Street Guitarist Damian Salazar Blows Minds (But Doesn't Turn Too Many Heads) in This Video
Here's a video that was recently posted to Facebook by a news/media website called Siakap Keli.
Even though we can't read a word of the Siakap Keli post (or most of its comments), we can tell you the street guitarist in the video is young Damian Salazar of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
We also can tell you that, even though people are just passing him by in this particular video, Salazar DOES tend to draw crowds, as can be seen in several other Damian Salazar videos on YouTube. He's also been mentioned in stories by Guitar Hive and has a decent Google presence.
Enjoy! And be sure to give him some money if you see him performing on Florida Street in Buenos Aires!
Post by Siakap Keli.
- At some point, we really need to do a roundup of these super-talented street performers. You know, guys like this ...
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Damian is Editor-in-Chief of Guitar World magazine. In past lives, he was GW’s managing editor and online managing editor. He's written liner notes for major-label releases, including Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'The Complete Epic Recordings Collection' (Sony Legacy) and has interviewed everyone from Yngwie Malmsteen to Kevin Bacon (with a few memorable Eric Clapton chats thrown into the mix). Damian, a former member of Brooklyn's The Gas House Gorillas, was the sole guitarist in Mister Neutron, a trio that toured the U.S. and released three albums. He now plays in two NYC-area bands.
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