Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Meta-lect 40 (Jaime Dávalos)



23 February 2011. Sun, misty sky, late morning...

From the sands of Salta to Albany nails, Joi, that would be, here on Solano, where a pleasant Vietnamese woman of middle years with alert eyes and a very deft touch applies silk and super-glue to the offending item--la uña de la chacarera--a guitar player's middle nail. In the old days it was the thumb--pulgar--favorite of Celedonio Romero, and then of course Diego. Down stroke of those bulerias falsetas, off-beat accents a lo gitano, life in between the seams...

Jaime Davalos again, listening to his songs late in the evening, an old recording, made in a concert in Salta. His rapport with his listeners--subtle criollo asides--bien entendidos, si no mas...

La quebrada...

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