Anyway, my point is, this: Agustin Barrios Mangore is THE MAN. No, not the white man "the man," but rather the shiz, "the man." I am so excited about him that I don't have any time to worry if that last sentence made any sense or could be written more eloquently.
I discovered him, by first doing a search on youtube for a very talented guy I knew in college (who, as I only recently discovered, is also friends with the female friend mentioned in my Deftones post). I had the distinct pleasure of listening to this guy play guitar through a cardboard thin wall that separated our two dorm rooms. His guitar playing made up for all the times his roommate's alarm clock woke me up.
He's the guy on the far right.
Well, after listening to the other two Gershwin... OH MY GOD WHY DOESN'T BLOGGER RECOGNIZE GERSHWIN AS A WORD?!?!?! GET THAT STUPID SQUIGGLY RED LINE OUT FROM UNDER THE NAME OF ONE OF THE GREATEST COMPOSERS TO EVER LIVE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, RIGHT NOW! I MEAN IT, BLOGGER!
Wow.
Sorry. But really, that outburst was completely warranted.
ANYWAY, after listening to the other two Gershwin Preludes performed by my friend and his friends, I moved on to a guitar solo video from the same youtube account. It was this one:
After hearing this, I decided I had to hear as much of Agustin Barrios Mangore as possible. I decided this at 10:45 PM, so I don't believe I will be listening to his entire repertoire tonight. Nonetheless, I have my playlist of discovery selected for the next several days at least.
And here are two more, for you who may not want to have to venture to youtube and look him up yourself (though you really should).
And if you're a fan of Mangore, and/or Gipsy Kings, or amazing edgy flamenco guitar in general... I also highly recommend checking out Paco de Lucia's music as well. But you'll have to go to youtube for that one because I've already rambled quite a bit, and if I start posting my favorite Paco stuff on here it'll take everyone 3 days to get through this post.
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