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paco picado -> Esteban (May 25 2007 19:31:36)
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Hi, Its Billy Boy, or Dave, from a few years ago. Iam intrigued by the name Esteban. I have been living for the past 2 years in a town in Spain called Almunecar, some will be familiar with this town. I often warmed up on a Saturday night, if I was not too pissed for Ricardo de la Luna, an amazing Gypsy Guitarist who accompanies himself with the Cante, amazing solo guitarist also, but anyway occasionally a guitarist called Estaban would arrive, and play some amazing pyroteknique pieces, although the Bulerias did not resemble anything that u could call in “Compas”. He played everything in altered tunings, which seemed to be a good excuse for not to accompany visiting singers. I have to say he is a polished concert guitarist, if we are talking about the same guy?, said he was from Granada, he said to me solo flamenco guitar is dead, u can only create new interesting music by stretching the rhythmic rules and using altered tunings,of which he might have a point. But; and I don’t like to flame people especially with the rules of the board. Anyway he is a complete nutcase, he said he was a born again Christian, that he had sold over half a million CDs, slated virtually every other Guitarist off I can think of, even said, “All of Tomatitos family are born again Christians, except Tomatito himself, he is still holding back because he likes smoking the Ganza”. During his time in Ricardos Taberna, no one spoke to him, he seemed in a world of his own, good guitarist, but what a ****. When some other guitarist would get up on stage, and play he would quite often go to the bar or to the toilet and ignore him. Anyway if it’s the same geezer that was mentioned d in the Jaun Martin link, there ya go. Badda Bing, badda bum.
Cheers
Paco Picado
P.S Is he famous if its the same guy?
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