Gipsy Kings FAQ

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The Gipsy Kings FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions File (Tue Jan 9 20:12:41 GMT 1996)

Maintained by Doug Mitcheson (D.G.Mitcheson@dur.ac.uk)

Q. What Kind of guitars do the Gipsy Kings play?
A. They have been seen them playing Takamine and Conde Hermanos guitars in the past.
The Gipsy Kings currently endorse Epiphone Guitars from The Epiphone Co. which is a division of Gibson Guitar Corp. They use C-70E Classical Acoustic and Chet Atkins CEC guitars.
If you are interested, I play a Sanchis model 29...
Q. Have the Gipsy Kings contributed to any movie soundtracks?
A. Yes. The Reyes had songs in "Plaza Real" and "Zocker Express". "Zocker Express" contained Bamboleo and it proved to be a big hit. They also had Sin Ella on the Soundtrack of the movie "Fearless"
Q. Do the Gipsy Kings sing in Spanish?
A. Well, yes and no really. Its a sort of Spanish/French/Gipsy mix - on account of where they're from - called Gitane.
Q. Did the GK release a version of "Long train running"?
A. I don't know. You tell me!
Q. Did the GK release a version of "Hotel California"?
A. Yes. How do I know?? Because kim@cs.umass.edu (John Kim) tells me he has it.
Q. Where do the GK's live?
A. They hail from Camargue in the South of France and probably still live somewhere in that region. I know that most of their family do, at the Mazargues camping site.
Q. Is there a new release on the way?
A. There's the new album Estrellas, so look out for the single releases!
Q. What is the tour schedule?
A. Tour info will appear in the Tour section of the HomePage.

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