco Hitting a bottle with a stick ....sorry its blurred, we drank the bottle ....
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Anyway he did a few solo things which were very nice , and you know really when your with a dance troop and the emphasis in not really on the guitar, you can get through a long time with just the compas , not too fasy or too slow but just well played and a good sound ... Sometimes I think I even learned to many falsetas and should just play less of them but with the best sound I can , for my cheap guitar , . Unfortunaly I dont have any other flamenco peole around me out here in the country ,, and so I have to do it all myself ... Have to say that he looks a bit more frail now ......
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Posts: 2697
Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland
RE: My Old mate Paco Peña (in reply to larrygraham)
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larrygraham
I think that is a different thing as it is not South American , it is African though and the show is called "Quimeras" Which would translate as a "dream' or " hope " in English I suppose ...
Paco Pena's performance in Washington, DC on February 1, 2013, is called "Flamenco Vivo," and it is billed as a "tour through the history of flamenco." So it appears to be different than "quimeras," which, if I am not mistaken, is a cognate of the English "chimera,"--illusion or fantasy--and which you describe was a mixture of flamenco and African music and dance. The advertisement for his February performance states that it "begins with the most primitive forms of this captivating art form (flamenco) and travels to the highest levels of modern flamenco."
Sounds good. I already have my tickets.
Cheers,
Bill
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In considering this thread more carefully, it strikes me that Paco Pena is all over the map (literally!) in the themes of his recent performances. El Kiko saw him perform "Quimeras," in which he mixed flamenco with African music and dance. LarryGraham provided a link to a Singapore Straits Times write up on his performance in Singapore called "Flamenco Sin Fronteras," in which Paco and his group emphasized South American influences and themes with flamenco. And as I mentioned in my post above, his performance in Washington, DC in February (and I assume in the rest of his U.S. appearances as well) is called "Flamenco Vivo," in which he presents the history of flamenco, from the traditional to the modern. Interesting that he presents three very different themes in his various performances. Not bad for a 70-year old!
Cheers,
Bill
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And the end of the fight is a tombstone white, With the name of the late deceased, And the epitaph drear, "A fool lies here, Who tried to hustle the East."
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