Manolo de Huelva
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He started his career in Huelva, where he lived as a child He made his debut in Seville as a soloist who alternated academic music with flamenco He was a very complete guitarist because back then he was the favourite of Manuel Torre; Antonio Chacón, who acknowledged him publicly;la Niña de los Peines, with whom he established a close artistic relationship; and Tomás Pavón
In 1922, he was the official player in the famous Cante Jondo contest in Granada That same year he performed in a festival in Huelva together with Chacón, Manuel Torre, Caracol and El Gloria, where he played several compositions solo upon request of the audience The following year, in the same city, he performed again together with Manuel Torre, Niño Medina and Pepe Marchena
In the 1930s he went on several tours in Spain, mainly with Manuel Vallejo In the 1940s he lived in Seville and hung out in the Alameda de Hércules accompanying singers such as El Sevillano and Pepe el Culata
In the 1950s and 60s he lived in Madrid, in Figón de Santiago, and spent some time at the Tablao Zambra club At the end of the 1960s he returned to Seville, where he remained until he died One of his last public performances was in Santander in 1974, in the music course in the Menéndez Pelayo University, in the Magdalena Palace
He played guitar in a film in which La Argentinita starred, and he recorded albums as a soloist when he was young He also played in albums by Enrique Orozco, Manuel Centeno, Canalejas de Puerto Real and Manuel Vallejo The 3rd Flamenco Art Biennale in Seville edited recordings that the guitarist made expressly for Marius de Zayas, together with others by Ramón Montoya
