Asturias - Victor Martinez Parada

“A S T U R I A S”
Dedicated to Juan Rivera Rubio(81)

How much is a great friend who never forgot this 13-year-old boy worth? Who not long ago found me here on Instagram,Facebook,Youtube, and now we celebrate life!
Dedicated:
At the request of my great friend from my adolescence, Juan Rivera Rubio (81),
of whom I have fond memories of that youth. With his courage,
big heart, and determination, he encouraged and helped me in my early days on the
difficult adventure of going out together to look for work as laborers, with the miserable,starvation wages that workers received weekly.
Those factories in Santiago of Chile were "Cerrillos","Fabra" and "Ferriloza"; these were our beginnings.
Today, with the distance of the years gone by, we celebrate life, for what each of us has achieved through our personal efforts, which marked us on different paths to follow,
and for which we have recently reunited.
Juan, with his maturity and experience, became a successful entrepreneur, setting up his own factory with modern, high-tech machinery, and now he's thinking about retiring.
Who would have imagined it would be so? It was a surprise for Juan to know that I'm a musician!.

For me, dedicating one of the songs he's admired his entire life, played by great masters of the universal guitar and imagining that his friend from the 1960s could also play, fills him with pride, and it's a great pleasure for me to pay this tribute to someone who never forgot that young man who continued fighting alone to achieve what music crossed his path in life.
Cheers, my beloved friend!

*)I wanted to make two videos in one: the first of a 2010 concert with the introduction of our manager for years from Martinez Akustica (Dauno, Andro and myself,Trio guitars) Sam Cutler (RIP) who was also tour manager for the famous English band The Rolling Stones,Grateful Dead among others.
And the second video a version of a 1970s concert, a time when I was very young and passionate about classical music. I've also added some photos related to my new musical career. Also, some photos related to the factories and my involvement with the Industria Ferriloza folklore group of Chilean folk music and Dance. More photos of my friend Juan and me today.

*)ASTURIAS by Isaac Albeniz
(1860-1909 Spain)
Transcription for guitar by Andres Segovia
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