Tears in the eyes. The beauty the talent the fun the skill the spontaneity. Pacos guitar tone is one of the greatest sounds ever. Mclaughlins ideas are some of the greatest ever.
4:26-4:30 is an astounding moment. These 2 immense Masters trading ideas and freedoms and Paco hits that incredible deep flamenco alzapua technique in his response and it is utterly epic yet as hes finishing the idea his face depicts a sweet gentlemess saying over to you my Dear Friend. So powerful and beautiful. And Mclaughlins little head nod and massive smile knows whats occurring.
Il manque Aldi Méola et le trio est parfait ... Maintenant pas tout le monde peut être d'accord car il se trouve que dans le Rock il y a aussi d'excellents guitaristes ... comme Jimmy Hendrix qui a donné la claque à tout le monde ... Lol
There are several bootleg recordings where Steve joined them on stage in 1983. What becomes obvious after comparing their solos, Steve certainly kept up speed wise, but honestly was lacking in rhythmic variety that Al had. He was there as a planned substitute for Al who had a shoulder injury, but got better. Instead of letting Steve go he did the opening act solo, then joined them for the encores. Much like Larry Coryell, anybody other than Al takes the role of back up rhythm for these too monsters (Paco and John). People unfairly attack the musicality of Al Dimeola and I get that, but honestly he was the perfect foil for these two and his compositions were the backbone of the repertoire IMO, certainly the more well known melodies were his, even though I preferred the sophistication of John’s pieces.
