Pop Chronicles Interviews #40 - Jose Feliciano
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- (Initial feedback edited out) contemporary pop scene, bands and singers Feliciano likes; early influences and deciding to be a musician; early life; first professional performance 0:05:41
- First professional performance continued; playing in Greenwich Village; meeting his wife; anecdote about Bob Dylan; other Village performers; performance/booking challenges of being blind 0:05:17
- Whether writing music or lyrics is easier; selecting songs to record; how groups and genres lose audiences; decision to record Light My Fire; playing songs by other groups 0:04:35
- Lou Rawls; race and genre; national anthem controversy 0:04:24
- Controversy, the press, and pop artists; future of music; Beatles 0:03:50
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Pop Chronicles Interviews #40 - Jose Feliciano, audio recording, September 4, 1969; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1692141/: accessed May 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.