Manitas de plata biography of george michael
Manitas de Plata: Flamenco guitarist known as 'the rage of the!
Manitas de plata biography of george michael
Born a Gypsy in a trailer on August 7, in the city of southern France Sète, Ricardo Baliardo aka Manitas de Plata (&#;silver hands&#;) would seem to have all the necessary credentials for a flamenco guitarist, except maybe being born on the right side of the French-Spanish border.
Indeed, there’s a bone of contention regarding Manitas with the connoisseurs of flamenco music (which his obituary in the Telegraph echoes). To them, this is not authentic flamenco, it doesn’t have the right “beat”, or compás (see the section about compás in the Wikipedia article on Flamenco – link will open a new tab).
That may be so: not being a specialist or even connoisseur of flamenco, I won’t challenge that. But I’d rather look at it from another angle: whether this is “authentic” flamenco or not, who cares.
Manitas de plata biography of george michael wikipedia
It&#;s great music, hugely exciting, and Picasso, Dali thought it good enough for them. Not &#;authentic&#; flamenco? Okay, then call it something else &#; &#;French Gipsy Spanish music