Welcome to one of the most active flamenco sites on the Internet. Guests can read most posts but if you want to participate click here to register.
This site is dedicated to the memory of Paco de Lucía, Ron Mitchell, Guy Williams, Linda Elvira, Philip John Lee, Craig Eros, Ben Woods, David Serva and Tom Blackshear who went ahead of us.
We receive 12,200 visitors a month from 200 countries and 1.7 million page impressions a year. To advertise on this site please contact us.
I first met him in ’82, at the Fonda Maestre near the Plaza del Potro. He was 17.
There were many evening jam sessions on the patio. One evening three Spanish boys came in and stood listening respectfully. During a pause, one of them suggested we pass the guitar to another one, Paco.
I would love to have a photograph of the facial expressions at that moment — I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many jaws drop simultaneously.
There were many evening jam sessions on the patio. One evening three Spanish boys came in and stood listening respectfully. During a pause, one of them suggested we pass the guitar to another one, Paco.
I remember reading just that in the Brit classical mag umpteen years ago.. Did you write it?
I always liked Guitar International better than the other Brit mag. It always had interesting articles. Funny I don't remember any thing about your article but that one quote. I think there was a certain drama in that moment, when a young player, unannounced, picks up a guitar and proceeds to display real talent. Wish I would have been there.
I always liked Guitar International better than the other Brit mag.
I liked it too: it was catholic in taste, had many good writers, and didn’t take itself too seriously.
Unfortunately the owner and editor, George Clinton, apparently had very elastic notions on the subject of paying bills* (Ian Davies, for example, told me he never got paid at all for his contributions); and when he died it foundered, presumably in a sea of debt.
*I've heard many accusations considerably more (potentially) slanderous, but I can’t comment on their accuracy personally.
Printable Version
New Messages
No New Messages
Hot Topic w/ New Messages
Hot Topic w/o New Messages
Locked w/ New Messages
Locked w/o New Messages
Post New Thread