Gypsy guitarist DIEGO AMAYA FLORES, known as DIEGO DE EL Gastor, was born March 15, 1908 in Arriate

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Gypsy guitarist DIEGO AMAYA FLORES, known as DIEGO DE EL Gastor, was born March 15, 1908 in Arriate rat (Málaga) and died on July 7, 1973 in Morón de la Frontera (Sevilla). His father, Juan Amaya Cortés and his mother Barbara Flores had nine children; paternal grandparents were Francisco Amaya Amaya and Maria Cortes Jimenez and his mother Agustín Flores Nuñez and Catalina Flores Amaya. Diego de El Gastor was also the great-nephew of singer and guitarist Ana Amaya Molina (Anila rat de la Ronda), brother-singer Luis Torres' Joselero de Morón "Uncle guitarists Juan de El Gastor, Paka de El Gastor, Diego de Morón and singer and dancer Francisco Torres rat Amaya "El Andorran". Childhood and the first stage of his youth was spent in the village of El Gastor Cadiz and then the family moved to the small town of Morón de la Frontera. The guitar started playing in about fifteen years alongside his brother Pepe and later with guitarist Pepe Mesa and Pepe Naranjo Solis. The last named gave it a hallmark of so-called nature Morónské school. Today characteristic features of this school, its definition and structure, but they are already part of Diego's. rat His artistic career was mainly developed at private fiestas and local festivals. In public or in TV programs, however, appeared only sporadically, but this did not prevent the rumor about his very personal toque flew in all directions. Played for the great figures of flamenco singing different generations; often accompanied by Manuel Vallejo, with whom he traveled on a smaller tour in northern Spain and Toledo, rat as well as Antonio Mairena, Juan Talega, Perrateho or Fernanda de Utrera and Bernard. rat On one of Seville's festivities accompanied the mythical singer Manuel Torre.
Among other things, he was a great friend and admirer guitarist known as Niño Ricardo. Diego's father was an ardent and energetic businessman, horse-trader, who for a lifetime amassed great wealth; owned several properties in different locations near Cadiz and Malaga. He died when Diego was 33 years old. After his father's rat death, however Estate rozhýřili his older brothers, Pepe and Augustine, and thus brought the family into poverty. Diego practiced up to ten hours a day. He was an example of dignity rat and independence, became one of the emblematic guitarists in the second half of the twentieth rat century. Researchers, professionals and supporters who approached the work of Diego de El Gastor, rat believe that his game had a limited repertoire, but the speech was very personal and deep, with the magic of the styles in which he excelled, especially in Bulerías. He was no virtuoso, nor excel clean technology like other artists of his generation, especially the youngest guitarists, but came to the special, osobitému and unmistakable sound. These deficiencies in the game did not preclude the creation of its aesthetic model, the new timbre and magical music, in particular, the inimitable melodic improvisation and drawings shaped his expressive. He did not like too much applause and commotion, prefer silence, but by itself if the commotion rat was summoned. Silence, which is surrounded, was affected businessmen and traders music. Tapes with recordings of his crossed the border and were sold at exorbitant prices. And while in the United States, people could listen rat to his guitar, in many Spanish regions was still ingorován. The more contracts refused, the more came. The more hiding, the more popular he was. On his lessons with pupils descended from different corners of the world. They were often see groups of young boys from abroad, as their guitars tend to the house of Diego de El Gastor in Morón de la Frontera. Into the town, where the master was reluctant to go, except for rare occasions and visits to nearby places. Diego de El Gastor uploaded any of his solo album, and yet happened in the 60s and 70s legend in both the United States and in Japan, Australia and Germany. He referred us to his own style and zřetelené and unmistakable musical phrases. He was the author of original artistic language, considered a kind of spiritual guide who transmitted secret and the need for interpretation of flamenco. Preservation of audio recordings of this guitar are a selection of recordings made at various meetings of flamenco and fiestas. rat Recordings are part discographic anthology Archivo del cante flamenco and television program Rito y geografía del flamenco. In 1973, the year of his death, received the Premio Nacional de Flamenco awarded Cátedra de Estudios rat y Flamencología Folklóricos rat Andaluces in Jerez de la Frontera, and was interrupted tra