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Mark2 -> RE: Cocaine and flamenco (Sep. 29 2007 21:38:17)
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I guess I'm thick because although I'm a regular reader of the forum, I have no idea who the English guy is, and don't care. Paco Picado has brought up some interesting topics on the foro, and although I don't agree with posting references to an individual's drug use, I think anyone seriously interested in flamenco for a long time will see that some of his points about long term involvement by foreigners in flamenco, solo guitar, and yes, drug use, have validity.
Drinking, smoking, pot use, shooting H, coke, speed, etc, in flamenco have all been written about before, so nobody should be shocked. PdL has been the subject of rumors about his personal life that involve various vices, but I think that is the fate of any famous person. Many of us tend to idolize our flamenco heros, and rumors of drug use can tarnish our image of these great musicians.
It might be more interesting to ask why so many truly great artists such as Bird, Coltrane, Hendrix, C de la Isla, etc, become so deeply involved in drugs. Some say it's to re create the high that performing brings, others to isolate their minds from the daily grind in order to focus on their art.
I am not involved in a flamenco scene, probably because I can't participate fully enough in one to derive the benefits of it, but if I found myself in a circle of people involved in an activity I loved, but they all happened to be coke heads, that would definately ruin it for me. Ron's right on the money when he illustrates that drugs can only simulate the real highs in life.
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