BarkellWH -> RE: Paco - TV special 1974 (Apr. 3 2014 20:02:37)
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When Paco was still a teenager, he met Sabicas and Escudero in New York. There is a wonderful CD I picked up several years ago entitled, "The Fantastic guitars of Sabicas and Escudero." Really fine stuff. Produced by El-Cherry Red Records in the UK. My guitar instructor and good friend, Paco de Malaga, said that when he was young, every flamenco guitarist wanted to emulate Nino Ricardo. Then along came Sabicas, and the ground shifted. Paco de Lucia is very fortunate to have been influenced by both at different phases in his career. And he had the talent and creativity to forge his own identity as a flamenco guitarist beyond their influence. Nevertheless, Sabicas remains my all-time favorite. Were I to take one CD album of a flamenco guitarist, and one only, to live on a desert island, it would surely be Sabicas' "Flamenco Puro." Cheers, Bill
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