FRIDAY MUSIC: Paco de Lucía, by JD

Paco de Lucía (1947 - 2014) was born Francisco Sánchez Gómez in Algeciras, in southern Spain. He was the youngest of the five children of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez Pecino and Portuguese mother Lucía Gomes; his brothers include flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras.

There are many 'reaction' videos on YouTube where a musician or a fan will listen to an artist or a single piece of music and then give his/her thoughts/opinion. One such reaction video is from a blogger called 'Arab Man Reacts' in which he is lost for words watching and listening to Paco's technique and says several times what Paco is doing is impossible. A comment below the video (Entre Dos Aguas, the first video of the five here) was this:

He played with Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin...In an interview, Al said "we learned a lot from Paco"...the interviewer asked "And what did he learn from you?"...Al: "to speak English."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco_de_Luc%C3%ADa

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/memories-of-paco-instituto-andaluz-del-flamenco/mQUxq5VsZOvILQ?hl=en

Paco de Lucia - Entre dos aguas (1976) full video

PACO DE LUCIA , John McLaughlin , AL DI MEOLA

Paco de Lucía - El cafetal (rumbas) (directo Leverkusener Jazztage 2010)

Tangos. Paco y Pepe de Lucía. 1993