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A reminder not to have b!tch-a$$ technique and cry every time your guitar buzzes
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constructordeguitarras
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 RE: A reminder not to have b!tch-a$$... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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Thanks for posting this, Andy. He clearly was a student of Diego del Gastor, whose large picture is in the background. I too studied with Diego in 1970-1971. (Us old guys.)
I actually think that Diego had great technique. But he was restrained and sparing with it, relying a lot on ligados and the right thumb. He played the music he loved (and invented) with just the right amount of technique for it. He could do lightning picado runs when he wanted to, crystal clear arpeggios, and the best rasgueados in the world. He presented himself much the same way, always thoughtful about other people, always neatly dressed in a suit, un hombre formal.
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Date Jun. 20 2017 12:14:11
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estebanana
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RE: A reminder not to have b!tch-a$$... (in reply to Andy Culpepper)
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I've made inquiries about posters and copies of The Flamenco Project, I'll report as soon as I hear responses.
Meanwhile- on the subject of Diego and his guitar playing family- There was a twin brother to Diego, he was a troubled person and struggled with chemical dependency issues. However he was a guitarist also and I have heard, received wisdom from good authority, that 'El Mellizo', Diego's twins nick name was a very earthy guitarist. Someone else I will not say who, speculated that in their youths that Mellizo may have been the better player. I have no idea that this is true or untrue, but it is a tantalizing side story.
There are probably no recordings of him, but there is something I heard of and may have actually had a long time ago on cassette tape. Chris Carnes made a field recording of Mellizo playing.
I sought out Mellizo's music by asking several of the older Americans that spent time in Moron in the 60's if they knew any. David Serva showed me maybe for or five of his falsetas, which I still play. And Evan Harrar, a person who's been an self appointed documentor of all things Diego related to me that almost all the Sevillanas in his book of falsetas are attributed Mellizo. I also asked Juan Del Gastor to show me a little, and it's a bit sensitive, but he understood I was respectful and gave me a little.
So I thought I would throw out that there was another guitarist in the family and although he had issues, should not be forgotten. If any of you, Ethan?, have any information about the Twin I am interested in hearing your story.
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Date Jun. 22 2017 4:09:42
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