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Uploaded by on Feb 2, 2008

Guest writer... Randy -- from duke law. great contribution... thanks.

True Story: In high school I dated a girl named Meg whose mother is Cuban. Meg's mom and I got to talking one day about classical guitar music, and I mentioned Paco De Lucia. Having just finished talking about Andres Segovia, she must have figured Paco was just as innocuous, and asked to borrow a CD.

Two days later the CD was returned to me with the following note: "My mom put the CD on for about 5 seconds, ran to the CD player, turned it off, and said 5 Hail Mary's." Unbeknownst to me at the time, flamenco music is "gypsy" music and conjures, for some, associations with black magic and the devil.

I don't know much about all that stuff, but I do know that Paco de Lucia burns up a fretboard something fierce. Some have actually called him the best guitar player alive today.

I've chosen Paco by himself this time so you can get a feel for how incredible he is. If you like this and want to check out some of his work with other artists, I recommend the album Friday Night in San
Francisco, a killer album in which Paco plays with Al Di Meola (who played in Chick Corea's band for a while before striking it out on his own) and John McLaughlin (who played with Miles Davis on Bitches Brew and a Tribute to Jack Johnson), and the song Zyryab, in which Paco plays the steel guitar with Chick Corea on piano.

The tune is Cobre, off Antologia Vol. 2

Enjoy
Randy

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  • Paco is a payo ... not a gipsy ... doesnt matter, he is the best !

  • Thanks for posting - beautiful!

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  • Paco isn't gipsy, nor Sanlúcar, Vicente...

  • its off almoraima

    

  • este tio es dios con la guitarra

  • I have not danced to this in a long time!

  • Superstitions are in every culture and every part of the world throughout history. Talent is talent.

  • la fuente de la vida con la aflorão espacio el beso de fuego de cobre y sus hijos!!

  • Sevillanas! ñ_ñ

  • love it ,the photos r amazing, gracias

  • beautiful!!!

  • paco gira ya necesitamos escuxarte en directo ya oleee

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