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Granada, 1944. 40 years ago I already said that 'Old rockers never die'. And, for example, here is Miguel Ríos : with his first new song in 12 years, a preview of his next album and which has a very pertinent title: 'The blues of the third age'.

What about 'blues', that even those of us who grew up with 'techno' end up going back there? I suppose with age you discover that not only does man live on speed. Now, going from something as 'mechanical' as 'techno' to something as organic is a journey. I would say almost a revelation. To me the thing has been filmed, although it took a while to know that 'I'm a King Bee' that the Rollings sang, was a 'blues' by Slim Harpo. The 'blues' was put back in the place it deserves by the English bands of the 60s. Is the good 'bluesman' the old 'bluesman'? Would you like to become one? You would have to sell your soul to the devil, as they say Robert Johnson did. Outside of jokes, singing 'blues', even if it's white blues, is very difficult because the Spanish language doesn't help much. Very long words that make you have to "squeeze" them to fit in the metric corset of the 'blues'. But of course I would like to. When I dream, I am Ray Charles. How does "welfare pension" enter into a 'blues? Is what I said before in Spanish. You have to juggle. What is the distance between 'The bus blues' and 'The elderly blues'? There are distance and similarities. In the first, the text is by Víctor Manuel and talks about the fullness of life and tours. In mine, of senescence and passion for life. The similarity is that neither of them are 'blues' 'stricto sensu'. There are those who ask to withdraw the right to vote of the elderly for "voting badly". Do you notice gerontophobia? No, I had not heard of it taking away the right to vote from older people. It will be above our corpses. It's a saying [laughs]. Yes, there is a discomfort in the 'neocom' system due to the annoying longevity of some people, who insist on being late to die. But now, once you take a liking to life, nobody wants to die. Not only are girls warriors; the old ones too. What about the musicians? Do you feel that there is a place for people like you among all the demand for 'young blood'? All the time it has its minstrels and its moods. What is clear is that it is not about excluding, but adding and that people choose what excites and moves them. You don't have to be a Taliban at all. The market is one thing and creation is another. The elderly have also been the main victims of the pandemic, as has been possible in the residences. It seems to me the greatest tragedy that we have experienced in our democratic history. At the whim of fate, part of the generation that did the most for the change in social mentality and fought for freedoms, has been forced to die in an undesirable and undesirable way. I am very sorry for all the families who have lived through this heartbreaking drama. What do you think of the political management of Covid-19? For the first time, we really realize what globalization is. We realize that offshoring has its price in lives. That the dismantling of the public costs lives. That we did not have the best healthcare in the world, because we do not invest in it like those who do, and that will cost a dough and a setback of years, which will be paid again by those who have the least and owe the least. Otherwise, "the kids are alright". What has been done has been done. In some countries they have even prescribed bleach to combat the 'bug'. Can political reality be inspiring for a musician like you? Only feelings, truth and emotions can be translated into songs, and there is little of this in political praxis . Another thing is that all the songs represent, in one way or another, an ideology or a creed. If not, everything would be like 'The dance of the little birds'. You are from Granada, one of the bastions of Vox. What do you think is the rise of Vox in your land and in Spain? Well, what would it look like to me, a bitch. A promoter of macro concerts and TV shows, involved in SGAE ... Apart from making music, you have fought for the culture in Spain. But is this installment worth it? In Spain, culturally, it is buried very well. Music to escape reality or to tell it? "There are people for it," they say El Guerra said. I once heard that rock was three chords and one truth. I can't imagine singing something that doesn't represent me, excites me or makes me mad. This is how I understand the role of the musician, and the tools he uses to spread his music is anecdotal and secondary. When you see the crowds in some places in Spain in the last days, do you really think that we will be "reinforced"? Yes, it is worrying how quickly we forget the fear that we have been through. If we go back to the old days and the virus, which is there, will 'pandemic' again, the brainless will look around as if they were not to blame. Will we forget this? of the coronavirus. To that world that was on the ropes, full of inequality and uncertainty, in a terrifying climate and value crisis, where a tiny percentage of the population has more wealth and power than the rest, we should not return. We should take advantage of this kind of medieval plague, to make effective the old slogan of "Another World is Possible". But they won't leave us.

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