The Shadows - Alentejo

The Shadows made this tune back in 1967. They used to travell between Lisbon and The Algarve, so they had to cross all Alentejo.
Alentejo is beaches, hills and endless plains. Its cork, olive oil, wine and a great deal of space left over for simple nature, rosemary and lavender.

Its a proud people, a forgotten history; its discrete creativity, its the quivering tranquillity of life.

Its like the magicians top hat delved into all the time: out pop rugs, cowbells, tasty titbits. It holds humour, patience, bonhomie; and so much sagacity that, so well developed, catches lovers and the rash in the mesh of a slumbering philosophy that is not without its risks.

Its a subtly knotted web that stretches out and makes it harder to go away. For those who have been here and for those who live here. So much is left behind, so much that has not been tasted

Its a painless yearning, a feeling that brings to each hardy day a secret taste, an inebriating sensation that, quite close by, one can find paradise lost.

Lying within the grasp of all, the Alentejo is a closed coffer the key to which lies in ones heart.

ALL IN THIS "Alentejo" by The Shadows

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• alentejo
• portugal
• guitar
• cliff
• richard

[shekemkhet]

tema excelente de su album FROM HANK,BRUCE,BRIAN AND JOHN de 1967. perfecta interpretacion de HANK y gran apoyo del ritmico BRUCE WELCH. tema 10 estrellas. SHADOWS FOREVER.

[Naza4TheKing]

Muchas gracias Rafael...creio que, como eu, sentes este tema de uma forma especial!! Um tema com alma alentejana...claro que nós, que partilhamos a mesma influência cultural, sentimos esta música de uma forma especial. Admirada quando ouvi pela primeira vez; o compositor e Hank, Bruce, Brian and Farrar tocam como ...como se vivessem neste cantinho da Europa:) meu e teu cantinho...

[dinhovid]

Hey Naz, you did it.

Great!

Thanks

Jan

[Naza4TheKing]

Thanks so much dear Jan for findind this amazing tune so it can be shared with Shads and Cliff fans:)

[kwambam1]

This is really enjoyable -- thanks.

[vascotorres1]

The best instrumental group of all the times.

Vasco Torres

[826loyd]

@skynyrdfan56~

It's perfect music. Their playing style is so simple yet dreamy & vibrant.

Thanks G for sharing and Naza4TheKing for posting.

[fretoo98]

I finally can play it on the guitar

beatiful melody (:

[JOEL33779]

Extra !!!! impossible de faire mieux.... irréel....

THE SHADOWS.... pour l'élite....

[ALBatrodei7mari]

Thaks for sharing it.

I was in Algarve and most likely Alentejo (Lisboa area?) too, back in 1975.

But didn't know this piece of The Shadows.

Greetings from northern Italy.

[shekemkhet]

@Naza4TheKing gracias por responder, y referente al grupo los considero, el mejor conjunto instrumental que ha existido. UN SALUDO AMIGO.