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Latino USA

Portrait Of: José Feliciano

Latino USA

My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts

Politics, Society & Culture, News, Documentary

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this conversation with Maria Hinojosa, legendary musician José Feliciano opens up about why he keeps the 70s alive and also describes one of his favorite relationships—the one he has with his guitar.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Futuro.

0:06.9

Hey Latino USA listener, here's a show from our archives.

0:11.7

Well, playing with my son blows me away.

0:14.4

I never thought I would have members of my family be musicians.

0:21.0

You know, it's like every parent. You know, you never want your kids to do what you do

0:25.2

because you think they can do better.

0:28.1

But my son plays the drums, and my youngest son is a heck of a bass player.

0:34.0

So God said, I'm going to give you two children who are musicians. And I used to have a

0:40.9

band with them called Two Kids and a Blind Guy.

0:51.0

From Futuromedia and PRX, it's Latino USA.

0:55.0

I'm Maria Inojosa.

0:56.0

Today, a portrait of Jose Feliciano.

1:00.0

When I first met Jose Feliciano, it was the year 1986.

1:08.0

It was a concert of his in Southern California, and I was doing my first ever

1:13.5

interview with him. Now, at that time, Jose Feliciano was one of the most famous Latinos that I had ever

1:20.2

met. And what I remember the most was that he wasn't afraid to be himself. He was eccentric

1:27.2

and a true bohemian artist

1:29.8

that was truly one incredible guitarist.

1:34.0

Girl, we couldn't get much higher.

1:38.1

Come on, baby, light my fire.

1:42.2

Come on, darling darling light my fire,

1:46.8

try to set the night on fire.

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