Talk:John Williams (guitarist)

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he's nice

Anyone know where he is now?[edit]

I swear i see this guy in my local guitar shop all the time. It might not be him, but theres this guy who plays classical guitar really well (I think it could be terrible for all i know about classical guitar), and they look the same. Anyone know where he lives now?

John Williams now lives in London, UK. 23:19, 27 January 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.70.191.240 (talk • contribs).

If he plays in your local shop, I doubt if it's John. Paul Magnussen (talk) 22:08, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Peacock[edit]

"is one of the world's best-known classical guitarists." WP:Peacock McKay 05:40, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Best-known", not "best". 82.46.190.172 (talk) 16:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He's without doubt among the "Best" classical guitarists too! VERY VERY much so! ;) Uchiha Thγmφ (talk) 20:00, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oasis[edit]

Wasn't he also in a band called Oasis. Not The Oasis of course.
JohnYeadon 17:50, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No, that was a different classical musician - Julian Lloyd Webber - along with Mary Hopkin and Peter Skellern;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(1980s_group)

A pleasant album in my view, good summer evening music.

Meltingpot (talk) 22:57, 1 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Place of Birth[edit]

The article's sidebox says he was born in Floral Park? That doesn't sound right. Could that be about the Star Wars guy? 203.97.110.64 (talk) 10:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that's the guy. It's the usual story - someone sees "John Williams" and thinks "Star Wars" etc, never stopping to pause and say to themselves, "Hmm, John Williams. That's not exactly an uncommon name. I wonder if this is the person I'm thinking of. Wikipedia does, after all, have over 2 million articles, and I suppose it is just within the bounds of possibility that there is more than one person in the world who's notable and has the name John Williams. I'd better check to make sure this is the right person."

I've fixed it now. (Also fixed this thread by placing it at the bottom of the page, where all new threads go). -- JackofOz (talk) 21:08, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Photo from Cordoba[edit]

He is not himself on this photo I think. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.188.54.73 (talk) 19:02, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Stewart?[edit]

The biography section talks about Stewart. What is his full name? John a s (talk) 14:15, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's the remainder of some old vandalism.[1][2] It's now been removed. --石猴 (Shí Hóu) (talk) 14:45, 23 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sky[edit]

Was he not in a band called Sky in mid 70s?Cthwaites (talk) 05:34, 3 January 2012 (UTC)cthwaites[reply]

External link[edit]

There was an external link which linked to the incorrect John Williams (the composer) which I removed. (68.173.105.4 (talk) 16:18, 22 April 2012 (UTC))[reply]

Other genres[edit]

In the other genres section, it might be worth a mention of the Chilean folk group Inti-Illimani with whom John Williams (and Paco Peña) performed and collaborated. There are indirect references in the discography -- the 1987 album Fragments of a Dream/Fragmentos de un Sueño and the 1990 album Leyenda (which links to the wrong page about Albeniz's composition Asturias (Leyenda)) were both Inti-Illimani albums on which Williams performed. Williams and Peña also toured with Inti-Illimani at least once in Australia, and possibly more/elsewhere. The only source I can find is Inti-Illimani's website, but I can't confirm as I don't speak the language: http://inti-illimani.cl/historia/1999-2003/ and http://www.inti-illimani.cl/?page_id=214/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.148.41.227 (talk) 19:51, 30 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Duets with Paco Peña?[edit]

"He has recorded albums of duets with fellow guitarists Julian Bream and Paco Peña."

John & Paco are certainly good friends and have played together in public (there's some stuff on YouTube), but: recorded (an) album of duets? I think not, although of course there were three with Bream.

If no one can produce the details of this album within a reasonable time-frame, I'm going to delete this.

Paul Magnussen (talk) 23:17, 3 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

John Christopher Williams discography[edit]

Support split - Discography section takes up close to one half of the page, and should be split to a new article entitled John Christopher Williams discography. --Jax 0677 (talk) 18:08, 7 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Saw him in a little concert at our school[edit]

He gave a performance to some pupils (maybe 10 - 15) who wanted to see him (and got out of a lesson or 2) at the King's School Macclesfield probably around 1965. I remember his guitar was a beautiful instrument and he played it very well, obviously. No memory of what he played.

Mikerollem (talk) 12:16, 3 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

“Australian”?[edit]

John Williams once born in England, educated at the Royal Conservatory in England, lived all but a small proportion of his life in England, including his entire professional career, and continues to live in England, Why is he described in this article simply as “Australian” without qualification? TheScotch (talk) 03:36, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

He was born in Melbourne, Australia and has always had Australian citizenship. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 05:45, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"John Williams is an only child"[edit]

Came across a source that says he has a brother, if you're interested, please join Talk:Sam_Williams_(record_producer)#Ok,_that's_interesting. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:20, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Per [3], grew up as an only child may be an improvement. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:45, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]