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| around here. I love the camera angles and what Jose does with the tuners. Also, making the guitar "a drum" is kind of cool:
YouTube -- Bing Crosby and Jose Feliciano, circa 1968
I will never, ever to play that fast (or that good) in my lifetime!
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Location: Newington, CT | Very cool! |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | What blows me away is the re-tuning on the fly. Man, takes me several minutes to do that! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Yeah, well when you're BLIND, I assume you get pretty good at tuning by ear. |
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Location: SoCal | Yeah, but do you see the way his strings are tied on at the bridge? Geez, looks like a blind man did it.... |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Yeah, well when you're BLIND, I assume you get pretty good at tuning by ear. Would it help to poke my eyes out now, or is it too late? |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | I took a little time to check out some of his other videos and was amazed to discover just how good he was.(is?)
I was really impressed with his rendition of Malaguena. He is better with one hand and no vision than I am with both...
Jose F\'s Malaguena |
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| Originally posted by bvince:
I took a little time to check out some of his other videos and was amazed to discover just how good he was.(is?)
I was really impressed with his rendition of Malaguena. He is better with one hand and no vision than I am with both...
Jose F\'s Malaguena
Unfortunately, most people will only know him as the guy who did "Feliz Navidad".
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | ...and "Light My Fire"
It's quite a shame that this is the first time I've seen this other playing style. |
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Location: Arizona | Really enjoyed that. I wonder if old Bing ever picked up a guitar? I think I remember pictures of Nat King Cole with one. |
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| Originally posted by bvince:
...and "Light My Fire"
It's quite a shame that this is the first time I've seen this other playing style. It took me a while to discover his other style, also.
I believe it was when I was looking at a YouTube of the "Chico and the Man" theme song that I discovered his version of "Malalengua".
I've always known he was a talented player, but that version just blew me away.
IMHO, the "Chico and the Man" theme is one of the best TV theme songs I've ever heard.
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Location: Suisun City, Ca | Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
IMHO, the "Chico and the Man" theme is one of the best TV theme songs I've ever heard.
Michelle [/QB] Yes.
I also liked Welcome Back Kotter! |
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| Originally posted by AstroDan:
Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
IMHO, the "Chico and the Man" theme is one of the best TV theme songs I've ever heard.
Michelle Yes.
I also liked Welcome Back Kotter! [/QB]
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Location: Corpus Christi, TX | I attended one of his concerts back in the late 70's while I was in Australia. I remember being surprised by the variety of guitar playing he did. He was also funny, gave the audience the impression he was having a good time and he was very "entertaining". All in all an excellent show |
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Location: Arizona | Originally posted by AstroDan:
Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
I also liked Welcome Back Kotter! Thanks to John Sebastian for that! |
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| Originally posted by jswinf:
Originally posted by AstroDan:
Originally posted by Guitarzannie:
I also liked Welcome Back Kotter! Thanks to John Sebastian for that!
It would be nice if he showed up at the Woodstock Guitar Invitational in October, which is the weekend of the OFC gathering I'm planning!
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OT: Mama don't allow no guitar playing