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Manos de Plomo -> Introducing Manos de Plomo (Oct. 23 2012 21:09:59)
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I am happy to have become a member of this interesting forum.
Over forty-five years ago, a guitar-playing doctor described Flamenco and advised me to see a touring guitarist, the late Carlos Montoya. In obtaining the RCA Victor recording, 'Carlos Montoya and his Flamenco guitar', I found a work that remains fresh. His concerts, which I attended from the 1960s through the '80s, were sublime even toward the end when, as an older man, it took a bit more time for him to build an Andalusian muse that seemed three dimensional.
Montoya was a wizard, however, a few elements were missing from his work: singers, dancers, and percussionists. Moreover, Montoya's concerts never veered off a single, repeated playlist by so much as a note. As it is said that Vivaldi didn't write many compositions but one composition many times, Montoya performed only one concert, but repeatedly.
So here I am, close to Portland, Oregon, hoping to find dancers and singers to accompany. I'll play a cheap flamenco guitar as do many great Gypsy musicians. Do you believe that I am mistaken, that all great musicians play only instruments that are prohibitively expensive? Then have a look at 'Flamenco', a documentary film by Carlos Saura. Many of the musicians play so percussively that holes have been worn into the tops of their guitars. I can't imagine that this was done to a thousand-dollar instrument. Can you imagine a hole worn into the top of a Hauser? It would be enough to make a grown man cry.
If you know of any amateur Flamenco groups in Oregon's Willamette Valley, please let me know how to contact them.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sr. Manos de Plomo
Prepare for enchantment
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