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I don't love everything he does but some of it just really speaks to me. There's a bulerias at the end that's just right up my alley and it's probably cus I'm a metal head too but I love what he says about a lot of flamenco coming out now being mariconao.
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
cool interview. Like and agree with a lot of stuff he says. His old music brought me back, somehow reminded me of Elegant Gipsy-Brand X days. They had a good drummer... good musicians. Hope he enjoys playing his new stuff... otherwise, it's the price of making a living. Thanks for posting
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
yeah i was attracted to flamenco because of my background as a fan of classic metal and classic goth...the phrygian scales and the dark atmosphere of those genres parallel with flamenco..in fact they probably draw a lot from flamenco, certainly more so than they do the blues
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
I think I'm really just stoked because I heard the names, slayer, sepultura, morbid angel, pantera, and megadeth in an interview with a flamenco player This is gunna start happening more often watch.
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
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I think I'm really just stoked because I heard the names, slayer, sepultura, morbid angel, pantera, and megadeth in an interview with a flamenco player This is gunna start happening more often watch.
Woahhh!!!
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RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
I haven't listened to this yet but I'll try to get away with it while I'm working.
You should check out Sam Dunn's documentaries: Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Global Metal, and the Metal Evolution series. They take an anthropological view on the history of heavy metal. Definitely a good watch.
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
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You should check out Sam Dunn's documentaries: Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Global Metal, and the Metal Evolution series. They take an anthropological view on the history of heavy metal. Definitely a good watch.
I concur, great docs, I would only add to that "Get Thrashed" by Rick Ernst, best documentary about the history of thrash metal there is.
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
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I think I'm really just stoked because I heard the names, slayer, sepultura, morbid angel, pantera, and megadeth in an interview with a flamenco player This is gunna start happening more often watch.
yeah - i started seeing this back a few years a go ala Rod and Gab
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
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yeah - i started seeing this back a few years a go ala Rod and Gab
Like Ben talks about in the interview, they're kind of like a gateway drug. I'll admit it, they were my introduction to "Spanishy sounding guitar" and it's not that I hate them now, it just kinda sounds like the same song over and over.
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
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I got burnt out after the second album. I prolly go see them at the Hollyoowd Bowl in July though. Its a nice venue for a summer show.
They put on a decent show, I saw them at The Greek which was great, I may go to this Hollywood Bowl business too depending on ticket price.............
uh oh, gotta go, flamenco po po's gunna roll on me..........
RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
" What you did was very spiteful, but it was also very brave and very honest and I respect you for doing that. But the content of what you said has made me hate you. So there's a layer of respect, admittedly, for your truthfulness, but it's peppered with hate. Hateful respect." Aldus Snow - Get Him To the Greek...
When I was a kid, I saw Jose Greco on TV and was blown away with the music and dance. It took me a long time to finally to get to Flamenco but on the way I learned how to play the guitar witih the help of friends and a buddy's brother who played in a hard rock group. My journey took me through hard rock and metal and I'm still a big fan of those genre's. As was mentioned earlier, I too loved A Headbangers Journey and feel there are many similarities between the styles... Sig--
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RE: Ben Woods on All Strings Considered (in reply to Leñador)
My gig at a tapas bar in Alexandria Virginia Ben was doing a clinic for cordoba guitars That was the bartender at the end yelling For everyone to get out it was like 2am
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