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Paco de Lucía

Paco de Lucía

Acting

01947-12-212014-02-25 (age 66)Algeciras, Cadiz, SpainMale
IMDbaka Francisco Sánchez Gómez

Biography

Francisco Sánchez Gómez (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía, was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flamenco guitarists to branch into classical and jazz. Richard Chapman and Eric Clapton, authors of Guitar: Music, History, Players, describe de Lucía as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has refer…