Andres Heredia

Gypsy guitarist, best known in the world of guitar art with his own stage name Andrés Heredia, was born in Madrid in 1924 and died on March 6, 2012. He was the son of the singer El Bizco de la Ignacia (1897-1964 ), who performed D. Antonio Chacón, Manuel Vallejo and Manuel Escacena. The Madrid artist learned to play the guitar "by listening and seeing", although his first teacher was Patena. Andrés Heredia worked for several years in the Madrid tablao Zambra and retired from Café de Chinitas. Flamenco guitarist