Paco de Lucia performed in Belgrade several times and the last concert was held two years ago. His concerts are always spectacular, so the forthcoming concert at the Sava Center will also be amazing for sure, since the legendary guitarist will perform with a big band and singers.
Francisco Sanchez Gomez, the Spanish guitarist and composer, was born in 1947 in Algeciras, a coastal town in Andalusia. He adopted his stage name in honor of his Portuguese mother Lucia, which is a custom in Andalusia. Paco’s father, also a flamenco guitarist, developed Paco’s love for guitar when Paco was six and at the age of 12 he already won the first important prize on flamenco competition. This is how Paco de Lucia described his childhood in one interview: “Father used to ask me how much time I spent practicing and when I answered ten or twelve, I could see happiness on his face and that was all I needed to continue practicing. When I was twelve, I even started earning money.”
Paco did not even turn eighteen when he released his first album “Dos Guitarras Flamencas”. By 1968, he released two more albums and soon started collaboration with one of the greatest flamenco singers Camaron. Nine albums and modernization of flamenco expression with use of electric bass and percussions, with a brave addition of jazz elements, made the tandem a founder of “Nuevo Flamenco” stream which soon left the borders of Franco’s Spain. After the famous album “Entre dos Aguas” from 1975, Paco de Lucia became famous in the rest of Europe. In 1981 he won America after a huge success of his album “Friday Night in San Francisco” which he recorded with John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola. This album sold over six million copies! Read the rest of this entry »