 Paco de Lucía was born on 21 December 1947 as Francisco Sánchez Gomez in Algeciras , a city near the far southern point of Spain in the province of Cádiz . He was the youngest of the five children of flamenco guitarist Antonio Sánchez Pecino and Portuguese mother Lúcia Gomez ; his brothers include flamenco singer Pepe de Lucía and flamenco guitarist Ramón de Algeciras ( now deceased ) . Playing in the streets as a young boy , there were many Pacos and Pablos in Algeciras , and he wanted to honor his Portuguese mother Lucia Gomez , so he adopted the stage name Paco de Lucía . 
