Originally posted by Scottyee:
Hi Ray. A truly beautiful song (I never heard this one b4) . . . and an equally beautiful Tyros2 performance by you.
Could you perhaps share some background on the song. Composer, year composed, other artists who've performed it, etc.
Hi Scott,
Am a bit surprised that you've never heard that song before. It's a very popular song in Europe. Then again, a lot of popular European instrumental hits are unknown in the USA.
Jo Van Wetter: tried to find his bio but got nowhere. I had more luck like a year or so ago but can't remember the link.
Anyway, as far as I know he's a Belgian guitar Virtuoso and composer.
Jo Van Wetter wrote "La Playa" in the 60s. Jean Kluger, a record producer, wanted to bring out an EP (a single with 4 songs. The singer fell sick so Jo Van Wetter did four songs of which one stood out: La Playa. The title was taking from a Time magazine article about the Mayas, titled "La Playa".
The song became a worldhit for Los Mayas. The French guitar player Claude Ciari scored an monsterhit with "La Playa" in Japan.