I first properly listened to Tango downstairs in Blackfriars at the wonderful Tango Bar. It felt like stumbling into a meeting of a secret society; a little corner of Buenos Aires in a Glasgow basement. I was also there looking on starry-eyed one night as the Bandoneonista Carlos Becú performed Piazzolla’s “Adios Nonino” live.
The bandoneón itself looked fiendishly difficult. I suspected I’d have more joy wrestling with an alligator. Still, that didn’t stop me getting ideas above my station (my favourite kind of ideas).
“Tango Glasgow” was written 17 years ago and even now I can barely play it. Never mind. Never let musicianship get in the way of a good tune, that’s what I always say. Anyway, as Craig said when we were recording it, we only have to get it right once.
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