Is Dirty Flamenco traditional flamenco or Spanish guitar?

Traditional flamenco. The repertoire is palos, the traditional forms: bulerias, solea, alegrias, tangos. A Spanish guitar booking plays familiar songs with a Spanish flavor; a flamenco booking plays the forms themselves.

Can we book Spanish guitar for a dinner party?

Yes, and it's the booking this act fits most naturally. Spanish guitar plays a long table or a courtyard at a level nobody has to talk over, with no stage and no microphone in anybody's hand. A milestone birthday or an anniversary dinner is the same booking with a set piece added where the evening wants one.

Is Spanish guitar right for a wedding ceremony?

Yes. Nylon strings carry a processional and a recessional without amplification in most spaces, and the repertoire moves between Spanish pieces and the songs a couple asks for.

Yes. The quartet configuration is the trio plus a dancer, and the dancer is the set piece. Which one an evening wants depends on whether the program has space for a set piece in it.

Does flamenco work as dinner music, or only as a show?

Both, in one booking. The trio plays cocktails and dinner with a full musical range that doesn't depend on a dance floor, and the set piece lands where your program leaves space for it, placed with the flow of the evening the same way a toast is placed.

Who fronts Dirty Flamenco?

Gary Meyers. This is a named act, an existing group with a standing repertoire, booked under its own name.

What kind of events book flamenco?

Member and association events, corporate dinners that want one photographed moment, milestone parties, and wedding cocktail hours that want a flavor.

Spanish guitar

Spanish guitar for private events, played by Dirty Flamenco.

Spanish guitar is what people ask for and flamenco is what they're picturing: nylon strings, a hand on the body of the guitar keeping time, and a sound that turns a dinner party into an evening guests describe afterwards. Dirty Flamenco is a working group with a standing repertoire of real palos, fronted by Gary Meyers, sized for a private event.

Book it for the night that has a moment in it. Think a dinner party for twenty where the guest of honour shouldn't have to host, a milestone birthday, a cultural centerpiece at a member event, or a corporate dinner that has to be remembered. It plays the whole evening under the conversation and then steps forward for one set piece where the program leaves space for it.

This is a named act, an existing group booked under its own name. The solo version of the sound, one Spanish guitarist for a ceremony, a cocktail hour or a dinner, has its own page.

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The set piece

The set piece, and where it goes in the evening.

This is a booking guests watch, and that changes how it sits in an evening.

The set piece is planned. It lands where the program leaves space for it, after remarks or between dinner and the late end. We place it with your timeline, the same way a toast or an award is placed, and the run of show page shows how that works.

The repertoire is palos, the traditional forms. Bulerias, solea, alegrias, tangos: the forms themselves. That's the difference between a flamenco booking and a Spanish guitar booking.

The trio still plays the whole evening around its moment. Flamenco guitar, bass and cajon play cocktails and dinner with a full musical range that doesn't depend on a dance floor, so guests hear one act all night and the set piece arrives as its peak.

The footage

The traditional forms, and one cover.

The trio plays live above. Below, from Gary Meyers’ own channels: a Malagueña, a rumba, a farruca, tangos, the Sabicas verdiales, Can’t Help Falling in Love on flamenco guitar, and three guitars trading on Entre dos Aguas.

Gary Meyers playing flamenco guitar under a colonnade.

Gary Meyers playing a seated set on a venue stage.

Gary Meyers playing against a stone wall.

Gary Meyers seated on brick steps with his flamenco guitar.

Gary Meyers in a suit with his guitar on a garden wall.

Gary Meyers playing beneath a shuttered window, black and white.

Occasions

Common occasions for Spanish guitar.

Flamenco is a centerpiece booking, so it fits the events that have a centerpiece moment in them.

The member or association event: An event that has remarks in it and wants one thing guests describe afterwards: a set piece, placed where the program leaves space for it. The client dinners and member events page covers the club and firm side of the calendar.
The corporate dinner with one photographed moment: Dinner runs at conversation volume and the set piece lands after remarks, placed against the timeline the way a toast is. The corporate page sets out the common configurations and the details behind them.
The dinner party at home: Twenty around a long table, a courtyard or a back garden, and Spanish guitar under the whole meal at a level nobody has to talk over. This is the smallest booking the act takes and the one it fits most naturally.
The milestone birthday: Think a fiftieth, a sixtieth, an anniversary or a retirement: a night about one person, with a centerpiece the guest of honour doesn't have to host. Spanish guitar does that without a microphone in anybody's hand and without a program to run. Private parties and dinners covers the whole night, and the Denver page covers the city's venues and logistics.
The wedding, ceremony or cocktail hour: Spanish guitar for a wedding ceremony is the same instrument doing a quieter job: processional, prelude and recessional played on nylon strings. The ceremony page covers how the music is ordered and how long it runs. For the hour after it, an hour of palos instead of standards at the same conversation volume, the cocktail hour page covers length, timing and what plays.

What live music costs across Colorado, format by format, is set out in the cost guide. The palos below are the act's own set; the roster's wider covers song list is published on the repertoire page.

Configurations

Size	Where it lands
TrioFlamenco guitar, bass, cajon	Cocktails and dinner. Full volume range without a dance floor.
QuartetThe trio plus a dancer	A program with a set piece in it.

The configuration and the date set the number: an hour under cocktails and a full evening in the resort corridor are different jobs. Send us the date and we price that night.

A sample of the set

Flamenco is organized by palo, the traditional form, rather than by song title. A set is built from these and shaped to the crowd on the night. Representative, not fixed.

Bulerias
Solea
Alegrias
Tangos
Rumba
Fandangos
Sevillanas
Guajiras

Flamenco booking questions

The operational questions, from substitutions to decibel caps, are on the full question list.

Is Dirty Flamenco traditional flamenco or Spanish guitar?: Traditional flamenco. The repertoire is palos, the traditional forms: bulerias, solea, alegrias, tangos. A Spanish guitar booking plays familiar songs with a Spanish flavor; a flamenco booking plays the forms themselves.
Can we book Spanish guitar for a dinner party?: Yes, and it's the booking this act fits most naturally. Spanish guitar plays a long table or a courtyard at a level nobody has to talk over, with no stage and no microphone in anybody's hand. A milestone birthday or an anniversary dinner is the same booking with a set piece added where the evening wants one.
Is Spanish guitar right for a wedding ceremony?: Yes. Nylon strings carry a processional and a recessional without amplification in most spaces, and the repertoire moves between Spanish pieces and the songs a couple asks for.
Can we add a dancer?: Yes. The quartet configuration is the trio plus a dancer, and the dancer is the set piece. Which one an evening wants depends on whether the program has space for a set piece in it.
Does flamenco work as dinner music, or only as a show?: Both, in one booking. The trio plays cocktails and dinner with a full musical range that doesn't depend on a dance floor, and the set piece lands where your program leaves space for it, placed with the flow of the evening the same way a toast is placed.
Who fronts Dirty Flamenco?: Gary Meyers. This is a named act, an existing group with a standing repertoire, booked under its own name.
What kind of events book flamenco?: Member and association events, corporate dinners that want one photographed moment, milestone parties, and wedding cocktail hours that want a flavor.

Tell us where the set piece goes, and we'll bring Dirty Flamenco.

Live music for your event, from a solo musician to a full band, with sound support that’s the right size for the venue and a personal contact for the night.

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Send us the date and the venue, and we’ll come back with a recommendation and a price for your night. What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page.