THE CROSSROADS Di Meola, De Lucía and McLaughlin!

For this month’s Crossroads, John Wheatcroft celebrates the recent unearthing of a precious lost recording from the ‘super guitar trio’ of Paco de Lucía, Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin.

- John Wheatcroft

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Friday Night In San Francisco is a legendary instrumental guitar album featuring the trio of guitar comprising American picking tornado Al Di Meola, fingerstyle flamenco titan Paco De Lucia and jazz-fusion superstar John McLaughlin. Recorded at The Warfield Theatre on 5th December 1980, the premise was remarkably simple, with just three acoustic guitars performing a mixture of pieces composed by all three members, and with improvisation and musical interplay to the fore. The accompanying tour was a a raging success and the album has since gone on to become considered one of the most influential guitar recordings of all time.