Re: Power chords

[pdk@dataweb.nl (Paul de Kievit)]

>If I may, I`d like to comment on my own, last post by throwing out two other
>ideas. First, could PT have been influenced by Spanish or flamenco guitar
>playing and transferred its techniques of multiple strums and suspended
>chords to electric guitar playing? If so, this could suggest some non-blues
>influence unless that tradition can be linked ultimately to Africa too (I
>don`t know). 

In 'Fish Shop', my favourite story in Horse's Neck, the main character Pete
is a flamenco lover. He's taking regular flamenco lessons from the Spanish
fish shop owner in his neighbourhood. The story sure has autobiographical
elements.

Paul.