BarkellWH -> RE: Interview with Javier Molina (Jan. 8 2022 22:25:27)
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really cool photo of manuel morao and javier molina. Yes, it is a very cool photo of Manuel Morao and Javier Molina, Henry. Thanks for posting it. That they are both wearing suits speaks to a different era. Don Javier is even wearing a three-piece job. During the '30s, and up until about the mid '60s and even beyond, flamenco tocaores dressed up when they performed before an audience. Think of Ramon Montoya, Nino Ricardo, Sabicas, and others. Aside from their virtuoso playing, that they wore suits lent a certain elegance to their performance that is lacking today. Carlos Montoya was wearing one when I first attended his performance in Phoenix, AZ in 1960, and again at a performance in the Kennedy Center in 1982. Spanish Matadors dressed up when they went out in the evening after a corrida that afternoon. Of course, Spain was always more formal in dress and manners in those days, and even those Spaniards living abroad carried that formality with them. It was more than flamenco and the corrida though. Remember the folk boom of the late '50s and '60s? Take a look at some of the performers of that era--Peter, Paul, and Mary; Bud and Travis; the Canadian couple Ian and Sylvia, and many others--all dressed up for their performances. It showed a certain respect for their audiences. Of course, today audiences often dress shabbier than the performers they come to see. In any case, I am dating myself, both in terms of age and attitude. I have often said that I am a 19th century man, or put another way, I am an analog man living in a digital age. The music, however, is just as good or better, and that's what really counts. Bill
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