 In the late 1960s , de Lucía toured Europe with a group called Festival Flamenco Gitano and encountered other new talents in the flamenco world including singer Camarón de la Isla , with whom he enjoyed a fruitful collaboration between 1968 and 1977 . They recorded ten albums together and received considerable acclaim . Richard <unk> said that their partnership was " central to the history of flamenco in the last quarter of the twentieth century . " Organizers began offering de Lucía lucrative contracts for concert tours in 1967 , which he declined as he preferred to tour in company , which he did with his brother Ramón , de la Isla and other musicians . De Lucía recorded many albums with his brother , including <unk> <unk> para 2 guitarras ( 1967 ) , Dos guitarras flamencas en América Latina ( 1967 ) , <unk> <unk> de Paco de Lucía ( 1969 ) , and 12 Hits para 2 guitarras flamencas y <unk> de <unk> ( 1969 ) . They met Esteban <unk> in Buenos Aires and Juan Serrano in Detroit , and during 1970 spent considerable time in New York City where they grew close to Sabicas and Mario Escudero , playing together into the night . 
