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  • I like his hair..

  • john williams plays whats on the score - nothing more...

    if you want passion then its julian bream all the way...

  • @CLSJful  no

  • @CLSJful thats where you are wrong

  • great video. thanks.

  • Williams>Segovia no question

  • @Wartfacedfreak i agree with you , john is better in the overall , but he's not better than segovia playing this piece : )

  • @Wartfacedfreak are you serious ?

  • I dont think he has done more for the guitar than Segovia.  I'm not huge on Segovia's playing, but lets face it, the guy brought the guitar to the limelight, transcribed many pieces and had much written for him. If Segovia never existed the guitar would still be considered a folk instrument only sufficient for the rock stage. I'd say that John Williams has done more sophistication of the instrument than anything else. His performance style is second to none.

  • Great! Man he is a perfectionist...

  • Nobody is more tedious than an aficionado.

    I wonder if any of them have a musical bone in their pedantic bodies sometimes.

  • monster!!! 10^10 stars

  • In my opinion this man has done more for the classical guitar than any other, even Segovia.

  • Agree

  • сильно!

  • listen turibio santos...

  • Please chek out Jamie Amir playing Savilla also.

  • he was played speedy.. :)

  • Wow! This is the best arrangement I've heard. How old is he?

  • He was 22 years old in this video.. :D:D

  • @MrPasamu he seemes older :)

  • I wish people would get of JW's back about playing the Smallman's. He's been playing them for about 35 years now! They're great sounding guitars. Perhaps not preferred over his Fleta, but to Smallman dissers - back off a bit!

  • Wow he is great...scary good.

  • John hates what he did with Albeniz music in the 60s...But he recorded them later ..again ..and superb! He is a master!

    Girls! He has been married twice before and today, his third wife is called Kathie Panama. Gossip!

  • @jczalaquett

    John takes this video at quite a clip here, but in general his first recordings were quite fresh and spirited and far outweigh his later versions, which seemed a bit stale by comparison - though still technically proficient.

  • Oops, John, what are you doing at 1:09?

  • Merely... a microphone artifact, mon cher...

  • Well, sometimes people make mistakes. He is human too.

  • is he married?

  • Ditto..

  • Nooo that was a tease, where is the rest of the video!!

  • he's crazy!!

    playing like hell in 60's??

    damn good

  • WHAT THE FUUUUCK!!!!

    Wow!!!

    Simple amazing!

  • THE KING

  • wonderful! plays the guitar like a hooligan - fantastic.

  • 16 years old!incredible!

  • ...22 years old!incredible!...lol excuse me

  • ....any age! INCREDIBLE!!!

  • what a good video, I'd love to watch the whole thing

  • I remember in mid-sixties when I saw him, also Bream, Segovia, Ramos, Presti & Lagoya, Barbosa-Lima, Diaz, Laurindo......Oh what a grand time that was!

  • Wow... You're lucky. I'm born when everyone is old. Including the Pacos.

  • the pacos?Paco de Lucía is still alive!

  • Yes, but he's already old.

  • sorry, I read so quickly that i assumed you wrote they were dead. By the way, I've been trying to find tour dates for David Russell, Paco Peña and others but is impossible!I missed David Russell in Cordoba last July and won't it to happen again!

  • Back in the days when he played real Guitars

  • poupee58;

    I agree; he has played some pretty bad sounding instruments in the later years.

  • 45 years ago !

  • One of my favorite pieces done by JW. Even with the crummy sound on this old video I can appreciate the sound of that guitar over his Smallman.

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