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Sevillanas felt in 2s
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Paul Magnussen
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Joined: Nov. 8 2010
From: London (living in the Bay Area)
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RE: Sevillanas felt in 2s (in reply to kitarist)
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I don't get this (I mean, he is Spanish, right?). Is it an insider joke of some sort? From his Wikipedia Talk Page, now removed: quote:
Hi All I was very interested in that blanked discussion of Juan Martín’s nationality. I was at school with him 1959-61, we were both boarders at The Grammar School, Midhurst, West Sussex, England. Ukbn2 had a couple of points wrong, but his basic assertion was correct. Juan’s name then was John Newman not John Martin and he came from Shoreham in Sussex not Brighton. When I knew him he had no trace of a Spanish accent. I do not know where he was born and so cannot rule out some Spanish ancestry: but if there was some I was not aware of it. John Newman was frequently in trouble for going without permission to the nearby town of Chichester in order to take flamenco guitar lessons. Another ex-schoolmate, Jerry Fox, used to go with him. John’s main aim at the time was to get to Spain in order to learn flamenco guitar properly, and this he evidently did after he left Midhurst at the age of about 16. Ukbn2 is right that Juan Martín’s Sussex background is common knowledge in that part of the world. A number of people have mentioned it to me. None of this detracts in any way from the fact that he is a very fine guitarist. Vennfam, 18 May 2007 I believe he does in fact have one Spanish parent.
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