BarkellWH -> RE: What has flamenco taught you? (Dec. 27 2014 23:42:03)
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If there was no Paco & Vicente, flamenco would probably still be a regional thing. This forum would never exist, instead there would be a facebook page with 10 likes. Without Paco it would not be as well known and wide spread as it is, but it would be as it is with or without Vicente. Even without Paco, flamenco would not be just a "regional thing." It certainly stopped being a regional art form with the popularity of Carlos Montoya and Sabicas in the '50s '60s and '70s. Say what you will about Carlos Montoya, he put flamenco on the map outside Spain. And, of course, Sabicas clinched it with real aficionados outside Spain. This forum would exist for true aficionados of flamenco with or without either Paco or Vicente. For true aficionados, flamenco did not begin and end with Paco, much less with Vicente. For a true lover of flamenco, with all the great guitaristas and cantaores throughout the 20th century--Ramon Montoya, Nino Ricardo, Sabicas, Paco Cepero, El Chocolate, Nina de los Peines, Fosforito, and dozens of others--flamenco would be just as riveting. To say that Paco and Vicente are the only reasons this forum exists is to project a very narrow view of flamenco on to those aficionados who have a broader view of the genre. Bill
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