Jesse Cook, Flamenco Guitar?

soulshine

Any of you guitar players out there familiar with Jesse Cook? I picked up his first cd a few years ago....it is a far cry from Pearl Jam, but beautifully played/composed guitar.....I thought of it as Classical when I heard it but it is referred to as Flamenco in the liner notes. Some of it is similar in style to "Romanzaa" that Eddie intro'd Betterman with in 2000. Just curious about the style, it sounds incredibly hard to play, but I don't play.......is it as hard as it sounds?? And what is the difference between Classical and Flamenco?

exhausted

flamenco is really really really fucking hard to play. so is classical.

soulshine

Originally posted by exhausted
flamenco is really really really fucking hard to play. so is classical.

It sure sounds like it....it's beautiful music though. Said this guy started playing at 3 yrs old, then studied formally at some academy in Canada. Sounds like some sort of prodigy or something....anyway, thanks for the response.