"Can you play the guitar for us Grandpa?" He plays this as their jaws drop. They vow to never listen to Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus or any other oonch oonch dance crap again. "Holy #@$^, can grandpa shred that axe!!!!!"
Truly wonderful. Ripe with all the Spanish flair and spice one could ever hope to have. Just amazing. And such interesting technique as well. Not between the legs with a stool or footstand but rather held up by hand with the lower bout on the right leg. That's quite a difficult stance to use after being used to the footstool. Simple awesome! Anyone who criticize this man had better play like God with a guitar made of mana!
Oh, yeah. And if Montoya played badly, please show us how it should have been done. Make a video and upload it, and let's see how a *real* master would do it.
Music grows. If we all followed tradition exactly, our music would still be banging sticks together. No one owns music; you can't "steal" a style. If you like it, you use it, that's all.
So Montoya had a style and used ones he'd heard; and he tried other stuff. You either like it or you don't, but either way he was a highly-trained and creative artist.
Wow his guitar is amazing (Maybe very old also) still using wooden pegs to tune the cords. That is the way all guitars were fabricated in the past, until the metal were designed.
my ex studued unfder him.. this man wa very precise in teaching which he was not happyt o do all eth time. we used to have dance classes early in the morning listening to his music to start the day.
I agree, unfortunately youtube is the place where people can bad mouth no matter what. But for anyone who truly understands guitar, there will be no bad mouthing about this man. I'm so jealous you got to see him live!
A LA EDAD QUE TIENE ESTE GRANDE MAESTRO... Y DIGO GRANDE MAESTRO PORQUE ES LA PRIMERA VEZ QUE LO MIRO Y ESCUCHO... PERO LA AGILIDAD DE SUS DEDOS EN LA EJECUCION DEL A GUITARRA Y MAS QUE TODO LA LUCIDES DE LA MISMA EJECUCION!!!!!! ( A VECES POCAS PALABRAS PARA BUENOS ENTENDEDORES) SOLAMENTE NOS QUEDA ESCUCHAR SU EJECUCION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alot of flamenco people will tell you that montoya is a low rent flamienco faker who was just a showboater and not authentic or important in any way and sabicus was the real ideal of great flamingco
one problem
sabicus was a fan, stole his licks and openly admited it
Okay...just to put out there...Yes Paganini indeed is a "virtuoso" (its a very impressive and intimidating term to everyone who knows nothing about formal music)...to suggest that Segovia is not is absurd. Also, you cant compare the two. Its apples and oranges. Your talking about two differant styles of music from differant regions of europe. True flamenco has proper and unique stumming techniques that people tend to try and cheat through because the proper way is demanding.
Niccolo Paganini, besides being a world class virtuoso violin player, also played the guitar and wrote music for it that's undoubtably far superior to anything you'll ever come up with. Also why don't you learn to keep your potty mouth shut and express your ideas without resorting to using potty talk. But then, that would probobly leave you without enough of a vocabulary to make yourself understandable to anyone, not that you are as it is.
truly one of the great guitar masters of all time right up there with Andres Segovia Lawson Rollins and as few others I won't mention his rendition of Farruca is impeccable
There is one thing about Youtube for sure, I'm never surprised that no matter what the subject matter, the dregs of society will come out and leave the most shameful comments. Yeesh, I have no hope anymoe.
You give to their comments much more importance than it really deserves, maybe because you inconsciously think that they have the same profile as yours (age, education etc.), but in fact they often are young people who discover freedom in speech and train themselves in forging their opinions. Just think that among all the viewers of this video these are only 486 who clicked on the like/dislike buttons -me for example I never does, because I just find it unworthy-.
@HereinLasVegas - you couldn't have put it any better. it makes me so sad to read some of the comments. I hope one day people will start having a little respect and love for each other... that would solve so many problems .....
@mustangjazz No entiendo ese termino...pero me gustaria. ¿Me explicas? Pasa que siento que es cierto...escucha todo el track y dime que esos ligados tienen sentido -_-. 1:04-1:25 En serio...¿Que carajo es eso?
@mustangjazz Sera porque no sabes nada de flamenco y esto es lo primero que escuchas. Este tipo es un farsante. Escucha a Niño Miguel, a Paco de Lucia, a RAMON Montoya, a Tomatito, Moraito, Manolo Sanlucar, Paco Peña, Vicente Amigo, Juan Serrano, Pepe Habichuela, Sabicas...(o busca mas si no estas convencido, estos son muy famosos y extraordinarios) y te daras cuenta de lo que te digo.
Jodo, tu el respeto a un musico lo tienes mas que olvidado, dudo mucho que estuviese tratando de ser mejor que nadie ni crear escuela de Flamenco... si son famosos si, y de mi pais por cierto en fin
@mustangjazz Lo tengo en el sitio en donde esta mi opinion personal. Porque es solo eso: mi opinion. En España mas de la mitad gente odia el flamenco y a los gitanos y que en el extranjero se les asocie con ellos...¿Estan mal? No, estan en todo su derecho. ¿Y por eso son unos enfermos mentales como me insinuaste?(Si, ya busque a lo que te referias). No ¿Verdad? Por cierto... pregutale a practicamente cualquier flamenco que opina de Carlos y te sorprenderas de lo que te dicen...
@mustangjazz Lo tengo en el sitio en donde esta mi opinion personal. Porque es solo eso: mi opinion. En España mas de la mitad gente odia el flamenco y a los gitanos y que en el extranjero se les asocie con ellos...¿Estan mal? No, estan en todo su derecho. ¿Y por eso son unos enfermos mentales como me insinuaste?(Si, ya busque a lo que te referias). No ¿Verdad? Por cierto... pregutale a practicamente cualquier flamenco que opina de carlos y te sorprenderas de lo que te dicen...
OK, flame me if you wish... but this is like the Spinal Tap of Flamenco guitar. It's like a parody of what it is supposed to be. Check out Sabicas or Nino Ricardo for the real deal in "old school" and see if you hear the difference.
Piece 'o cake. No problem. I should be able to learn this tune by 2099 or so. If I practice all day, every day. And never sleep. No that wouldn't be enough time...
I, too, had the privilege of hearing Carlos Montoya live in concert in the early 1980's, and, let me tell you something...no one, and I mean NO ONE! can play the guitar at Mr. Montoya's level. Not Jimmi Hendrix, nor Jimmy Page, or George Benson, nor Wes Montgomery, or Pat Metheny, nor Lee Ritenour, or Earl Klugh, nor Eric Clapton, etc. No one! Mr. Montoya is probably the greatest pure guitarist that ever walked this planet. His naysayers were/are jealous of him. Period!
I saw Mr.Montoya in Calif. in the 80's. As I sat there with my jaw dropping... I could have sworn the guy had ten fingers on each hand.I've seen most the greats live...Clapton,Hindrix,Santanna,Zappa,ect... but NOBODY could play like this man.
my mom took me to see carlos at the sacramento community center in the mid eighties, along with seeing the last show ever in america by led zep, and being at candlestick park in 89 when the giants won the national league championship, one of the "goosebump" moments in my life, although at the time i didnt know it would be led zeps last concert (in the us)... carlos will give you goosebumps!!
Malmsteen isn't "shitty". He is "different". Not up, right, left, down, in or out. Different! As is Carlos Montoya. There is no "better" or "worse" or "greater" or "lesser"... I enjoy both musicians. This is not a "contest" with a winner and loser.
Men, just hear the music. If someone doesn't enjoy him, why spend a lot of time justifying that making use depreciative observations? Put someone down won't solve inferiority complex.
Este tío fue un farraguas tocando la guitarra. Se creía que por hacer muchos ligados con la mano izquierda y tres horas seguidas de rasgueos sin sentido era ya el mejor del mundo. Además se creía un genio.
Escuchen a Diego del Gastor y verán lo que es expresión y rareza de un verdadero genio y no este tío...
Carlos really is a joke. Make no mistake about it; he is the laughing stock of the flamenco world, taken seriously by nobody (including his own late uncle)!
@kusindan I don't think Asop43 meant it like that. Here in the States, to say "this shit" can also mean the same as "this stuff", hence what he was really saying "when you play this stuff, nobody is laughing at all". Another similar saying used here is to say "this is the shit!" which actually means the same as saying "this is awesome". Considering the way he was responding to the comment made by matthewhenson1, I don't think he meant it in a negative way.
@kusindan DID HE REALLY CALL CARLOS MONTOYA SHIT?.....WOW. HE MUST BE NICOLO PAGANINI BECAUSE THATS THE ONLY PERSON ALIVE OR DEAD THAT COULD TALK SOME SHIT LIKE THAT I WOULD THINK EHH? WHAT THE HELL?! MONTOYA IS THE MOST OG HARDCORE GUITARIST OF ALL TIME....LOVE HIM ON VINYL....EVERYONE STOP COMING ON HERE TO HATE...WE DONT WANT TO HERE YOUR CRAZY ASS HATER BULL;SHIT....WE CAME TO GETS DOWN ON SOME MOTHERFUCKING OG SHIT....CARLOS MONTOYA MOTHAFUCKAS!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE OG GANGSTER SHIT !!!!!!!
also being introverted, poor, deformed, and an outcast and even handicapped or ugly in some way can make a guy like that do amazing things with his time especially since they need a painkiller which is what guitar playing is on another level..maybe these masters were haunted by inner pain and became master guitar players trying to kill the pain. what about that?
@murdelabop it was jingle jangle no talent crap then too. Maybe he should learn to play an actual song instead of diddling around on his fretboard like a high schooler who just discovered the 'guitar grimoire'
@TheTalonX [head shake] It's called "improvisation", and Flamenco, like Jazz is built on it. Just because _you_ don't like it doesn't mean it's crap, it just means _you_ don't like it. What Montoya is playing is a heavily embellished, vamped up version of Tarantas.
I agree with littlejay6, how can we compare one flamenco guitarist against another, they all have their own individual styles,that,s what flamenco is about,it would be pretty boring if they all played the same: also keep dreaming "blaksephirot" TOSSER !!! a Yorkshire saying. jojoman4249
Cada vez escucho mas y con mas atencion a los antiguos maestros de la guitarra flamenca. He tardado un tiempo en darme cuenta de que la profundidad, el sentimiento, el misterio del flamenco ya estaban ahi, desde el principio. La esencia, en muchos casos, tiene un caracter primitivo. Vivan los maestros¡
Yo no le quiero quitar méritos a este hombre que tiene lo suyo pero como dice paco, la musica ha de estar al servicio de la tecnica y no el contrario.Muy bien la tecnica del pulgar un fenómeno(que no tanto el trémolo para mi gusto) pero esta taranta es un cagarro sin sentimiento VACIA(EMPTY PA LOS INGLESES).
Un chaval que este aprendiendo tarantas puede tocar unas tarantas mas bonitas yu con mas sentimiento que este hombre que con todos mis respetos parece que le vaa dar algo por momentos.
The goal of flamenco is to move spirit , soul and heart, and not body , even in the aspect dance....this music may to be heard(sorry for english I am French)in respectuous silent as in ZEN meditation...Respect and Thanks M. Carlos MONTOYA in the place... you are....
El Maestro no es muy apreciado en su pais de Origen ... por la razon que ha vivido en USA , por esa razon ciertos espanoles no lo aprecio...
Pure "flamenco" , "pure duende" , some spanish don't like him because he lived in USA , and don't consider him as one of them..., but it is a Great Master , if somes want more rythm , there are others ""palos"" In the flamenco about 20 palos( or more) for each expression.... as bulerias ....
Fast and impressive, and in those terms, we can appreciate his talent. However, this doesn't sound like flamenco; he lacks rhythm and "duende", if we compare him with Sabicas or Niño Ricardo.
Ufff me ha dejado sin palabras...
Camilo870913 1 week ago
Has Eddie Van Halen ever gotten old looking.
TheMapleleafskickass 1 week ago
"Can you play the guitar for us Grandpa?" He plays this as their jaws drop. They vow to never listen to Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus or any other oonch oonch dance crap again. "Holy #@$^, can grandpa shred that axe!!!!!"
TheMapleleafskickass 1 week ago
Truly wonderful. Ripe with all the Spanish flair and spice one could ever hope to have. Just amazing. And such interesting technique as well. Not between the legs with a stool or footstand but rather held up by hand with the lower bout on the right leg. That's quite a difficult stance to use after being used to the footstool. Simple awesome! Anyone who criticize this man had better play like God with a guitar made of mana!
kromekrush 1 week ago
Oh, yeah. And if Montoya played badly, please show us how it should have been done. Make a video and upload it, and let's see how a *real* master would do it.
baruch60610 2 weeks ago
Music grows. If we all followed tradition exactly, our music would still be banging sticks together. No one owns music; you can't "steal" a style. If you like it, you use it, that's all.
So Montoya had a style and used ones he'd heard; and he tried other stuff. You either like it or you don't, but either way he was a highly-trained and creative artist.
baruch60610 2 weeks ago
Total Shred Monster.
mmmegameat 2 weeks ago
wow.....
hotdoggravy 2 weeks ago
Carlos the master at his work, like none other.
Recondos101 3 weeks ago
can anyone tell me the tuning of his guitar- is it down 1 step? standard? thanks
1dillontaylor 3 weeks ago
@1dillontaylor
He has tuned it 5 half-steps down to C. As he got older, he preferred a lower tension.
ElLimonar1 1 week ago
@ElLimonar1 5 steps down would be B (or H in german), 4 steps down is C. Halftones: B - C - Cis - D - Es - E
Scorch298 4 days ago
The Dos Equis man gives Montoya free beer.
waxwaterloo 1 month ago
Wow his guitar is amazing (Maybe very old also) still using wooden pegs to tune the cords. That is the way all guitars were fabricated in the past, until the metal were designed.
cresta141 1 month ago
@cresta141 It's still being used every now and again by builders, some purists believe there's a difference in sound.
FretboardToAsh 3 weeks ago
this man is so epic, kratos should've fought him in god of war
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this was so epic, that chuck norris took an arrow to the knee
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my ex studued unfder him.. this man wa very precise in teaching which he was not happyt o do all eth time. we used to have dance classes early in the morning listening to his music to start the day.
byurlve 2 months ago
@byurlve you must be about 100!
MrFerminReyes 1 month ago
Look ma one hands haha
hectorcavazosjr 2 months ago
@hectorcavazosjr Uno manos, uno manos!!!!
artman182 1 month ago
I give my right arm for such a left arm..Uhm...Olé..♪♫
Za7a7aZ 2 months ago
anyone else's jaw was dropped during the whole time?
jabbawookeez01 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
My name is Carlos Montoya. You killed my father...
Prepare to die.
tookurjaerbs 2 months ago 10
@tookurjaerbs was that guys name carlos? wasn't it santiago or something?
schnisha95 2 months ago
How can there be any dislikes? Fantastic man. I saw him in concert in the early '80's.
lennieblue 2 months ago
@lennieblue
I agree, unfortunately youtube is the place where people can bad mouth no matter what. But for anyone who truly understands guitar, there will be no bad mouthing about this man. I'm so jealous you got to see him live!
whitemonster009 2 months ago
damn. thats discouraging. he's making it fucking hard for me to become the greatest guitarist ever.
weezyFshady 2 months ago
A LA EDAD QUE TIENE ESTE GRANDE MAESTRO... Y DIGO GRANDE MAESTRO PORQUE ES LA PRIMERA VEZ QUE LO MIRO Y ESCUCHO... PERO LA AGILIDAD DE SUS DEDOS EN LA EJECUCION DEL A GUITARRA Y MAS QUE TODO LA LUCIDES DE LA MISMA EJECUCION!!!!!! ( A VECES POCAS PALABRAS PARA BUENOS ENTENDEDORES) SOLAMENTE NOS QUEDA ESCUCHAR SU EJECUCION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ELCHASQUIECUATORIAN1 2 months ago
Those chords sound like they are from space sorta o_O
Toki740 2 months ago
This guy is such a boss at guitar! 0_0
VxPsalms46x10xA 3 months ago
THIS IS JUST A FUC**** OLD FART....HE IS AMAZING!!
zolja95 3 months ago
Brilliant!
Anton1987RU 3 months ago
holy shit. i had no idea someone could shred on a none electric guitar O_O
piepiepie0101 3 months ago 2
@3:14 he looks up like yeah, i get bitches with these fingers
trynamakealiving 3 months ago 3
I used to be among the flamenco snobs that put Carlos down. I've changed my opinion 180 degrees in recent years.
ElComadreja777 3 months ago
Shred-fest! Bet he didn't get paid per note! La ostia!
elsoultero 4 months ago
from greece. i like carlos and spanish music.i`m fun..
MrVaraderoastra 4 months ago
alot of flamenco people will tell you that montoya is a low rent flamienco faker who was just a showboater and not authentic or important in any way and sabicus was the real ideal of great flamingco
one problem
sabicus was a fan, stole his licks and openly admited it
roman14032 4 months ago
wow, carlos montoya stole alex lifesons chord before alex though of it. now thats a talented thief!
roman14032 4 months ago
so inspiring
unabonger777 4 months ago
amazing!!!
tipota60 4 months ago
AHHHHH my... MY.... MY FACE!!!! HE MELTED IT WITH HIS GODLY FLAMENCO...
JFooBo 4 months ago
My name is Carlos Mantoya.
You killed my father.
Prepare to die.
ComplacentBard 5 months ago 2
Okay...just to put out there...Yes Paganini indeed is a "virtuoso" (its a very impressive and intimidating term to everyone who knows nothing about formal music)...to suggest that Segovia is not is absurd. Also, you cant compare the two. Its apples and oranges. Your talking about two differant styles of music from differant regions of europe. True flamenco has proper and unique stumming techniques that people tend to try and cheat through because the proper way is demanding.
eyesoreart 5 months ago
a true master RIP
smudgeofnotez 5 months ago
the legado tarantas hahahaha
haithamflamenco 5 months ago
Niccolo Paganini, besides being a world class virtuoso violin player, also played the guitar and wrote music for it that's undoubtably far superior to anything you'll ever come up with. Also why don't you learn to keep your potty mouth shut and express your ideas without resorting to using potty talk. But then, that would probobly leave you without enough of a vocabulary to make yourself understandable to anyone, not that you are as it is.
TheSpunky51 6 months ago
truly one of the great guitar masters of all time right up there with Andres Segovia Lawson Rollins and as few others I won't mention his rendition of Farruca is impeccable
TheMuskokaman 6 months ago
this guy is great. i reccommend paco de lucia also "entre dos aguas"
infernalraket420 6 months ago
Beyond incredible!!!
TheSpunky51 6 months ago
There is one thing about Youtube for sure, I'm never surprised that no matter what the subject matter, the dregs of society will come out and leave the most shameful comments. Yeesh, I have no hope anymoe.
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@HereinLasVegas
You give to their comments much more importance than it really deserves, maybe because you inconsciously think that they have the same profile as yours (age, education etc.), but in fact they often are young people who discover freedom in speech and train themselves in forging their opinions. Just think that among all the viewers of this video these are only 486 who clicked on the like/dislike buttons -me for example I never does, because I just find it unworthy-.
WAMEDJO 3 weeks ago
@HereinLasVegas - you couldn't have put it any better. it makes me so sad to read some of the comments. I hope one day people will start having a little respect and love for each other... that would solve so many problems .....
afsanehpetrofsky 2 weeks ago
He doesn't practice anymore........
SoCalDualSport 6 months ago
Se me olvido mencionar, que esto mas bien parece una sesion de practica de ligados que cualquier otra cosa :\
¿No sera eso mas bien?
Ugallardo 6 months ago
Aburrido...¿Que creia que estaba haciendo tocando esos ligados sin sentido?
Ugallardo 6 months ago
@Ugallardo
¿Ligados sin sentido?... debes ser lo mas cercano a un borderline pero consciente de serlo...
mustangjazz 4 months ago
@mustangjazz No entiendo ese termino...pero me gustaria. ¿Me explicas? Pasa que siento que es cierto...escucha todo el track y dime que esos ligados tienen sentido -_-. 1:04-1:25 En serio...¿Que carajo es eso?
Ugallardo 4 months ago
@Ugallardo
¿No entiendes el termino?, vaya hombre con lo que te gusta destrozar el castellano con tus yanquiladas y no lo entiendes, tela...
mustangjazz 3 months ago
@mustangjazz Y eso por poner un ejemplo, hay varios a lo largo de estas "ligarantas".
Ugallardo 4 months ago
@Ugallardo
LOL Flipo....
mustangjazz 3 months ago
@mustangjazz Sera porque no sabes nada de flamenco y esto es lo primero que escuchas. Este tipo es un farsante. Escucha a Niño Miguel, a Paco de Lucia, a RAMON Montoya, a Tomatito, Moraito, Manolo Sanlucar, Paco Peña, Vicente Amigo, Juan Serrano, Pepe Habichuela, Sabicas...(o busca mas si no estas convencido, estos son muy famosos y extraordinarios) y te daras cuenta de lo que te digo.
Ugallardo 3 months ago
@Ugallardo
Jodo, tu el respeto a un musico lo tienes mas que olvidado, dudo mucho que estuviese tratando de ser mejor que nadie ni crear escuela de Flamenco... si son famosos si, y de mi pais por cierto en fin
mustangjazz 3 months ago
@mustangjazz Lo tengo en el sitio en donde esta mi opinion personal. Porque es solo eso: mi opinion. En España mas de la mitad gente odia el flamenco y a los gitanos y que en el extranjero se les asocie con ellos...¿Estan mal? No, estan en todo su derecho. ¿Y por eso son unos enfermos mentales como me insinuaste?(Si, ya busque a lo que te referias). No ¿Verdad? Por cierto... pregutale a practicamente cualquier flamenco que opina de Carlos y te sorprenderas de lo que te dicen...
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@mustangjazz Lo tengo en el sitio en donde esta mi opinion personal. Porque es solo eso: mi opinion. En España mas de la mitad gente odia el flamenco y a los gitanos y que en el extranjero se les asocie con ellos...¿Estan mal? No, estan en todo su derecho. ¿Y por eso son unos enfermos mentales como me insinuaste?(Si, ya busque a lo que te referias). No ¿Verdad? Por cierto... pregutale a practicamente cualquier flamenco que opina de carlos y te sorprenderas de lo que te dicen...
Ugallardo 3 months ago
One can only wish...
Joshclassicalguitar1 7 months ago
OK, flame me if you wish... but this is like the Spinal Tap of Flamenco guitar. It's like a parody of what it is supposed to be. Check out Sabicas or Nino Ricardo for the real deal in "old school" and see if you hear the difference.
jloutzification 7 months ago
his sound is just onbelivable i alwys get to be newly amazed
moshiko7701 7 months ago
wow...and with no effects...a Grandmaster.
newislandguitar 7 months ago
on 291 persons there are 12 idiots
Korsaro1 8 months ago
Piece 'o cake. No problem. I should be able to learn this tune by 2099 or so. If I practice all day, every day. And never sleep. No that wouldn't be enough time...
gargravestrack 8 months ago
My computer crashed while watching this...twice : O
Drumsetti 8 months ago 2
If man is 5 and the devil is six... then carlos is seven
assit2 9 months ago 12
@assit2 Pixies reference?
TheMercuryEmperor 1 month ago
@TheMercuryEmperor It is lol. Havn't met many pixie fans in this world.
assit2 1 month ago
@assit2
afsanehpetrofsky 2 weeks ago
I have the same strings and frets on my guitar and it doesn't sound anything like Carlos'.
beautifulsarah100 9 months ago
@beautifulsarah100
I think he drops the tune 1.
amedtiffany 9 months ago
@amedtiffany Barritone guitar, with a capo on 2, strings go from A to A if I´m right, but not sure!
TimAndGuitar 9 months ago
a perro!!!!!
Italian77721 10 months ago 2
Genius, I've forgotten....
varadilaci 10 months ago
The best I've ever heard. Great.
varadilaci 10 months ago
her's just a total badass.
Rachaelstorm95 10 months ago
I, too, had the privilege of hearing Carlos Montoya live in concert in the early 1980's, and, let me tell you something...no one, and I mean NO ONE! can play the guitar at Mr. Montoya's level. Not Jimmi Hendrix, nor Jimmy Page, or George Benson, nor Wes Montgomery, or Pat Metheny, nor Lee Ritenour, or Earl Klugh, nor Eric Clapton, etc. No one! Mr. Montoya is probably the greatest pure guitarist that ever walked this planet. His naysayers were/are jealous of him. Period!
pelka284dot 10 months ago
He is using 5 wounded strings????
MrFranciscoFidalgo 10 months ago
damn, at 6:22 i thought i was only at 0:10.... simply beautiful and awesome....
nblard 10 months ago
I saw Mr.Montoya in Calif. in the 80's. As I sat there with my jaw dropping... I could have sworn the guy had ten fingers on each hand.I've seen most the greats live...Clapton,Hindrix,Santanna,Zappa,ect... but NOBODY could play like this man.
nerblebun 11 months ago
Too good to believe!!!
51spunky 11 months ago
I am sorry but to dislike it just reeks of jealousy...
This clip is equally beautiful as it is astounding!
mattsuzo 11 months ago
2:45
Spider!
tanner78 11 months ago
im trying to figure out how carlos montoya plays the intro to Granada. It's so fast but it doesnt seem to be rasgueado.??
kdjfnvjvd 11 months ago
10 dislikes!! you know what is "dislikes" mean, right?
subhiad 11 months ago
so much for arthritis lol
jaysanchez9800 11 months ago
my mom took me to see carlos at the sacramento community center in the mid eighties, along with seeing the last show ever in america by led zep, and being at candlestick park in 89 when the giants won the national league championship, one of the "goosebump" moments in my life, although at the time i didnt know it would be led zeps last concert (in the us)... carlos will give you goosebumps!!
milesneedham 11 months ago
God damn that is some epic shit
lesshowerrings 11 months ago
Que bueno...............
JosueRyuzaki15 1 year ago
This man sets such a high standard for anyone to try and reach, and at an age when most guitarist are losing a couple of licks.
dragonflysmiles 1 year ago
Wow, he's even better than me!
SkilesASMB 1 year ago
Jump in the back seat, Eddie.........Carlos is drving.
YNVNEone 1 year ago 28
@YNVNEone LMFAO!
16665150 7 months ago
@YNVNEone Ha ha ha ha great comment:)
turockandar 5 months ago
He plays like the devil!
lintuxvi 1 year ago
Wow. Master of flamenco. Any of you know Paco de Lucia and Manito de Plata?
p1314reyes 1 year ago
Malmsteen isn't "shitty". He is "different". Not up, right, left, down, in or out. Different! As is Carlos Montoya. There is no "better" or "worse" or "greater" or "lesser"... I enjoy both musicians. This is not a "contest" with a winner and loser.
Can you understand that?
800988 1 year ago
@800988 well, i see your point, and i guess it's quite right.
but malmsteen repeats himself very often, and in my opinion that's not something a good musician should do
xDimebladex 1 year ago
malmsteem of flamenco
UnrealK9999 1 year ago
@UnrealK9999 don't compare a fucking shitty guitarist like malmsteen to the great flamenco player Carlos Montoya
xDimebladex 1 year ago
@xDimebladex it's just a joke dude, relax..
UnrealK9999 1 year ago
@UnrealK9999 MORE LIKE MALSTEEN WANTS TO BE THE MONTOYA OF ROCK GUITAR....SINCE HE CAME FIRST RIGHT?????OR AM I RIGHT?
northofthesun 1 year ago
Men, just hear the music. If someone doesn't enjoy him, why spend a lot of time justifying that making use depreciative observations? Put someone down won't solve inferiority complex.
SirRossano 1 year ago
this is music
BOGZASV8MA 1 year ago
Este tío fue un farraguas tocando la guitarra. Se creía que por hacer muchos ligados con la mano izquierda y tres horas seguidas de rasgueos sin sentido era ya el mejor del mundo. Además se creía un genio.
Escuchen a Diego del Gastor y verán lo que es expresión y rareza de un verdadero genio y no este tío...
AlvaroReja1991 1 year ago
wasnt he also a tennis player ?
Durs5 1 year ago
Beautiful. Too beautiful.
LoveJoyLoveyLove 1 year ago
Carlos really is a joke. Make no mistake about it; he is the laughing stock of the flamenco world, taken seriously by nobody (including his own late uncle)!
matthewhenson1 1 year ago
@matthewhenson1 a joke my ass, when you play this shit, nobodys laughing at all
Asop43 1 year ago
@Asop43 Sorry mate, everybody who is anybody in the flamenco world is laughing. I wouldn't want to "play this shit".
matthewhenson1 1 year ago
@Asop43 Why is this "shit"? Just because you can't play it doesn't make it "shit".
kusindan 1 year ago
@kusindan I don't think Asop43 meant it like that. Here in the States, to say "this shit" can also mean the same as "this stuff", hence what he was really saying "when you play this stuff, nobody is laughing at all". Another similar saying used here is to say "this is the shit!" which actually means the same as saying "this is awesome". Considering the way he was responding to the comment made by matthewhenson1, I don't think he meant it in a negative way.
WindyCityJazz 1 year ago
@kusindan DID HE REALLY CALL CARLOS MONTOYA SHIT?.....WOW. HE MUST BE NICOLO PAGANINI BECAUSE THATS THE ONLY PERSON ALIVE OR DEAD THAT COULD TALK SOME SHIT LIKE THAT I WOULD THINK EHH? WHAT THE HELL?! MONTOYA IS THE MOST OG HARDCORE GUITARIST OF ALL TIME....LOVE HIM ON VINYL....EVERYONE STOP COMING ON HERE TO HATE...WE DONT WANT TO HERE YOUR CRAZY ASS HATER BULL;SHIT....WE CAME TO GETS DOWN ON SOME MOTHERFUCKING OG SHIT....CARLOS MONTOYA MOTHAFUCKAS!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE OG GANGSTER SHIT !!!!!!!
northofthesun 1 year ago 38
@northofthesun Im not sure how anybody can pass up liking that comment haha
sluggo12345 7 months ago
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@matthewhenson1 A joke my ass, when you play guitar like this, nobodys laughing at all.
Asop43 1 year ago
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@matthewhenson1 A joke my ass, when you play this shit, nobodys laughing at all
Asop43 1 year ago
Grandpa shred!
DeathCircleCity 1 year ago
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someguy6481 1 year ago
simplemente no mames....
enclenque2000 1 year ago
Can you say legato?
bicknaynard 1 year ago
The Master ------------------------------
GenericGene 1 year ago
juan serreno is the best
crabtrap 1 year ago
Montoya: Temas En Farruca (1961 Recording):
watch?v=kEnLUYu6Z2g
regards
classicvinylbiz 1 year ago
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also being introverted, poor, deformed, and an outcast and even handicapped or ugly in some way can make a guy like that do amazing things with his time especially since they need a painkiller which is what guitar playing is on another level..maybe these masters were haunted by inner pain and became master guitar players trying to kill the pain. what about that?
ShilosSteakHouse 1 year ago
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ShilosSteakHouse 1 year ago
what a shredder
JuniorShabbadu 1 year ago
@JuniorShabbadu Oh yeah! Except in Flamenco it's called "legato", and it was invented a hundred years before most metal heads were born.
murdelabop 1 year ago
@murdelabop it was jingle jangle no talent crap then too. Maybe he should learn to play an actual song instead of diddling around on his fretboard like a high schooler who just discovered the 'guitar grimoire'
TheTalonX 1 year ago
@TheTalonX [head shake] It's called "improvisation", and Flamenco, like Jazz is built on it. Just because _you_ don't like it doesn't mean it's crap, it just means _you_ don't like it. What Montoya is playing is a heavily embellished, vamped up version of Tarantas.
murdelabop 1 year ago
he looks tiny. very nice guitar playing nonetheless
Masterskipworth16 1 year ago
His left hand looks like a spider on speed!
Amazing guitaring
lukebates22 1 year ago 2
are you a god
alieninstallation50 1 year ago
absolutely amazed.. had my mouth hanging open!
bobbob191 1 year ago
awesome
Endgamekh 1 year ago
I heard he headed for the kitchen at the start of every gig. duende.
TheBobnalyd 1 year ago
Nobody tops Carlos Montoya.
Alxscode 1 year ago
Original shred
Xiphos893 1 year ago
He plays with 5 strings ? Where is the high E string?
tchek1980 1 year ago
@tchek1980
He used black strings very often....look
Esosphere 1 year ago
@tchek1980 It's there, the other 5 strings are wound, including his B! The high E is less visible because it's monofilament.
asherasator 1 year ago
I agree with littlejay6, how can we compare one flamenco guitarist against another, they all have their own individual styles,that,s what flamenco is about,it would be pretty boring if they all played the same: also keep dreaming "blaksephirot" TOSSER !!! a Yorkshire saying. jojoman4249
jojoman4249 1 year ago
Carlos is the greatest guitar player ever.
sailpony 1 year ago
Spanish classical music + Romani music = great music. Amazing musician.
endofsomething 1 year ago
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Here in YouTube
you can hear some real
flamenco
guitar if you search this:
Chords & compas in Solea por Buleria - Flamenco Guitar Lessons Toronto Royal Conservatory
bmusicstudent 1 year ago
# 1.
Alxscode 1 year ago
Unbelieveable!
eisenburgh 1 year ago
very,very,very cool. bb
inthecresents 2 years ago
Cada vez escucho mas y con mas atencion a los antiguos maestros de la guitarra flamenca. He tardado un tiempo en darme cuenta de que la profundidad, el sentimiento, el misterio del flamenco ya estaban ahi, desde el principio. La esencia, en muchos casos, tiene un caracter primitivo. Vivan los maestros¡
Yuyistico 2 years ago
Yo no sé nada de la vida de este hombre, solo me fío a lo que escucho, y... bufffff Todos los que le llaman nombres, a callarse ya, por favor
MinbadTheFourth 2 years ago
toca bien o mal para tu gusto?
Neoizquierda 2 years ago
Es broma? Fenomenal
MinbadTheFourth 2 years ago
pues aquí lo ponen a parir.
Neoizquierda 2 years ago
Aquí dónde?
MinbadTheFourth 2 years ago
eat your heart out steve vai
theshredman 2 years ago
lol check out this funny steve vai video its hilarious!
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carlos montoya rules!
delboy1978uk 2 years ago
can you imagine what those fingers could do to a girl...i am sure it would be exctasy for a girl :) I love flamenco music. peaze and love
clipbrowser 2 years ago
vete a cagar, "maestro"
weibok 2 years ago
Yo no le quiero quitar méritos a este hombre que tiene lo suyo pero como dice paco, la musica ha de estar al servicio de la tecnica y no el contrario.Muy bien la tecnica del pulgar un fenómeno(que no tanto el trémolo para mi gusto) pero esta taranta es un cagarro sin sentimiento VACIA(EMPTY PA LOS INGLESES).
Un chaval que este aprendiendo tarantas puede tocar unas tarantas mas bonitas yu con mas sentimiento que este hombre que con todos mis respetos parece que le vaa dar algo por momentos.
tocapelotas00 2 years ago
mira maestro k no eres maestro ni eres nada vete a jugar a la gamboy
gitanocabrio 2 years ago
con estos ligaus de pulgar espaciales asta el mismisimo paco de lucia de la velocidad sin limite que cruza los ojos siga asi con este arte maestro
jonygipsycatala 2 years ago
tas quedau descansadico majo con esta tarantula ajajajaja
jonygipsycatala 2 years ago
The goal of flamenco is to move spirit , soul and heart, and not body , even in the aspect dance....this music may to be heard(sorry for english I am French)in respectuous silent as in ZEN meditation...Respect and Thanks M. Carlos MONTOYA in the place... you are....
granainasful 2 years ago
El Maestro no es muy apreciado en su pais de Origen ... por la razon que ha vivido en USA , por esa razon ciertos espanoles no lo aprecio...
Pure "flamenco" , "pure duende" , some spanish don't like him because he lived in USA , and don't consider him as one of them..., but it is a Great Master , if somes want more rythm , there are others ""palos"" In the flamenco about 20 palos( or more) for each expression.... as bulerias ....
granainasful 2 years ago
Fast and impressive, and in those terms, we can appreciate his talent. However, this doesn't sound like flamenco; he lacks rhythm and "duende", if we compare him with Sabicas or Niño Ricardo.
Sandortegon 2 years ago
i love that name (its my name too).
cmhollowking 2 years ago 10
@littlejay6 never say never :D
ikachi2005 1 year ago
that was a musical journey wow!!!!
Dannycoolbreeze 2 years ago 2
He is not from this planet
arclepio 2 years ago 2
Poupee58: Remove your naive head from your ass, then watch and listen again.
frankinbahia 2 years ago 2
Flamenco shredding! Awesome XD
TomBandfield 2 years ago 2