 In 1979 , de Lucía , John McLaughlin , and Larry Coryell formed The Guitar Trio and together made a tour of Europe and released a video recorded at London 's Royal Albert Hall entitled Meeting of the Spirits . Pohren said that de Lucía 's decision to work with musicians like McLaughlin , Di Meola , Coryell , and Chick Corea must have been an " exciting and stimulating " experience for him , given their technical musical knowledge and ability to improvise and said that they carried him " so far afield that at times he must have been profoundly confused , a man running the risk of losing his musical identity . " This concerned de Lucía , who said in a late 1990s interview , " I have never lost the roots in my music , because I would lose myself . What I have tried to do is have a hand holding onto tradition and the other scratching , digging in other places , trying to find new things I can bring into flamenco . " 
