RIP Paco de Lucia

Gassage

Unequalled, unsurpased. An utter master of his craft, probably the greatest player of all of our lifetimes and the one player I guarantee would make any guitarist's jaw drop.

I shall get stoned and listen to Med Sundance later in memory- still, 24 yrs after I heard it, stunning.

RIP Great Man.

Kebabkid

And the tributes continue to come in -

http://www.euronews.com/2014/02/26/comment-why-the-death-of-spanish-flamenco-guitarist-paco-de-lucia-has-touched-/

Evilmags

The TV over here in Spain is full of Paco concerts and tributes. Rightly so as it will be a long time before anyone takes a music form like Flamenco was in the days of Sabicas and elevates it to the level that he did. Without him the work of players like Vicente Amigo and Tomatito would have sounded very different to say the least. The fact that a player of Chick Corea´s status mentions him in the same breath as Miles Davis and John Coltrane is testament to how influential and important he is. So gald to have had the privilege to have seen him. 

tonyrath

A great player who wrote the book on modern flamenco. There are however composers like Manolo Sanlucar who also create beautiful sounds without the sheer technical brilliance of Paco Di Lucia 

thomasross20

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26351251

Only just found this out! Gutted!

66 - not old at all!! 

Tamatito and especially Vicente Amigo - great players. Vicente's stuff is amazing.