These influences are all evident on Feliciano!, and to my ears José Feliciano is a true “American” artist. He would spend up to 14 hours a day practicing, while he studied classical guitar and tried to emulate artists as diverse as Segovia, Sam Cooke, Wes Montgomery and Ray Charles. ![]() Soon afterward, young José showed an exceptional penchant for music. When he was five, his family moved from Puerto Rico to New York City’s Spanish Harlem. ![]() ![]() The fourth of 11 boys, Feliciano was born blind due to glaucoma.
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