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rombsix -> RE: Weee (Mar. 21 2007 12:58:16)
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Hey Doc,
I recently attended a PP concert at my university. He played without a mic as it was held in a church with great acoustics. I was in the first row - practically sitting in PP's lap! (no connotations meant...). He plays pretty well, although he did make some mistakes ... but in general, the show was really good; it was a solo guitar recital. He played Granainas, soleares, fandangos, tientos, peteneras, zapateado. As I recall, he played no bulerias and no tangos.
Something weird happened during the concert though - he uses a peg-head, and when he was tuning (before starting a piece), he had a capo on 2, and the 6th string slipped off the peg ... I don't know what happened really ... I don't know how peg-heads work (don't have one), but I thought at first that the string broke, but apparently it didn't coz he was able to "fix" it in about 7 or 8 seconds (and it didn't bother him for the rest of the show). He made a joke and said, "this is Spanish technology for ya" ... that was cool.
His technique is pretty good, even though he is 64. He looks younger than PdL; I guess he stays off smoking and drugs more than PdL. In all cases, it was a good show (my first "real" live flamenco concert). So enjoy it mate.
PS: I am about to get done with my neuroscience (neuroanatomy and neurophysiology) course. I have my final in a couple of days. Man, it has been an intense course - 6 credits in six weeks. All those tracts, nuclei, lesions, and all that physiology (and the exams are so damn detailed!!).
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