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Gipsy Kings

Submitted by Roanman on Sat, 07/13/2013 - 13:47

 

The Reyes Brothers began their musical career backing up their father, world renowned Flamenco singer Jose Reyes. Upon the death of Jose Reyes, the brothers joined forces with their cousins the Ballardo brothers, sons of famed Flamenco guitarist Manitas de Plata and began their career as Los Reyes working weddings and busking the streets of Cannes in the south of France.

I'm not even going to attempt to decipher who is doing what to whom in this beautifully recorded vid on account of the fast cuts the director chose to employ, except to say that the three playing left handed on upside down strung guitars are three of four Reyes brothers, the rest are one remaining Reyes brother, Ballardo brothers or unidentified sidemen.  As an aside, whoever is playing the drums here pretty much defines the notion of tasteful drumming as far as I'm concerned, and the sound guys in this crew were worth every penny.

Here are the Gipsy Kings playing their international hit Bomboleo followed by Canastero, live in the studio.