BarkellWH -> RE: obscure movie trivia (Jan. 4 2016 18:46:57)
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During the late '50s and early '60s I more or less came of age during the folk music boom and loved the Limelighters, the Kingston Trio, Bud and Travis, and others. The original Limelighters (Lou Gottlieb, Alex Hassilev, and Glenn Yarbrough) were overall the best, in my opinion, although no group could beat Bud and Travis when they sang in Spanish. (Their version of "Maleguena Salerosa" is still better than that of any Mexican singer or group, in my opinion.) During that same period, I first discovered the beauty of flamenco guitar through the vinyl LPs of Carlos Montoya. I saw Carlos Montoya in a live performance in Phoenix in 1960 and was totally captured, although I would not learn to play for another 45 years, after retiring from the U.S. Foreign Service. I had no idea at the time, however, that Alex Hassilev played flamenco, in addition to performing folk music. I don't recall that he ever cut an album with flamenco guitar in it. He obviously was a very talented individual. Bill
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