Paco del Gastor
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Francisco Gómez Amaya was born in Morón in 1944 He is Diego del Gastor's nephew on his mother's side According to Francisco himself, Diego had 52 nephews and nieces, but he was the first to be taught by the genius when he was just seven years old
He was his apprentice until 1961, and then he went on to be taught by Francisco Martínez Quesada, who introduced him to classical music He used to follow Niño Ricardo's style very closely at the beginning, maybe because he used to visit Manuel Serrapí's house quite a lot, on Calle Feria, when he ran errands for his uncle Diego
He started to play to accompany singing during the visits of Juan Talega, Antonio Mairena, Perrate and La Fernanda to Morón In 1961 he moved to Seville to work in the Venta Marcelino There he played for Pastora Pavón, el Pinto, El Lebrijano or Bambino Then he went to the Venta de Antequera to play as the official guitarist of Melchor de Marchena, and after that he went to Juanita Reina's company
He recorded with La Perlita de Huelva and started playing often with La Paquera in Madrid Then he became the usual guitarist for Bambino and he started to play sporadically for Chano Lobato, El Funi and mainly, la Fernanda, of whom he ended up becoming the squire He also spent twelve years with El Cabrero
