6:30 Keith Richards (of the Rolling Stones) once said "People say I'm a guitar legend. They have no idea. There are only two or three guitarists who can be considered legends and Paco de Lucia surpasses them all."
...and then Paco said something similar about these two and how it was like learning again with them, and they said something similar too about Paco after meeting of the spirits.
Paco 1st position and 12th position speed is supersonic, clean and perfect. We think that's a tap on the soundboard, but it's the supersonic boom from breaking the sound barrier. Love Paco. Saw Al at a guitar workshop, he had only praise for fingerstyle. These three make both acoustic steel-string and nylon-string guitars Heavy.
@@TuMalaCon100cia the difference between any unexperienced footballer and Messi/Maradona/Zidane is much lesser than the difference between the average guitarist and Paco de Lucia.
Paco is just soooo of the scale. The speed, the technique, the feel, and the super subtle and constantly adjusted nuances. Even his own guitar is like: "wtf??!! Never knew I could do that?!" This level is simply never to be reached my mere mortals.
This is not bass playing.. spanish guitar uses 5 fingers of the right hand.. that is why they are the best guitarrists... both hands reach same complexity, unlike with a pick, which is a thing of the wrist and fingers arent that important in the right hand...
@@Trikipum I agree but you're underestimating the difficulty of playing a pick properly. In fact, although the coordination of all the fingers is a task not easy to achieve at advanced levels, making a consistent and clear sound from a guitar with a pick is, if not more, as difficult as using all of your fingers. Which makes me think that you don't know how to play guitar... And about spanish guitarists, well, I'm spanish and I play with a pick most of the time, so stop with cliches. Spaniards invented modern day guitar and popularized it all over the world (Segovia), but nowadays you can find phenomenal guitar players in any part of any country in the world
@@JulioLeonFandinho "I agree but you're underestimating the difficulty of playing a pick properly." Yes playing with a pick can be hard but not that hard as playing with fingers... "In fact, although the coordination of all the fingers is a task not easy to achieve at advanced levels, making a consistent and clear sound from a guitar with a pick is" Same goes for playing with fingers and in Flamenco you have a thing called accents where you accent your playing on different beat to make a specific note, chord strum etc... more pronounced There are so many many many things in Flamenco that right hand does that most people miss it. "Which makes me think that you don't know how to play guitar..." I am playing guitar for years and a while back ago I started playing Flamenco and learning different palos like Solea, Bulerias, Tangos, Rumba, Malaguenas etc... It seems to me you have never played Flamenco. " but nowadays you can find phenomenal guitar players in any part of any country in the world" True but alot of those guitarists tend to play very limited styles of music and Flamenco or Jazz are very improv oriented.
@@mmj7612 el inicio es la introducción de Río Ancho (adaptada por Al Di Meola que cambió unos acordes y se convirtió en Mediterranean Sundance) pero lo siguiente es parte de Entre Dos Aguas :)
Así, se citaba una frase contundente de Keith Richards: “Solo hay dos o tres guitarristas que se puedan considerar leyenda. Y por encima de todos ellos está Paco de Lucía”.
No way... I recently found this channel and noticed you did some videos on Neil Young, The Who, CCR, Dire Straits, The Doors, and some more. I thought it impossible that you could cover even more legendary artists. Then I saw this video with Paco De Lucia... Mind blown man, fantastic breadth of music on your channel. I haven't seen if you've reacted to Al Di Meola yet, but he's like the more modern De Lucia, he learned a ton from Paco and they (with John McLaughlin sometimes) play a song together called Mediterranean Sundance. Your channel keeps on giving, keep it up.
This is a duet between Larry Coryell, and Paco De Lucia. John McLaughlin wasn't in this song, which was actually "Mediterranean Sundance". While Paco De Lucia was a modern flamenco guitarist, Coryell and McLaughlin were from the jazz world, and playing electric guitars, lead 2 of the first jazz fusion groups. I saw these guys minus Coryell, and plus Al DiMeola, in1983. Shortly after Hendrix died, these guys and more appeared, playing with technique which inspired many of the next generation of shredders.
Yo lo e visto tocar varias veces . Con jorge pardo y su sexteto junto con carlos santana en los 80 . Aun me pone los pelos d punta escucharlo junto a los monstruos del jazz . Una estrella pequeñita pero firme !!!
Paco is considered by many including me as the greatest flamenco guitarist of all,short staccato runs like machine gun fire.This is musicianship at its highest..
amazing reaction my man! you do have the ear for music. it is very refreshing to see someone reacting to amazing music like this. thanks and keep it ip my man. greets from all the americas.
Paco de Lucía & Camarón de la Isla lo más grande que a dado Andalucía y al flamenco en toda su Historia. Paco de Lucía un genio que elevó el arte de tocar la guitarra a un nivel inalcanzable para la mayoría. 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
Finally! A reaction channel giving Paco and McLaughlin some love. Paco was defintely one of the most talented guitarists to ever live. And Mclaughlin was no slouch himself. Another great classical guitarist is John Williams. Check him out.
Absolutely. Paco and Larry were incredible musicians, but I have to lean towards John’s work, owing to its sheer diversity (jazz, flamenco, Indian, rock, etc.). I’m blessed to have met two of these greats. Sadly, I never got to see Paco.
@@BusinessToU same with classical guitar. The length can vary you use the length you are comfortable with. It helps to pull the strings but also with some thecniques it creates a sharp sound. I play fingerstyle mainly because I studied classical and because I'm not comfortable with a pick
You are feeling the power of Paco and that is not his best performance by far. He was a guitar god and we are thankful for the music he left behind. Keep up the good work, bro!
not the best at all. you right. this is like jamming and improvising. no sweat. no worries. foreigners go nuts anyway. makes sense in a way. paco said that his hands hurt a lot when he plays. this is another day at work for him i think. nothing special or memorable.
Many comments talk about speed as a great skill and if it is, but I highlight that PASSION that Paco de Lucia gives us, it is that strength without losing the delicate treatment that his hands give to the instrument. I would say that Paco de Lucia's guitar has strings that are veins and arteries, a heart that beats and beats moving flamenco blood
I‘ve had the luck to see and listen to Paco several times. He had absolute control and 150% passion for the music. He owns the stage, no matter who was besides him. I saw him with McLaughlin, and together with Al DiMeola. Paco was the player who impressed me the most. He was able to play wonderfull lines, with unbelievable dynamic.
A shame you didn't get to see John McLaughlin in this clip. My favourite guitarist of all time, and arguably one of the greatest, most innovative and expressively technical guitarists of all time!
Paco de Lucía, maestro de maestros, en mi opinión y barriendo para casa porque soy español, como Paco de Lucía tocando la guitarra española no habrá ninguno más grande que él y coincidiendo en el tiempo con Camarón de la Isla... Los dos más grandes de la historia en el flamenco
Creo que todos los guitarristas de fama mundial, reconocerán a Paco de Lucía como lo más grande de la historia de la guitarra. Y sí, barremos para casa, porque España es muy grande!!
What most dont realize about these performances in the late 70's is that this is Paco COMPLETELY out of his element w/ these jazz players that had improvised on guitar their entire lives and Paco could still out shine them!!! No disrespect to Coryell and McLaughlin but Paco is in a league all his own!!
Classic performance. Hopefully you will check out some of McLaughlin's fusion group from back in the day called 'Mahavishnu'. They were the group solely responsible for getting me first interested in Jazz Fusion and Indian classical music.
That is from "Meeting of the Spirits" still have that DVD. Bought bit at Tower Records years ago! Paco de Lucia is one of the reasons I tried to learn flamenco on guitar. NEXT UP! Buckethead - Soothsayer
Love that you did this one - It's easy to get lost in the technique - Paco de Lucia's right hand/left hand synchronization is . . . well to tell the truth, I don't know what it is. But whatever it might be, it sure as heck is *something*. With all that, there's so much beauty, stunning lyrical playing. The artistry encompassing all that technique is amazing.
If you like flamenco you should react to Camarón "La leyenda del tiempo" ,one of the best flamenco songs of all time.He introduced some elements never seen before like bass.It was a scandal for flamenco purists at that days now it's a master piece
I saw an interview in which Paco de Lucía said that he suffered a lot during and after that concerts (headache) for the pressure he felt. And that's because the other guys was doing jamming the most part of their professional life and he didn't. Pd: sorry for my English.
hola soy de españa, y me encanta tu reaccion, si te gusta la guitarra española te dare un consejo. una guitarra es como una mujer.......... tienes que tocarla con dulzura , pero fuerte, con pasion pero con decision, con mimo pero con destreza, animo amigo muy buena reaccion a dos grandes maestros.
Jamel, as some people have said here, this is “Mediterranean Sundance.” Look out for “Entre dos aguas” here: m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2oyhlad64-s.html&autoplay=1 “Entre dos aguas” means “Between Two Waters,” or more accurately, two seas: the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. It is named so because Paco was born and raised in Algeciras. a coastal town in Spain that is closest to the point where both seas meet. He’s SMOKING on that one... so is the Peruvian bongo player on that video.
Antes de que empieces a escuchar alucina Olé Olé el mejor del mundo tiene duende y sentimiento hace brivar la guitarra los dos el mejor del mundo sentimientos y duende se nace viva Paco por siempre Alucina los del rock los grandes decian de el que era el mejor Viva
Do also check out Paco de Lucia and John McLaughlin and Al diMeola. Paco de Lucia was the guest guitarist in Have You Ever Really Loved a Wonan in the soundtrack to Don Juan de Marco. Bryan Adams has an amusing story on how he found him! The song was written by BA, Mutt Lange + Michael Kamen. RIP Michael Kamen, Paco de Lucia.
I didn't see McLaughlin in that video. That was Coryell and De Lucia. Gotta see John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra. Definitely not a jam session. They knew the song beforehand for sure. You got this Jamel. A few lessons and we'll be watching videos of you playing guitar.
Last quarter of past XX Century had four of best guitarrists ever: Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola, Larry Corriel and John McLaughlin. Their concerts were amazing ......
I read a quote by Paco de Lucia, I think it may have been a Rolling Stone interview. When asked who his favourite guitarist is he said, Jimi Hendrix. Not making it up, not joking. If you think about it Jimi's style was very much gypsy freestyle!
Esta canción es Mediterranean sundance, de Al di Meola. Es una fusión, con evidentes guiños flamencos. Entre dos aguas, es una rumba flamenca, con acordes y progresiones propias del flamenco.
