Member Since: 5/14/2008
Band Website: pacostrickland.com
Band Members: Paco Strickland--Guitar and other goodies
Troy Pierce--Hand Percussions
Greg Eavey--Hand Percussions
Influences: Hendrix, Santana, Montoya, Stones, old dead black dudes and a few white ones too...dead flamencos too numerous to mention. Hawaiian slack key players rule! Algia Mae Hinton and Etta Baker put to shame most white-boy blues wanna be's...Most my influences and heros are therefor dead...we'll meet them at the GIG.... There is no way someone will hear my stuff and think of these great masters. I try not to copy them. But they inspire me to do the best i can with what I've got. The old school Flamencos such as Sabicas, Nino Ricardo, Ramon Montoya are my favs---but I can barely touch what they offered. Carlos Montoya held little respect. In my world he was king!! However today one needs to embrace Paco, Vicente, Tomatito and sound like them. But they are TOO GOOD. I have their CD's but I don't sit around and listen to them. I'll play their stuff on my show but I don't sit down and learn their styles....I don't wan to play their licks. I really don't give a flying !@$%%$% about them---they actually kinda bore me! They sound like a polished machine of perfect pitch, control and technique. I want some skinned knees, some imperfections...the way one really sounds when they sit across from you at the coffee table and trade licks...Some have perfect and flawless compas...some take great liberties...SO WHAT? Have fun, relax and enjoy the art. Unless someone is paying your rent, who the hell gives a flying fuck if you stumble from time. With all these on-line communities we are all saying, "HEY LISTEN TO ME--I'M BETTER THAN EVERYONE WHO HAS COME BEFORE ME!!! No...you're not...no one is paying any attention at all. People probably don't think you suck--but they probably don't really care much. People will only listen to about 15 seconds of your music then click over to another site. In most cases we are our biggest fans. Learn to love what you play--do it even if you don't get payed. If you have a regular gig...don't give it up.
Sounds Like: Latin/Flamenco/Middle Eastern Guitar masturbation
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None