It's 2:15am on Sunday as I type these words--lately I've been going straight to bed when I get home, but for some reason I'm wide awake so I might as well publish a few pics and write about 'em while last night's gig is still fresh in my mind.

OK, so I was performing at Tapeo last night (Saturday). The dancers were Ginette Perea and Claudia. It was a pretty decent show--it's always several notches more inspiring whenever we have cante--although we do a decent job without it. We've got to, since 90% of the tablao gigs here in DC are without cante.

It's a challenge of course to fill-in that vacuum. But it's not like I present myself out there as if to say, "Hey everyone, we don't have a cantaor, but I'm going to play some really cool falsetas that are just as inspiring as if we had a live singer." Of course not!

I just put everything I've got into it and focus on the interplay between the dancer and my improvised accompaniment. Yeah, it's a pretty awesome feeling when you're able to really connect with the dancer and almost predict what she'll do next and thereby provide the guitar accompaniment that perfectly complements the dancer. Doesn't happen like that all the time, but when those moments occur even for a fleeting few seconds, it makes it all worthwhile!

So for this evening's gig, who was our singer?