tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post3498977322552147739..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: My genres Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-10116856522288133842018-03-13T02:44:23.350-05:002018-03-13T02:44:23.350-05:00Oh yes -- I had decided that I'd like to learn...Oh yes -- I had decided that I'd like to learn flamenco guitar, that's right! I have certain very good flamenco recordings, and will start listening to them. As a very small child I liked the very early rock and roll that was coming in, and flamenco. It was the liquid sound of the notes, petenera.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-58775991819454215562018-03-13T02:37:17.760-05:002018-03-13T02:37:17.760-05:00We grew up with folk, which included blues, bluegr...We grew up with folk, which included blues, bluegrass, huapangos, flamenco and son oriental. These genres had a major impact. Guthrie, Odetta, Leadbelly, Dave van Ronk, Bill Monroe. Nueva canción was coming in then, too, as were the epoch-making rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s. Gospel rock, Sister Rosetta Tharp. My father was a jazz fanatic, early to mid period, Kid Ory to Basie. My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com