JJPoyatos

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Member Since: 3/26/2007
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El Flamenco ha estado presente en mi vida desde que tengo conciencia. De pequeño tenia un vídeo de Pepe Habichuela que no paraba de ver y asi empezo mi interes por la guitarra. Gracias a mi padre y al recorrido en coche de Málaga a Jaen, escuche al Lebrijano, a Jose Menese, a la Paquera de Jerez, a Lole y Manuel, a Camarón desde sus primeros discos y descubrí a Paco (Paco de Lucia, pal que no este acostumbrado a que Paco, a secas, quiera decir Paco de Lucia) y entonces ya no había vuelta atrás. Tuve la suerte de que mi primer profesor (sobre los 14 años) fuera Antonio Morillas, de Marbella. El tocaba "a lo antiguo" y me ayudo muchísimo a adquirir la técnica del toque flamenco y a que las cosas sonaran limpias. A la vez, escuchaba a Dire Straits, The Police, Metallica, Joaquin Sabina, Leonard Cohen, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Doors, The Jackson..s 5, Los Beatles, Tracy Chapman, Genesis, Crowed House, Gun..N..Roses, Bob Marley, Nirvana, Queen, R.E.M., Silvio Rodriguez, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Elvis Presley, Franco Battiato, Michael Jackson, Sade, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa...y pop-rock de los 80 y 90 español, especialmente El Ultimo de la Fila, Manolo Garcia, Los Toreros Muertos, Tabletom, Radio Futura, La Cabra Mecánica, Pedro Guerra, Extremoduro, Kiko Veneno, Ketama, Pata Negra, Albert Pla... Después fui descubriendo la bossa nova, la copla, la salsa en mi estancia en Puerto Rico (Ismael Rivera, Hector Lavoe, La Sonora Ponceña, El Gran Combo, Willie Colon, La Zodiac, Raphy Leavitt y La Selecta, al panameño Ruben Blades...), Ray Barretto, a Stevie Wonder (es de otro planeta), a Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Jamiroquai, a Serrat, K..s Choice, a Radiohead, R.A.T.M., Smashing Pumpkins, el jazz (y la armonia...)...en los últimos años en especial a Xaver Fisher Trio, Concha Buika, Cesarea Evora, Ass Trio, Tower of Power, Michel Camilo, Ximo Tebar, Chico Cesar, Bola de Nieve, Djavan, Jorge Drexler...En cuanto a guitarristas flamencos...aparte de Paco, me gustan mucho Vicente Amigo, Pepe Habichuela, Diego del Gastor, Tomatito, Manolo Sanlucar, el Niño Josele...el guitarrista Nono Garcia me parece un adelantado a su tiempo (un flamenco aprendiendo jazz en los 80...), con un estilo propio jazzero-blusero pero flamenquisimo...me gustan George Benson, Johnny Winter. Me influencio muchísimo Mark Knopfler (que toca sin pua) y me atrevo a incluir como guitarrista a Silvio Rodríguez (aunque el afirme que no es músico, sino poeta...en fin...)...

Flamenco has been present in my life since I've had a conscience. During my childhood, I used to watch over and over a video of Pepe Habichuela… and that is when my interest for playing the guitar began. Thanks to my father and the car journey from Málaga to Jaén, I listened to Lebrijano, José Menese, La Paquera de Jerez, Lole y Manuel, Camarón –since he made his first albums- and I discovered Paco (Paco de Lucía, for those who are not used to just Paco), and after that, there was no turning back. I was lucky that my first professor (over 14 years) was Antonio Morillas, from Marbella. He played "old style" and helped me a lot to develop the flamenco touch technique and to make me perform with a clean sound. By the same time I used to listen to Dire Straits, The Police, Metallica, Joaquin Sabina, Leonard Cohen, The Cranberries, The Cure, The Doors, The Jacksons 5, The Beatles, Tracy Chapman, Genesis, Crowed House, Guns N' Roses, Bob Marley, Nirvana, Queen, R.E.M., Silvio Rodríguez, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Elvis Presley, Franco Battiato, Michael Jackson, Sade, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Frank Zappa...and 80's and 90's pop-rock, spanish rock in particular. Also El Ultimo de la Fila, Manolo García, Los Toreros Muertos, Tabletom, Radio Futura, La Cabra Mecánica, Pedro Guerra, Extremoduro, Kiko Veneno, Ketama, Pata Negra, Albert Pla... After that, I started discovering bossa nova, la copla, salsa –during my stay in Puerto Rico- (Ismael Rivera, Héctor Lavoe, La Sonora Ponceña, El Gran Combo, Willie Colón, La Zodiac, Raphy Leavitt y La Selecta, Panamá's singer Ruben Blades...), Ray Barretto, Stevie Wonder (he's from another planet), Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Jamiroquai, Serrat, K..s Choice, Radiohead, R.A.T.M., Smashing Pumpkins, jazz (and harmony...)...and this last years especially Xaver Fisher Trío, Concha Buika, Cesárea Evora, Ass Trío, Tower of Power, Michel Camilo, Ximo Tebar, Chico Cesar, Bola de Nieve, Djavan, Jorge Drexler... In terms of flamenco guitar players... other than Paco, I love Vicente Amigo, Pepe Habichuela, Diego del Gastor, Tomatito, Manolo Sanlucar, el Niño Josele... guitarrist Nono Garcia seems to me ahead of his time (a flamenco learning jazz in the 80's...), with a personal blues-jazz style but flamenquísimo (very flamenco!).. I also like George Benson, Johnny Winter. Mark Knopfler (who plays without pick) is a great influence to me and I dare to include Silvio Rodríguez as a guitarrist (even if he assures he is not a musician, but a poet… well!)

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