Notes

...this page will be updated as per any future discoveries

The biography page does perhaps seem to end abruptly, but it concerns Amancio’s recording career which to an extent did also, although there were later recordings and he did indeed continue to play, but performed not as much and not on such a large scale as at the time of his recordings. He also taught workshops for example with Jenako Arts in Hackney, London (a place he held very dear).

One very interesting period in Amancio’s playing was in the early 80’s when he played almost exclusively acoustically. He had been trying out a new range of Gibson guitars (the Mark series...fantastic acoustics - Amancio was reviewing the design of the inner struts). His playing at this time went back once again to his roots (I would say, having witnessed it...but others may disagree). A solo guitar style, incorporating much of the feel of music like “A Street In Bombay” emerged, and he went nowhere without the acoustic for a long period. Unfortunately no known recordings of this period in his playing exist...but who knows, there may be something (I have a photo of him playing with another guitarist and a violinist at a summer camp/gathering with quite a crowd, where a chap is recording them on what looks to be a fairly professional tape deck...if you are reading, drop us a line!).

 

Amancio died on July 17th 1996, as the immediate result of several severe strokes, but more generally as the result of a life fraught with stomach ulcer problems and high blood pressure. He was buried in Brighton (as it happens, a city where he was so warmly received in his Lansdowne years) at a woodland burial site, according to his wishes.

If anybody has “bootlegs” from gigs that they’d like to share...particularly from the early years, please get in touch.

There was also a BBC radio live session broadcast around the time of the release of Hum Dono which would be good to get hold of (and perhaps sample on this site)...assuming it was actually recorded and kept. More on that hopefully at some point.

amanciomusic@yahoo.com

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