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| I don't see his name mentioned much in guitar forums, but I think he is an awesome player.
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Light My Fire with Jose, Santana and Ricky Martin
Chico and the Man TV theme
One question: did Jose ever play Ovations?
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | So help me I can't remember when I first saw him on TV. I want to think it was on a variety show, such as Andy Williams or Smothers Brother or...
Then he appeared on a local Tampa station and played Malagueña live which was the first time I saw notes and chords played with just the left hand. I was blown away!
I've always enjoyed latin and gypsy music...
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Location: Pennsylvania | Iffy, imbd.com's earliest listing is on Ed Sullivan in 1966. But the list may not be complete.
I've always been impressed with his talent. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Back in '67 he got national attenion when he played the national anthem here in Detroit for the world series.
He was the first to dare to put his own spin on it. It was quite an up-roar. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Back in '67 he got national attenion when he played the national anthem here in Detroit for the world series.
He was the first to dare to put his own spin on it. It was quite an up-roar. I think that is one of the better versions.
I remember when I saw him on the Today Show and Anne Curry asked him if being blind made him a better guitar player/ His answer, "Only when the power goes out". :D |
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| Originally posted by Slipkid:
Back in '67 he got national attenion when he played the national anthem here in Detroit for the world series.
He was the first to dare to put his own spin on it. It was quite an up-roar. I had heard that it did cause an uproar, but I couldn't remember why it did.
One thing I remember is that when I first saw the "Chico and the Man" show as a kid, I had never heard that kind of music before, especially as a TV theme song.
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| He was one of my mom's favorites - something of his was frequently playing in the house when I was a little kid - likely my very first exposure to a great guitarist. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Cumpleaños Feliz Jose!
hope i said that right... |
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | If he didn't, he should have. Always loved his music. I wonder what he's up to these days?
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by ladylaw:
I wonder what he's up to these days? Quite a bit...
"In 2009, after won his 8th Grammy for album "Senor Bachata", he leaves Siente music and release two new great English album only digital download by personal website, one dedicates to "American Classics" which include some Frank Sinatra's songs, and another instrumental album master guitar album called "Djangoisms", dedicates to the great jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, an inspiration for him.'
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Location: Reisterstown, Maryland | Saving my bum again Iffy, Thanks. Such a beautiful man!
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| This reminds me of something that happened a year or two ago.
My mom and I were watching Jose sing "Feliz Navidad" and then my mom turned to me and said "Why can't you play like that?"
I wanted to kill her, but then I regained my composure and said "There are people who have played for a lot longer than I have that don't sound as good as he does."
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Back in '67 he got national attenion when he played the national anthem here in Detroit for the world series. He was the first to dare to put his own spin on it. It was quite an up-roar. Actually Brad, it was 1968.
The 1967 Series was between St.Louis and Boston and it was probably one of the greatest ever and the most magnificant displays of pitching I have ever seen or ever heard of. Bob Gibson won games 1, 4 and 7 for St.Louis pitching COMPLETE GAMES in every one of them. Think about that for a minute - 3 world series starts, 3 complete games, 3 wins. Freaking incredible. He gave up 3 runs TOTAL in 27 innings. The gem of all gems was game 4 where Gibson shut out Boston 1-0. It was baseball at it's absolute pinnicle as far as this (at the time) 10 year old kid was considered. Jim Lonborg of Boston was no slouch either, having won games 2 and 5. For the final game 7 Lonborg came back on 2 days rest and Gibby on 5. Gibson was masterful just rearing back and blowing the ball by Red Sox batters at will. Btw, little trivia fact - it was the only game 7 ever played with both starting pitchers having 2-0 series records coming into the game. Gibson spun his magic for 9 full innings giving up 2 runs, but Lonborg fell apart in the 5th and was out of the game by the 6th. St.Louis won the game and the series. All due respect to Feliciano and Detroit but THIS was the greatest series there ever was and I have no idea who sung the national anthem. |
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Location: south east Michigan | '67.... '68... whatever it takes.
I stand corrected.
The Detroit riots were '67, the world series was '68. I keep getting those mixed up. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yes, two highlights in the history of Detroit.
Is there any city that DIDN'T have riots in the late 60's? |
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Happy 64th Birthday Jose Feliciano!