Whats the role of flamenco within European culture?
– I believe flamenco is the most important culture in Spain, and would even say in Europe. Somehow, flamenco represents Spanish culture, even if many people do not like such a globalization. Flamenco is andalusian, the basque, the galician, the catalan have nothing to do with it. So I guess they dont like to be known out of Spain because of flamenco. But Andalucía is an important part of Spain. Flamenco is an incredible music, it has an enormous emotional force and a rhythm and a feeling that very few European folklore’s have. In 1967 he records “La guitarra fabulosa de Paco de Lucía”, where the influence of El Niño Ricardo and Mario Escudero is still visible, but two years later with “Fantasía flamenca” we can already see the extraterrestrial accent, the quietness of melancholy, the beautiful solemnity, the early experience – I was going to say the innate experience – which are characteristic of great musicians. But Paco also has the incredible privilege to grace himself with anything
