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Flamenco puro as world music
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Richard Jernigan
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From: Austin, Texas USA
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 RE: Flamenco puro as world music (in reply to terry70)
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ORIGINAL: terry70
That's all interesting. It reminds me of what the British did with African American music in the 1960's. Groups like The Rolling Stones, decent enough musicians in their own right, approximating the sounds and grooves they liked. Was it really blues? Probably not. But artists borrow from things they find around them. And in this shrinking world we are flooded with arts from every corner of the globe. What are you gonna do? I guess complain and make fun of. But every once in a while someone morphs this stuff into clever ideas that people like. Sometimes not.
There's a hilarious sequence on "The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions."
Wolf is trying to teach the rock stars the guitar accompaniment to "Little Red Rooster." Wolf is on acoustic slide guitar, Clapton, Mike Butterfield et al are on their usual electrics. Wolf's lick has its own little swing. He keeps trying to explain, "You gotta stop at the top..."
After a while another track starts up. At first you think it's a different song, then it sinks in that it's the rock stars' best shot at Wolf's lick. The swing is completely ironed out, Ringo Starr bashing away, it's harmonized differently, delivered through what sounds like an eight foot high stack of Marshalls, smoothly but at ear shattering volume.
Wolf mans up and sings the song. I hope he made a lot of money.
RNJ
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Date May 13 2018 0:08:20
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BarkellWH
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RE: Flamenco puro as world music (in reply to Leñador)
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Some more "flamenco" puro from the good ol' days.
There have always been mountebanks and charlatans in various genres of music, and that goes for flamenco as well. As for Carlos Montoya, he could play flamenco well when he wanted to. Unfortunately, he deliberately decided to forego compas and depend on showmanship during the latter half of his long career.
Nevertheless, none of this detracts from the fact that throughout flamenco's history there have always been flamenco tocaores and cantaores who were the genuine item. They are the ones who will likely be absorbed in some capacity into the "World Music" miasma, and we will be the poorer for it.
Bill
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