I was 10 years old when I saw him live with my parents. I was so inspired that they bought me a classical guitar and I blame Carlos Montoya for my obsession ever since!
Was very fortunate that my Dad took me to see Carlos play. My mind was blown. By far the best guitarist I have ever seen live.......and I have seen hundreds and hundreds. R.I.P.
I remember listening to The Beatles, and my Father walking into the room, and I said "I want to learn how to play the guitar" and he said, we'll before we spend the money on a guitar for you, you'll have to listen to of the real masters, 2 nights later he came home, (he was a waiter in NYC, and came home with the album, "Montoya" and said... "you want to hear a real guitarist? listen to this man play the guitar", at 1st I argued with him that there is no way this could be One person playing, there must be more than one guitarist. Shows me how wrong and stupid, youth can be. ... Thanks Dad, where ever you may be, then he came home one night, with another album by a guy named Segovia. but a few years later, I heard Black Sabbath, and that REALLY changed my life, I bought a 2nd hand Ovation, and Gibson SG, and haven't looked back since. even though I still have tapes, albums, and CD's of them that I'll play at top volume in my car, and in my home sometimes just for inspiration. It still amazes me.
Your Dad had amazing taste and obviously knew his music. And he was totally right about Carlos Montoya. But then again, you were listening to the Beatles.....both giants in their own musical fields....
Escucho a este maestro de la guitarra flamenca desde los años 60. Es muy original, como deben ser los flamencos. El oírlo produce gran entusiasmo, a tal punto que lo hace a uno saltar del asiento de emoción. Muchas gracias.
holy shit, what sorcery is this ._____.? to me the very best of all times on this style has always been the great paco de lucia, now im having second thoughts, ill watch this a few dozen times and then a few dozen times over and again, im impressed
john smith I'm at that same conclusion where if I'm gonna watch some flamenco I mainly watch Paco thinking he put the real excitement into flamenco but then you realise there's nothing new under the sun! I didn't realise this guy was on fire way back before even the Beatles came along. I'm thinking this offers more musically than a lot of Paco's playing though he's lacking in the perfect technique of Paco, it's made me realise that all these players offer a different flavour and it's not like you can say which is the best, but you're right, I keep coming back to this for the music and they're quite happy themes, Paco is someone I prefer to watch rather than listen to.
Man, this is so special o see. Thank you for putting this up. I remember someone gave me a compilation cd of classical and flamenco guitarist and I heard this man play a song called, "traditional Variaciones" and I was floored at how beautiful and skillful his playing was but could not find it on youtube. I appreciate you putting this up. God bless you
I saw him live when I was a kid in Houston, TX around the very early 70's. He was a nice guy; I don't think he spoke English, but he did give me an autograph on the program - still have it.
I know the purists dismiss him as not a true Flamenco for his disregarding of the Compás, but damn it, not only he had a scorching technique, he was capable of summoning up real duende when he wanted. To me, Carlos Montoya is as Flamenco as they come...
Same with Manitas de Plata (whom I met several times). Totally irrelevant because he often didn't get the rythms right according to the rules of the purists. But listen to his Jota on RU-vid...
Oh my God!! It almost makes me want to use my guitars for firewood! I mean watch and listen to this, Fi-Nom-in-al !!! Gives new meaning to the word "genius". WOW
La Jota is a popular music style of Spain. Flamenco is the popular music of the South (Andalusia, espcially) and Jota is the popular music of the North (Kingdom of Aragon, especially, Kingdom of Navarre and Castile). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zgtPsxpRkIo.html This is a popular Jota de Aragón sung by Plácido Domingo
Jota is not an style, is more likely a type of tune in 3/4 time spread all around Spain. There're jotas from Galicia, Asturias, Aragón, Castille, Andalucía... And the Navarra one is considered to be the original . :)
Most music lovers haven't a clue who the real masters of guitar and great flamenco players are. Mr. Montoya is impeccable and one of the greatest to perform.
And that beginner from Harvard who were only playing rubbish got more that 80 million views. That proves one thing . That most people are ignorants. I mean let's face it , no one stumbles with an einsteins every now and then while walking in the streets .
I wonder if Montoya ever had a run in with Segovia. Andrés Segovia often said he wanted to save the guitar from the noisy flamencos, wonder if he was referring in any way to Montoya?
Carlos was a guy who knew how to play flamenco very well but decided to to go to America and became a showman. He threw the flamenco compas out the window, tuned his guitar about two tones lower to facilitate all those endless left hand tricks on a guitar with such a low action that you couldn't fit a cigarette paper under the strings! He had a good technique apart from his tremolo, lots of showy tricks and he sucked in the yanks and made heaps of money. Sabicas on the other hand went to America and stayed pure to his art and became the greatest flamenco guitarist of his era and possibly of all time!
Why not simply enjoy this man's playing instead of trying to make him seem less than he is. I have a strong feeling that he is a MUCH better guitarrista than YOU!
Very Hollywood. You are all wrong. He was an astonishing entertainer. He could keep the timing but he could make more money playing his style for the Americans. He did play with his uncle Ramon (the father of the Flamenco Guitar) in early years. I had been at 3 concerts and he received standing ovations at every single one. When I spoke with him several times he was a bit defensive because he knew that Spanish Flamenco guitarists in Spain did not take him seriously. People such as Nino Ricardo, Sabicas, Juan Carmona, and so on. If you want to compare his counter part then look over :Manitos De Plata. It is a long story but you can go from there. SUERTE!
Sin dudar Ramón Montoya, tiene asiento tocando se entiende lo que toca, de Carlos Montoya destacó una habilidad técnica brillante y que mantuvo hasta sus últimos años. El busca el efectismo y algunas veces con tanta velocidad no sale limpio y parece una pelea de perros.
The best guitarists in the world: Carlos Montoya👑 Sabicas👑 Paco de Lucia👑 Jimi Hendrix? who is ?🤔 I migliori chitarristi del mondo: Carlos Montoya👑 Sabicas👑 Paco de Lucia👑 Jimi Hendrix?ma chi è?🤔
