Juan Habichuela
Appearance
Juan Carmona Carmona | |
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Also known as | Juan Habichuela |
Born | 1933 Granada |
Genres | Flamenco |
Occupation | Instrumentalist (guitar) |
Instrument |
Juan Habichuela began his artistic life as a dancer, and later began learned guitar from his father and a guitarist from Granada known as Ovejilla. While very young he moved to Madrid where he performed in various flamenco shows (tablaos flamencos) accompanying Gracia del Sacromonte and Mario_Maya. Later he joined various flamenco companies where he accompanied some of the most famous singers of the time such as Manolo_Caracol, Juan_Valderrama, Fosforito, and Rafael Farina[1] and Enrique Morente
Discography
- Habas contadas. This is a double disc compilation that consists of 25 flamenco forms (Toques) recorded between 1962 and 2007. Among the singers he accompanied are Manolo Caracol, Chano Lobato, Rancapino and Jose Merce.
References
- ^ "Rafael Farina (in Spanish)". Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre (in Spanish).
External links
- Juan Habichuela nieto: 'La guitarra es mi 'sentío', mi vida y mi comer' Novenber 19,2012, El Mundo (in Spanish)