Comments on: Eddie Van Who?

Eddie Van Who?

malocchio — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:56:11 -0800

Flamenco guitarists on YouTube: Paco de Lucia, Vicente Amigo, Sabicas, Niño Ricardo, Manolo Sanlucar, Serranito, Tomatito, Paco Peña, Carlos Montoya, Gerardo Nuñez, Diego Del Gastor, and of course, the legendary Segovia.

By: malocchio

malocchio — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:57:47 -0800

A couple of my other favorites include this unusual pairing of Paco de Lucia and Jan Akkerman from Focus (yes, of Hocus Pocus fame), and some gangsta-looking kid playing a bulerias.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:08:29 -0800

Charo ("Cuchi-Cuchi") plays Bolero, Caliente, etc.

By: ericb

ericb — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:12:51 -0800

BTW -- Charo received the "Female Pop Album of the Year" award at the Billboard International Latin Music Conference for her 1995 flamenco inspired platinum album, "Guitar Passion."

By: eye of newt

eye of newt — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:15:54 -0800

A good way to read Metafilter: click one of these links into another tab, then listen to some great guitar playing while continuing to read Metafilter. Oops, Judge Judy just wrecked it!

By: Mach3avelli

Mach3avelli — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:42:19 -0800

I found it's more interesting if you tab open all the links. Chaos!

By: arto

arto — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:14:41 -0800

Is Segovia really flamenco, though? I've always thought of him as a classical guitarist. Regardless, though, this is some fantastic stuff.

By: teleskiving

teleskiving — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:43:48 -0800

Great stuff, thanks.

By: malocchio

malocchio — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:48:58 -0800

*smacks head* damn, I forgot Charo! And arto is right of course, Segovia really was a classical guitarist, though he did have some flamenco roots. But more importantly, I just like the clip and wanted to include a bit of the maestro.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:08:07 -0800

So enjoyed those, especially Montoya. wow. Went to see separate performances of both Segovia and Casals as a kid, sitting in awe of their passionate, superb and very Spanish virtuosity. "Segovia claimed that he "rescued the guitar from the hands of flamenco Gypsies", and he built up a classical repertoire to give it a place in concert halls." About flamenco on Wikipedia.

By: snsranch

snsranch — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:50:37 -0800

Great post, beautiful music. Here's Carlos Montoya again, hitting "Malaguena", my favorite flamenco song. I can play the first parts but when he starts kicking Eddie Who's butt, I just pee myself. I used to have a recording of Carlos playing this with dancers that was just insane. I couldn't find any good dancing vids BTW. Thanks again for the post!

By: palmcorder_yajna

palmcorder_yajna — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:05:29 -0800

This. Is. Gorgeous. Thanks, malocchio.

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 04:21:04 -0800

Cheers for this. And no, Andrés Segovia isn't usually considered to be a flamenco player.

By: klausness

klausness — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:29:39 -0800

I always find that flamenco is missing something without the singing.