This is probably my favorite video of Paco de Lucia. I think it is from a time just before he played with Al Di Meola on the Elegant Gypsy album. This clip shows his utter command of traditional, straight-ahead flamenco, versus the jazzy explorations for which he later became well-known.
…I bet you’ll like Ray Reussner:
If there’s a more beautiful classical guitar video on YouTube, I haven’t seen it. The music is Julia Florida by Agustín Barrios. The guitarist is Berta Rojas. She is from Paraguay. So was Barrios (1885-1944). And so are the people in this video.
America the Beautiful arranged for classical guitar solo. I’m not sure who the arranger is. (Is Stuart the arranger? Please leave a comment if you know.)
This could be a hit.. 🙂
https://youtu.be/8NmG19c4CHg
I don’t know who this guy is. He never shows his face. He plays steel-string, 12-string, country, blues, oldies, Broadway, flat-picking, finger-picking, Scottish fiddle tunes and I don’t know what else. He’s got over a hundred videos up on YouTube and many of them are gems. I think he must be some kind of ringer, an old pro who’s played with everyone, but there’s no way to tell for sure. Maybe he’s sitting in San Quentin waiting for a train. But he’s someone most Americans would recognize immediately as “a real guitar player.” I think he’s great.
Here’s Kevin playing John Dowland’s Mistress (or Mrs.) Winter’s Jump:
I’ve been a Kevin Gallagher fan since meeting him on his GFA tour back in ’94. (My god, has it really been 14 years?!) I was bopping around YouTube this morning and noticed that Kevin’s been developing an online presence — YouTube, Myspace, and his own website, guitar69.com. He’s a thoughtful, creative guitarist — well worth a visit!
I guess I was 15 years old when I heard Jose Feliciano play Malaguena in concert. I hoped that I could learn to play it, so I bought his majestic Alive Alive-O!
But now, 40 years later, I see: