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When I was about 21-22, I used to like sitting in my single room bed-sit in Glasgow, reading the "entertainments" section at the back of The Sunday Times, as it listed all the stuff that was happening in the legendary clubs and concert halls in London, which to me seemed like the centre of the world for all kinds of music...Rock, Jazz, Folk, Classical, Flamenco... I'd get a buzz just out of reading some of the artist's names and imagining being there.
Well, it was around this time I started noticing the name Juan Martín as a Flamenco Solo Guitarist appearing in some of the small halls and clubs in and around London.
Now.. (assuming he wasn't 10 or 15 at the time).. that must make him at least the same age as me (60).
So how come after having thick, black curly hair for 40 years, I now have thin, straight, white hair.....but JM still has thick, black curly hair?
Brian May still has the cascading ringlets of shoulder length, black curly hair, despite being 3 years older than me!
Tom Jones, etc etc...Think about it..
Obviously showbiz has a beneficial effect on hair....
(The body in general maybe...since Zsa Zsa Gabor is 93 now and probably has the firmest tits on the planet. )
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Joined: May 6 2009
From: Iran (living in London)
RE: Turn Professional for the sake o... (in reply to Ron.M)
I decided to grow my hair around the time that I decided to learn Flamenco more seriously. Believe me or not, there is no relationship between playing guitar and my hair; it only happened to be around the same time (mid-life crisis or something like that I suppose!). At that stage in my life I was just fed up with worrying about being nice and neat all the time; so I decided to become a bit scurffy!
I really don’t like people to think that the long hair has something to do with the music; so I decided to cut my hair short, but I couldn’t get the decision past my missis! On top of that, when you have long hair, people expect you to play very well and in response to this expectation, I would really like to shave it off!
Posts: 482
Joined: May 6 2009
From: Iran (living in London)
RE: Turn Professional for the sake o... (in reply to at_leo_87)
Nice hair indeed. I wouldn't mind growing my hair during high school but believe me or not, it was deemed un-islamic by the regime! They would stop you in the street and gave you a crappy hair cut there and then!
RE: Turn Professional for the sake o... (in reply to Ron.M)
Short hair is saver if you get involved in a bar-fight... They cant pull you on your hair. And you dont have to fear incoming chairs from behind so much with short hair while turning around rapidly gets your eyes covered with long hair...
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Joined: Oct. 29 2006
From: Olympia, WA in the Great Pacific Northwest
RE: Turn Professional for the sake o... (in reply to Ron.M)
Ron, the answer to your question couldn't be more simple:
Big celebrities like Juan Martin have access to all manner of exotic medical treatments that average jerks like you and I will never see, monkey glands and whatnot. All that luxurious hair is clearly and purely the result of cutting edge cosmetic engineering.
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Joined: Aug. 30 2008
From: Boston, MA, U.S.A
RE: Turn Professional for the sake o... (in reply to Chiste de Gales)
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Is that cop car in the back coming to arrest you for those shoes?
those shoes were fast. they couldn't catch me if they tried.
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believe me or not, it was deemed un-islamic by the regime!
i think i've heard that wearing an excessive amount of gold can be interpreted as un-islamic as well? if so, tomatito should be careful.
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Short hair is saver if you get involved in a bar-fight... They cant pull you on your hair. And you dont have to fear incoming chairs from behind so much with short hair while turning around rapidly gets your eyes covered with long hair...
do you get into bar fights often? and what about those scary biker dudes?
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Joined: Jan. 20 2004
From: Austin, Texas USA
RE: Turn Professional for the sake o... (in reply to Ron.M)
I don't think Sabicas got blood transfusions for his hair. When I was around him in the early 1960s he wore a toupee. That's one in the photo in this thread.
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Joined: Nov. 10 2008
From: Helsinki, Finland
RE: Turn Professional for the sake o... (in reply to Ron.M)
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Short hair is saver if you get involved in a bar-fight... They cant pull you on your hair. And you dont have to fear incoming chairs from behind so much with short hair while turning around rapidly gets your eyes covered with long hair...
but you can use long hair to strangle your opponent or attach a steel ball at the end and use it as a long distance weapon
RE: Turn Professional for the sake o... (in reply to Ron.M)
You know, convicts are forced to grow their hair long to measure the effect of concrete on certain levels of toxins found on the body, say beta, gamma...the hair breaks off....
It's a wonder a lot of people in music aren't or weren't doing time in the past or on parol, earning money for restitution payments, or something worse...
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