Benedetti & Svoboda Guitar Duo

At the end of May my father and I took a trip to Czech Republic (blog to come). It has been almost 6.5 years since I have been and my Dad decided to take me for my birthday. I have been really slacking with my blogging but it is probably because I don't have cute kids to publish pictures of or talk about, and I know that the subject of Johnson gets old :) Well it was a pleasure and work trip for my Dad. He had 4 concerts lined up when he was there and i was able to attend two before I went home, he stayed another week playing in Germany and another city in Czech Republic.

 Many may or may not know that my father is a Spanish/Flamenco guitarist. He has been playing for nearly 40 years and it is not only his trade but his passion. I have never seen anyone with the drive and motivation he has for the guitar (charlie comes close with surfing). I have always idolized his certainty in what he was meant to do in this world and it is to play guitar and teach others. He has toured the world, from Mexico to Taiwan and he is 55. Now he is a professor teaching music and guitar, while still playing gigs (and surfing and soccer and running) I have always loved to watch him play and felt privileged to have his music shape me as I have grown up. I have played numerous instruments and can still read music but I don't think I had/have a fraction of the motivation he has.

 Here is a recording of him in Plzen, Czech Republic. It has been my families hometown for generations and generations.

 Enjoy!

  PS: he is the one of the left :)