Thanks Claf I could say I was fucked up like that 25 years ago myself, and yes today I feel so good, but damn it, my girl is 20 years old and I'm an old fucker now, but it's true, you are as old as the woman you feel so I'm good...real good

DP about 25 years ago my sister had an invite, to a KISS party, she asked me if I wanted to go and I started laughing, I said why would I want to go see those idiots? then she started laughing too, and said you're right, they suck
However Miles Davis, John Coltrane? they don't suck

Paul?....where ya at...................ok I'll start this topic up again.

Here's what I think is a friggin great album/artist and a must listen to album for 2007, that is if you like singers/songwriters from the 70's like Todd Rundgren and Brian Wilson, etc.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=27472666
Awesome stuff......check it out if ya haven't

If anyone knows of any good Spanish Classical Guitar albums please post the link...thanks

Try some blogspots like:
http://www.borninthebasement.net/
http://mp34all.blogspot.com/
http://floodlitfootprint.blogspot.com/
etc etc... also look at the links to other great music blogs... enjoy

Thanks for asking couch, I've been out of town for a few weeks, to do a job that about killed me, I've been resting up and I'm almost back to normal, That Lewis Taylor is damn good too.
Chicken, my favorite Spanish classical guitarist would have to be Al Di Meola, this guy is so fast and clean, and his music is top notch for sure, get anything from him, I'm sure you won't be disappointed

Greatest hits

Elegant Gypsy, this CD is one of his best IMO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ&mode=related&search=
PACO DE LUCIA , John McLaughlin , AL DI MEOLA
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Grizzly Bear "Yellow House"
OK, these guys are pretty good,

"On A Neck, On A Split"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9QuQJm-XQw&mode=related&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuYZbYtAl9A&mode=related&search=
"Knife"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxK03fgnnkI
"Fix It"

The Shins

"Pink Bullets"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XBabozrPGA

"So Says I"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-P15e6NvtU

"The Past and Pending"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxwlo4XE788

"New Slang" (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1vUCDoux4

Yes! I'm very interested to know a good one too.
I'm not crazy about artists like DiMeola & De Lucia. I was impressed by their performances a long time ago. Elegant Gypsy was the first jazz record I bought in 77. Now, I prefer something smart, wild, cool, relax + SLOW. Once I saw an absolutely amazing great spanish guitarist on TV playing solo but I just never heard his name...

I know those guys are old school Claf, but I can't think of anyone offhand that really stands out, last year,
I was in this little local Spanish restaurant having lunch, maybe 20 people in there eating, and they had this guitar player, this guy knocked my socks off, I never got his name but I couldn't believe the talent this guy had, maybe I'll catch him again, I eat there a lot

Well, for Spanish guitarists Carlos Montoya is a great one. Lightnin fast and smooth on those frets.

Here's a few mp3 tracks : http://www.guitar9.com/flamencodirect.html

and a little info. http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/49e587ccb8bfd7dd

Have you seen this Buddy Rich solo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgeX9iYOFSQ&mode=related&search=..........hooollly craaaap

and another great drummer Joe Morello http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLwj66ERws.....once again...hooollly craaap

okay......I listened to a few tracks of Elegant Gypsy....I hated it....but I did just d/l The Guitar Collection - Flamenco by Salsa Rosso....and I love it...Claf....this is exactly what you wanted.....makes you want to totally fuck a burrito....

whoa! ...agreed... !

[quote="the burning couch"]Have you seen this Buddy Rich solo? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgeX9iYOFSQ&mode=related&search=..........hooollly craaaap


You weren’t kidding! I thought the whole entire thing was his grand finale' but I was terribly mistaken obviously at the end!!!!!!!!!!!

Check out Tomatito and his discography http://www.tomatito.com/
This guy is hot.He was "Camarón de la Isla's" (arguably the best flamenco singer ever) main guitar player for years before Camaron's untimely death 1992. http://www.camarondelaisla.org/index-english.htm.
Tomatito plays flamenco (and was a pioneer of the Nuevo flamenco of the 70's along with Paco de Lucia),however he has explored other facets of the spanish guitar and freely fussions flamenco with jazz (latin jazz) and classical as well.Here are a couple of excerpts from his bio...In 2000,the album Spain, a compilation of TOMATITO’s work with Michel Camilo was released. It won a Latin Grammy for best Latin-Jazz recording. Together they played Carnegie Hall during the New York JVC Jazz Festival and went on to do a stint at the prestigious Blue Note Jazz Clubs in New York, Tokyo and Osaka. TOMATITO also collected another Grammy for best flamenco recording for the live album Paris 1987 on which he played for Camarón de la Isla.... 2005 began for TOMATITO with a sell-out concert at Carnegie Hall, New York in the company of the legendary Cantaor Enrique Morente. The AGUADULCE tour continued with performances at Barcelona’s Guitar Festival, Nuits de la Guitare de Patrimonio and the Antwerp Rivierenhof. His first visit to Denmark for a concert at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art was followed by his return to London, this time at the Barbican Centre and then the North Sea Jazz festival’s last edition at The Hague. He was especially honoured to participate in the Peace Festival 2005 – Beyond DMZ in Korea in August 2005....
I hope this helps in your quest,chicken.

Here's an exceptionally sweet Paco de Lucia number called Chiquito (written in 1982) and played in duo with John McLaughlin's masterful virtuosity.John and Paco both play the spanish guitar (nylon strings) here,as opposed to other concerts they played together where John plays the acoustic guitar (metal strings).It really is a richer sound with nylon strings.Also you can clearly see and compare their different right hand playing styles (John-pick and Paco-fingers) in this wonderfully melodic composition.Pay special attention from roughly min: 4:30 to min:7:00.Paco plays an incredible solo followed by an amazing duet then a tradeoff of virtuosity with John,culminating in an excepionally slick 10 second lick by Paco at 6:42 to 6:52.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7clp74-5tc&mode=related&search=
Great fussion of flamenco,classical guitar and then some.Gotta love the masters at work.