NormanKliman -> RE: Indio Gitano (May 10 2009 23:13:53)
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Hi Adam, quote:
Norman, regarding the Pedro Pena stuff, are you referring to a specific set of recordings? I only know Cristabolina Suarez through Rito Y Geografia, but haven’t heard anything else. Yes, but they're scattered across different labels. Most of the early ones are Polydor or Philips. He recorded with a few different singers up until the early 80s. Just working from memory so I might have my facts wrong, but it looks like he got off to a good start recording with big names like Mairena, Terremoto, Perrate, Piriñaca and Borrico (the last two on the same CD, and they even take turns singing on the same bulería por soleá!), all of whom had died by the early 80s (Perrate was sidelined by a stroke and hung on into the 90s). In addition to El Indio and Cristobalina, I'm sure there are more. All right, I've got a book in front of me now: He recorded with Fernando el de La Morena and El Funi in 1967, with his brother El Lebrijano and his mother La Perrata in 1970 and 1971, with Piriñaca, Terremoto, El Funi and El Indio in 1971, La Perrata in 1972, El Lebrijano in 1973, Cristobalina in 1974, Diego Clavel in 1976, with his cousin Pedro Bacán in 1978, with Mairena in 1983, with Perrate and Tomasa in 1987, with José el de La Tomasa in 1988, with Sordera in 1997 and with Bernarda in 2003. I'm sure there are more. On some of the recordings, he's one of several guitarists, so he might just play on a track or two. That recording of Cristobalina is extremely hard to find but is the best of his playing that I've heard so far. The reference is "Sanlúcar, Utrera, Lebrija..." (Acción AC-40.026).
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