LAYLA

Published by DEIA, Nov. 3, 2011




How many of us listen to music, read poems, watch movies, etc... and see ourselves reflected in those stories and adventures in which are narrated in them? In many concerts people have told me what a song of mine has made them feel or personal experiences to relive again with my music.

The other day, listening to some vinyl that I have around, I went back to enjoy one of the iconic songs in rock history, Layla, Eric Clapton. The story of a man who falls in love with a woman who loves him in her heart but can not reciprocate. I remember when I discovered this song that I always thought that I would be dedicated to any friendly Layla of Eric, but at the end I discovered that he talked about Pattie Boyd, George Harrison´s wife at the moment, the ex-guitarist of the Beatles. Eric, one of the greatest guitarists of all time, felt a great attraction to the wife of whom was also his friend George. The Londoner was not oblivious to the stares and attention of the guitarist and between them they started to reach a special type of complicity. In Pattie's own words, Clapton was not easy to express his feelings if it was not by stanzas or verses, and in one of those occasions when they were meeting, the musician presented this song, which is a kind of rhythmic declaration love for her. After a difficult period of encounters and disagreements, they separate taking different roads and that's when Eric takes refuge in drugs and alcohol. But this story has a happy ending, because Clapton eventually managed to conquer Pattie´s heart and married in 1979, fulfilling a dream long cherished by the nickname of God. I 'm a big fan of Eric Clapton, his way of caressing the notes, to become one with his guitar. But how much suffering there is to experiment to unite in marriage the talent and the desire of oneself? What strange reason lies in that people empathize more with a theme that expresses the intimacy of its author? I hope to explain in my next album.

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LLARIEGU

Published by DEIA, May 12, 2011




Just a few days ago I visited the city of Gijon because I collaborated in recorded a CD - DVD on behalf of the Band of Gaitas of Llariegu. I know that it sounds a little bit as a topic but every time that I visit Cantabria, Asturias or Galicia, for a concert or to collaborate with musicians of the area, I feel very special things because of the different encounters and at the same time being unique. And I say that after traveling through so many countries in which I feel very comfortable, yet there is something in these communities and in their people that fills me with energy and makes me feel just as in home.

In this occasion I was going to spend a few days collaborating with the band of bagpipes due to the complexity of the project: Preparation, rehearsals, concert, etc. Now what really caught my interest are the passion and the desire that each and every members of the band had in every moment. The Gaitas's Band of Llariegu is an amateur band, of enthusiastic people having much talent that has nothing to envy any professional group since by not living by the music doesn’t sincerely make a difference at the time of effort and to embroider a project as we were doing.

Our first encounter was in their site of rehearsal, in Sariegu, where for the first time I felt the true potential of the group with the percussions and the bagpipes clobbering to the maximum. What a sound! How much strength! It is incredible to feel yourself wrapped up with so much energy and to be able to contribute with your own that, at the same time, multiplies by moment.

The concert was in La Laboral of Gijon, ancient university recycled now in a building for several activities and with a very special charm. A curious and shocking place all at the same time. The repertoire was of the most interesting and in my case I played several themes of the Breton culturehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif while we interpreted some parades it reminded harmoniously to me our arin-arin.

The first impression, so many times, is the one that counts, although, at times, we make a great effort in dimming our feeling with our minds.

I drew a smile the first day that I listened to them and I thought: “It is clear that the musical travels by air ...” Let's not give it a second thought.

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PIZTIEN LAGUNA

March 12, 2010


Next Sunday, March 14, marks the 30th anniversary of the tragic plane crash in Shaktoolik, Alaska, on board, Felix Samuel Rodriguez de la Fuente, born precisely the 14th of March in Poza de la Sal, in the providence of Burgos and two of his colleagues, Theordore Roa and Alberto Marino. Isn’t strange how coincidence can occur sometimes in life. Many of the most cherished memories of my childhood are related in some way with music. Everything began on Friday night, after the mandatory news, suddenly you could fill the kitchen was over flooded with the first notes of the theme which was absolutely shocking; “El hombre y la Tierra “ (The man and the earth) was beginning. Rarely have I seen a melody so perfectly summarizes the essence of the serie to which it belongs. After the music of the maestro Antón García Abril images began appearing on screen and finally emerges the well known and admired voice of Dr. Felix Rodriguez de la Fuente. Very few know that “The friend of the animals” had a degree in medicine but instead he became a self taught naturalist and ethologist. A convinced falconer, Felix recovered the forgotten medieval art based on manuscripts and treaties of that period, which explains the basics in “capture the free with chained”. But what really launched him to fame was his television serie. Rodriguez de la Fuente, thanks to “El hombre y la Tierra “made us consent of something so forgotten by society back then, nature in our homes. Today, thanks to him, we all know what a dormouse is, the sound of the wolf’s howl or the meaning of the words “ecological pyramid” or “ecosystem”. Felix awoke in our society a new awareness that has been essential in protecting what we still have alive. When someone knows how to reach the public, manage, arrange and create something new and different, success is guaranteed, even above all criticism, that’s no miracle, it is just pure talent.


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