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Estevan -> RE: Argentine Guitarist Cacho Tirao passes (Jun. 8 2007 19:18:00)
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It's nice to see somebody that also likes Cacho Tirao
Lionel, here's another one. I saw Cacho play at a guitar festival in France in 1974. I'd never heard of him and had no idea who he was, so it was astonishing to hear him play. One of the great guitarists of our time and an amazing natural musician.
As you say, playing tango on guitar isn't easy, but it's so fluent in his hands. And it wasn't just tango - he was great at Brazilian music, and anything else he felt like playing.
He had some health problems in recent years and was unable to play for a while. David Caswell "el tanguero inglés" organized fund-raising with benefit concerts and a tribute CD to help him until he was able to play again. He will be missed.
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