Paco de Lucía

Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gomez (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía [ˈpako ðe luˈθia], was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer and producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he helped legitimize flamenco among the establishment in Spain, and was one of the first flamenco guitarists to have successfully crossed over into other genres of music such as classical and jazz. Richard Chapman and Eric Clapton, authors of Guitar: Music, History, Players, describe de Lucía as a "titanic figure in the world of flamenco guitar", and Dennis Koster, author of Guitar Atlas, Flamenco, has referred to de Lucía as "one of history's greatest guitarists."

De Lucía was noted for his fast and fluent picados (fingerstyle runs). A master of contrast, he often juxtaposed picados and rasgueados (flamenco strumming) with more sensitive playing and was known for adding abstract chords and scale tones to his compositions with jazz influences. These innovations saw him play a key role in the development of traditional flamenco and the evolution of 'New Flamenco' and Latin jazz fusion from the 1970s. He received acclaim for his recordings with flamenco singer Camarón de la Isla in the 1970s, recording ten albums which are considered some of the most important and influential in Flamenco history.

Paco de Lucía (Madrid Metro)

Paco de Lucía station completes extension of Line 9 of the Madrid Metro. It is located in fare Zone A and brings Metro to 50000 new potential users.

It opened on 25 March 2015 and it makes station #301 of the Metro Madrid network. Its name was given after Spanish musician and guitarist Paco de Lucía, a resident in the district where the station is located, who died in 2014.

Originally the plan was to call it Costa Brava station (following the name of the street of Madrid  in which it is located), but after the death of this famous artist the Transport Authorities decided to change its name as a way to pay tribute to this artist.

The new station, also has a special feature that makes it unique in Spain and this is that it is the case of the first Metro station decorated with street art, specifically a great 300 sqm mural representing the face of the brilliant Cadiz born guitarist. Street artists Okuda and Rosh333, with the cooperation of architect Antonyo Marest, under the supervision of Madrid Street Art Project, are responsible for creating this impressive mural, which presides over the forecourt of the new station.