Are The Gipsy Kings Flamenco?

[@felixgonzalez3525]

Gracias por la información

[@DavidChiriboga]

Claro 👌🏼 Gracias por escuchar…

[@cyrusacre]

Those families moved to France to escape the Franco regime, although Sabicas was actually from Pamplona, on the other side of the Pyrenees in Spain ... great discussion!! 💯😎

[@tayrowell]

Flamenco influenced, but not flamenco, in my mind.

[@DavidChiriboga]

@@tayrowell I would beg to differ… Yes, it’s not “Flamenco” as a whole. But they are primarily playing a branch of it. It’s not a jondo founding branch either, but the rumba flamenca is still a branch of Flamenco. So they technically play Flamenco. With the pre-text that everyone should always understand that that’s not all there is to Flamenco, it’s just a tiny piece. And also at concerts, they do usually jam out to a little Fandangos libre or another jondo style for one piece at least. But I agree with you, when describing them to someone, I wouldn’t say a “Flamenco” group, I’ use a “Rumba” group since that their main deal publicly.

[@tayrowell]

@@DavidChiriboga thanks for that!