Paco Baliardo

Paco Baliardo, also known as Jacques Baliardo and familiarly known as Max (born in Montpellier, Provence, January 21, 1957), is a Catalan gypsy musician and guitarist, member of the Gipsy Kings musical group. He is the nephew of Manitas de Plata and Hyppolyte Baliardo. Along with his brothers Tonino and Diego Baliardo, he has been part of the Gipsy Kings since its inception along with the five children of José Reyes, all of them Catalan gypsies spread between Montpellier and Arle, in the Camargue.