A sad day Paco de Lucia (66) Flamengo Legend has passed away. I love his music and have great memories of one of his concerts in the past in The Hague, which made me speechless.

R.I.P Paco!

One of the greatest!!
Safe Journey amigo always entre dos aguas



Carlitos
Tenerife

Very sad news. I have seen him several times with John mcLaughlin and Al Di Meola
He was truely an amazing flamenco player.

RiP Paco, thanks for your beautiful music..†

Sad news! A great player indeed.

Oh no! A king of flamenco guitar, an outstanding player. Saw him once, and truely one of the most impressive gigs I ever seen.

RIP Paco

- Doxa

Very sad news. Paco was one of the greatest guitar players.

I got to know him through this fantastic collaboration with Al Di Meola.

video: [www.youtube.com]

I remember Ronnie playing Tico Tico on one of his radio shows.

Very sad news. He was the only performer who moved me to tears during a concert! It was a legendary performance. I've never been so moved by music before. Beautiful.

Rest in peace, maestro... :-(

Sad news. I went to his concert about 3 months ago and it was an awesome performance RIP, Paco.

Studied him in college... What a loss... Awesome player...

RIP, Paco


Peace,
Mr DJA

Sad news. He was a great guitarplayer. RIP

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Keep On Rolling

A monster player. Saw him a few years back in Berkeley. Thanks Paco...

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mr_dja
Studied him in college... What a loss... Awesome player...

RIP, Paco


Peace,
Mr DJA

Please tell us more mr_dja...

Very sad to hear. One of the greatest players around.

RIP Paco.

Wonderful nights together John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Larry Corryel.

Once supporting Santana on stage, Carlos Santana just stoped at once and listened beside him how he was playing.

He introduced the peruvian cajon in flamenco music and in his begginings was not well considered by flamenco artist cuase his mix with jazz, blues and other musics.

RIP Paco, Aranjuez ya no sonara igual

R.I.P. Paco de Lucia

Unfortunatly, I saw him never live in concert.

Very sad news. I did not believe my eyes when I read the News 30 minutes ago. The last of his concerts I attended was in 2012. The first 20 minutes he performed on his own, without his band, this performance brought tears into my eyes. Thankyou Paco de Lucia, rest in peace. I cannot believe it.



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mr_dja
Studied him in college... What a loss... Awesome player...

RIP, Paco


Peace,
Mr DJA

Please tell us more mr_dja...

I think I may have given you the wrong impression... I didn't leave the word "with" out of my statement by accident. I did study about PdL (his recordings, influences, etc.) but did NOT study WITH him... I could only wish that I had that opportunity...

My guitar teacher at college was a huge fan of PdL and exposed me to his playing and we spent some time studying and analyzing his recordings. Although my teacher did make a pilgrimage to Europe with the intent of trying to meet him, he was unable to do so... He saw a couple of shows (again, I could only wish) but never did get to meet the man himself.

Later today I'm going to try to contact my brother-in-law to see if he had ever met him. I know that he & my sister were big fans and my b-i-l was/is a guitarist who specializes in latin jazz (originally from El Salvador) and may have had the opportunity to meet PdL during his time as a full time musician. If I can get any additional insight, I'll be sure to let you know.

Sorry for the confusion.

Peace,
Mr DJA

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mr_dja
Studied him in college... What a loss... Awesome player...

RIP, Paco


Peace,
Mr DJA

Agreed, it takes a lifetime to study him. Paco was a groundbreaking flamenco player, integrated it with latin, jazz and Indian music, and he could play it the traditional way like almost no one else.

Curious if he ever played with Jaco Pastorius?

Not that I'm aware of. Would have been great though.

Paco de Lucia, Flamenco Guitarist, Dies at 66


[www.nytimes.com]

I'm Al Di Meola french publicist. Here is his statement from February 26th :

‘This morning I received shocking news before the international news became aware that my dear friend and major guitar innovator Paco De Lucia had passed away. His manager called me immediately and the shock for me was incredibly devastating as Paco and I had an incredible history and warm friendship that I will always cherish! Paco de Lucia was viewed in my mind and the world of flamenco as the most important of the newer generations of guitarists embodying the most advanced flamenco approach the world had ever known. While I was part of Chick Corea's Return to Forever at 19 years of age we toured Spain and it was there that the buzz about him prompted my research by buying several recordings of his. It was then I saw the potential of our collaborating one day.His technique far surpassed any other in that realm of flamenco type players and I envisioned an amazing collaboration between us! That day happened in 1977 and we made history with" Mediterranean Sundance" . This recording Elegant Gypsy and the trio recording after that " Friday Night in San Francisco " sold a combined astounding 7 million copies, as we were the first guitarists to ever attempt such an endeavor. His influence was major and the legions of followers in that world are for sure quite many, however it was the courage of Paco to break the mold and venture into a more unconventional (for flamenco players) harmonically challenging highly inter playable duet role. He was ready for a challenge that was deemed risky in those days where most all other flamenco guitarists would never have the guts to go. As a result the success was astounding with crowds of between 5,000 to 10,000 people per night as we added John McLaughlin to form the "Guitar Trio"! The challenging unconventional mix that started with my inviting him when I was 22 (he was almost 28) to New York City to record on my second solo recording "Elegant Gypsy" at Jimi Hendrix's studio - "Electric Lady" with the duet song "Mediterranean Sundance" became the equivalent of a major pop hit around the world constantly played on the radio everywhere which was unheard of in non vocal music up to that point in music history. I remain so sad and will forever miss him but will remember our thousands of great memories and musical camaraderie. RIP my dear friend!’

Al Di Meola



YM



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Yazid Manou- Thank You For Sharing This Interesting And Passionate " Al Di Meola " Statement Of Paco De Lucia.
I do know Al Di Meola's Music from my vinyl archive such as:
John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco de Lucia-Passion Grace & Fire.
Al Di Meola Project-Soaring Through A Dream.

I'm gonna listen to this beautiful music today.

RIP.

RIP, Paco..

one of the few virtuoso i admire - he was absolutely outstanding!
thank you for the music!

My Favorite

Keith Richards on Paco De Lucia and Andrés Segovia: "they are real guitarists, the rest of us are just hackers".

I've never read or heard this before, btw, and I've read it here.

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Cristiano Radtke
Keith Richards on Paco De Lucia and Andrés Segovia: "they are real guitarists, the rest of us are just hackers".

I've never read or heard this before, btw, and I've read it here.

Old School talk, but wise words.