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RIP Paco de Lucia

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Antique_GuitarsAntique_Guitars Frets: 1165
edited February 2014 in Tributes
Died in Mexico of a suspected heart attack while playing with his
children on the beach. Only 66.

Incredible player  RIP.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26351251
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  • tonyrathtonyrath Frets: 51

    Yep sad news - one of the absolute best guitarists to ever play the instrument. 
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  • frankusfrankus Frets: 4719
    Oof!! However a beautiful way to go. :(
    A sig-nat-eur? What am I meant to use this for ffs?! Is this thing recording?
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
    Oh no !  :(


    But yes a beautiful way to go for him, perhaps a tad traumatic for the kids :(
    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3178
    edited February 2014

    Ah no! One of my all time favourite acoustic guitarists and that's so sad and still relatively young too :(

    I was lucky to have seen him at The Dominion in the mid-80s with his sextet which spurned a great live album "Live ..One Summer Night". This won't be for everyone but it's very emotional music and I love the use of the cajon and the electric semi-acoustic bass in this context, as well as the master's flamenco guitar - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ao3aaPNVAA

    For us "westerners" he really came to prominence with the "Friday Night In San Francisco" live album featuring Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin and here he is with Al Di Meola on "Mediterranean Sundance" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlaCZ106b5w:

     

    O:-)
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  • frankusfrankus Frets: 4719
    I bet they'd rather be there than hear about it happening.
    A sig-nat-eur? What am I meant to use this for ffs?! Is this thing recording?
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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6284
    In later life you are probably right ......

    Imagine something sharp and witty here ......

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  • Col_DeckerCol_Decker Frets: 2188
    edited February 2014
    how old were his kids, if they were young that's pretty bad for them. But if they're in their 30's I guess in time they could see it as a nice way for him to go.

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  • frankusfrankus Frets: 4719
    Jalapeno said:
    In later life you are probably right ......

    It might work differently for different people.

    I watched my Grandad have a stroke, he was the most important person in my life - was proud to be there for him. (aged 8)

    I got home to find the family dog had been put down - three weeks later I found his collar on a shelf, and bawled my eyes out, it took me months to even mention it to my best friends and I was angry at my parents for many years. (aged 25)

    Kids are very good at dealing with the realities of life - it's people sugar coating everything for them, that fucks things up.
    A sig-nat-eur? What am I meant to use this for ffs?! Is this thing recording?
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  • ClarkyClarky Frets: 3260

    ahh... very sad loss...

    what a phenomenal player he was... absolutely on a level of his own..

    really sad..

    play every note as if it were your first
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  • boogiemanboogieman Frets: 11742

    Nooo! That's far too young.  He was an amazingly gifted player. :( :(

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  • EvilmagsEvilmags Frets: 5158
    Massive loss to music. One of the few people to truly deserve the tag genius. Saw him in an open air gig with McLaughlin and De Meola in Madrid and later in the Barbican. Utter mastery. Gutted. :-(
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  • hungrymarkhungrymark Frets: 1782
    He wasn't a patch on Paco Pena.
    Use Your Brian
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  • Flanging_FredFlanging_Fred Frets: 2871
    Very sad. A total genius of a guitarist. I shall dig out Scirocco and have a listen tonight.
    R.i.p. Paco
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    Sad news.

    RIP.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • xSkarloeyxSkarloey Frets: 2959
    Incredibly sad.  

    Saw him twice. Two of the best concerts I've ever been to. 

    Apart from him being a great guitarist, the best compliment I can pay him is that he had no fear of crossing national and cultural boundaries in the service of great music. 

    Will be listening to Zyryab tonight. 


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  • beed84beed84 Frets: 2295
    Terrible news.

    It was only last night I was I watching some of his incredible performances on youtube. Outstanding player.

    R.I.P
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  • littlegreenmanlittlegreenman Frets: 4790
    A monster player for whom the title maestro was never an understatment. Listening to him play always managed to spur me on and make we want to give up in almost equal measure. Another great loss.
    littlegreenman < My tunes here...
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  • DeijavooDeijavoo Frets: 3275
    frankus said:

    Kids are very good at dealing with the realities of life - it's people sugar coating everything for them, that fucks things up.
    Have a huge wisdom biscuit. 
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  • mellowsunmellowsun Frets: 2422
    Sad news, but what an amazing player and a gift to the world.

    Just putting Friday Night in San Francisco on the CD player.
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  • ChrisMusicChrisMusic Frets: 1133
    What has already been said sums it up pretty well for me.

    Rest In Peace

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  • GassageGassage Frets: 30192
    edited February 2014
    Unequalled, unsurpased. An utter master of his craft, probably the greatest player of all of our lifetimes and the one player I guarantee would make any guitarist's jaw drop.

    I shall get stoned and listen to Med Sundance later in memory- still, 24 yrs after I heard it, stunning.

    RIP Great Man.

    *An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.

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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3178
    edited February 2014


    And the tributes continue to come in -

    http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/26/comment-why-the-death-of-spanish-flamenco-guitarist-paco-de-lucia-has-touched-/

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  • EvilmagsEvilmags Frets: 5158

    The TV over here in Spain is full of Paco concerts and tributes. Rightly so as it will be a long time before anyone takes a music form like Flamenco was in the days of Sabicas and elevates it to the level that he did. Without him the work of players like Vicente Amigo and Tomatito would have sounded very different to say the least. The fact that a player of Chick Corea´s status mentions him in the same breath as Miles Davis and John Coltrane is testament to how influential and important he is. So gald to have had the privilege to have seen him. 

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  • tonyrathtonyrath Frets: 51

    A great player who wrote the book on modern flamenco. There are however composers like Manolo Sanlucar who also create beautiful sounds without the sheer technical brilliance of Paco Di Lucia 
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26351251

    Only just found this out! Gutted!
    66 - not old at all!! 

    Tamatito and especially Vicente Amigo - great players. Vicente's stuff is amazing.
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