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Many LPs and slate recordings have disappeared; however, some CDs are still available, and one can hear
Ricardo in the "Masters of flamenco guitar" collection. Many of the recordings from Ricardo's first period, which showed the growth of his musical personality, have been lost. Some existing copies
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He claimed that the guitar was his religion. He said the guitar with singing, should carry on a dialogue: "Neither should the singing silence the guitar nor the guitar obscure the passage of the cante (singing)". Flamenco guitar would not be what it is, if it were not for the Master.. The totally new
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Javier Molina, guitarist born in Jerez, was the one who gave the first opportunity to Niño
Ricardo, at 14 years of age, to perform in a flamenco show, where he met singers whom he later accompanied both in Spain and beyond, and concert performance continued uninterrupted for the rest of his life. His
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in 1972 at the age of 67. A monument exists at his grave in the
Cemetery San Fernando in Sevilla. It represents an angel lifting a guitar to Heaven. It is the work of sculptor Sandino and was funded with revenues from sales of a tribute album they recorded in 1972, in which a group of recording
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style he developed revolutionized the guitar, creating a school called the 'Ricardismo' (very much
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El Rey de la Carretera. (The King of the Road.) (1956)
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