> I went to that Manitas de Plata concert too! There's a strange convergence in mentioning Manitas de Plata here. During his period of fame, which I also remember, he was lionized by the great and good (e.g. Picasso, Dali), who, I suspect, would have seen him as a kind of unsophisticated 'product of nature'. At the time I was learning a bit of flamenco guitar (whence I have some knowledge of the 3/4-6/8 patterns present in Iberian music). It was stressed to me that the foundation of flamenco music is compas - the specific rhythm of each toque (form). One of my teachers mentioned Manitas as having 'ni compas, ni nada' (no rhythm and **** all else), and when I had learnt something about compas I could also hear this. Did Picasso give a hoot? Did the general public? Did Manitas?
I don't know if I have a point to make, other than, it's that kind of world we live in. I'd (much) rather hear Rod Paterson than Eddi Reader sing Burns, but she's the one selling the tickets and CDs. Talking of convergence, third time of asking, does no-one have ANYthing to say about presence or absence of rant rhythm in any of Peacock's tunes? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
