"Tomatito" made enthusiastic the public of the sevillan Maestranza theatre with his show "Luz de guía"

Tomatito

The guitarist José Fernandez Torres "Tomatito" made enthusiastic the public of the sevillan Maestranza theatre with hisshow "Luz de guía (The eternal twinkle)", title dedicated to the singer Camaron de la Isla, of whom he has been the guitaristduring 20 years and with whom he started at 15 years old.
The guitarist did not play except at the begining of the concert, a "taranta" which ended up by "fandangos", accompaniedby a second guitar, two percussionists and the voice of three singers, like Simón Román and Juanito de Íllora."Tomatito" has been received by an ovation when he came to the sober stage, on which everything was black except theguitar and the shirt of the master. Just the lights seed to dye of a light blue the background of the stage when the guitarist and his accompanists launched into the liveliest palos and the most rhytmical compositions.

Como colofón presentó como guitarrista al público de Sevilla a su hijo José

Tomatito

After the ballad, a buleria followed, interpretated in a traditional way, and accompanied by four voices and that thepublic rewarded at the end with the first "olés" of the night, and after that, he played a solea during which he stopedto tune the instrument, what didn't prevent the publir to clap and to whistle for him. A serie of tangos and bulerias followed, in which the guitarist accompanied his singers, who interpreted some bullfighting compositions, and tangos,homaged to Camarón de la Isla--" José, Camarón, more i listen to you, better you sing"-- because the guitarist explained yesterday that he owes everything to the legendary singer and that Camaron goes on guiding him "on the right way" The most melodic themes were alternated with the most rhythmical. After one hour of actuation, "Tomatito" interpreted a rumba that caused the largest ovation until this moment, after his performance at the electric bass and percussionists,Luqui Losada and Moises Santiago. The public claped with enthusiasm, and did as if the guitarist was a bullfighter, saying "olé", and someone in the public said "olé tus cojones, Tomate", while the ushers of the Maestranza, the lyric theatre the most important of the South of Spain. "Tomatito" kept the best for the end, the danse of Jose Maya, very applauded as well, and the singers interpreted several palos while "Tomatito" actuated as accompanist, and the culmination was the presentation of his son José,who played 2 themes, one of them in solo, the "Rondeña" of Paco de Lucía. When the young guitarist of twelve years concluded, one of the singers announced "And now, the grandson!" and the Tomatito grandson, a child of five years old delighted the public of Seville with his flamenco dance.