El Farruco dancing Flamenco “Puro“ circa 1960’s. El Farruco, El Chocolate, Andalucian Gypsies.

Black and white footage of Flamenco guitar with 2 singers, El Chocolate and Martin; Martin’s gypsy name is on screen, when he starts to sing, the guitarist is also named. Self taught, El Farruco was a famous solo dancer, here on Spanish TV. Solea, Seguiriya, and Bulerias performed, from the Chris Carnes’ collection, archived by Deborah Fischbach and . See the old style of Gitano Flamenco. The moderator interviews Farruco between the first two pieces. A friend, who also studied in Andalucia Spain commented that El Chocolate was El Farruco’s brother-in-law. I suspect this was produced by Ricardo Pachon, a great friend of the Andalucian Gypsies, a TV producer and a local lawyer in Seville, but I didn’t see his name in the credits. (I don’t read or speak much Spanish, although, I did some translation of letras (song phrases) with Chris, who spoke Spanish and Calo. Enjoy! See more music videos, including hand made instruments, Archival footage in the Flamenco Greats playlist,