The Spanish guitarist Paco de Lucía is considered one of the most popular flamenco musicians of the 20th Century. He enriched the genre with elements of classical music and jazz. Now he has died at the age of 66 years in Mexico.
Numerous experiments with different genres, constellations and genres made him a pioneer of new developments of flamenco in the 20th and 21 Century: Paco de Lucía. He was not only a master of the guitar, but also as an icon and role model for young musicians. Now is the Flamenco Grand Master, whose name was real name is Francisco Sánchez Gómez, died at the age of 66 years in Mexico. This was announced by a spokesman for the municipality of Algeciras in southern Spain.
The death was confirmed by nephew Ramón Sánchez , the report said . The family will do in the coming hours and days, more information to the public. The Spanish news agency reported efe meanwhile , citing its own sources , Paco de Lucía was in Cancun succumbed to a heart attack when he was playing with his children on the beach.
Paco de Lucía was born on 21 December born in 1947 in Algeciras. His father and brother were also flamenco guitarist . At the age of eleven years was Lucía for the first time on a stage. Between 1967 and 1971 he published with his brother Ramón several albums , finally appeared in 1973 , the solo project ” Fuente y Caudal ” on which Lucía reached a technical and stylistic perfection that it had previously never before dreamed . With the single ” Entre Dos Aguas ” , a rumba – piece , he achieved international fame. 1981 played de Lucia, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin , the live album “Friday Night in San Francisco ” one , which sold over two million copies worldwide .
Since the eighties, Lucía composed also music for numerous films, including “Carmen” (1983), in which he beside Laura del Sol also played the lead role, and “Don Juan DeMarco” (1995), in which he gave the song “Have You accompanied Ever Really Loved A Woman “by Bryan Adams. In 1987 he published again traditional flamenco. On the album “Siroco” are heard more musicians like his brothers Ramón and Pepe. In 2004 he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award.
The origins of flamenco are in Andalusia in the south of the country. In its present form it exists since the 18th Century, but the roots go back to the time when the gypsies around 500 years ago came from the north of India to Spain. They settled in turn influence of Arab and Jewish traditions in the Iberian Peninsula.
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