Juan Mercadal / The Full Moon Show ~ Miami & The Caribbean part2

The Full Moon Show with Robbie Robertson ~ Music Across America / Miami & The Caribbean part2
Host - Robbie Robertson
1. The Will O' The Wisp
2. La Comparsa
/ Juan Mercadal

[@joseolivera650]

Juan Mercadal amazing person and maestro always I meet him on his home in Miami Florida . Smoke Cigars and tall about music. We miss him. Thanks for the video

[@glennsimon2360]

Wow, what a great video of Juan! I was lucky enough to get to study under him during my senior year at UM. As a non-performance music major, this was a big honor for me, and I can say with complete honesty that every moment in his studio in the old Volpe bldg was time well spent. Among my memories w/Juan: discussions of Parkening, Segovia, all things Cuban, including that thick, sugary tar he brought to work in a thermos each morning (he even shared w/me - to be fair, it was very good). I can still hear his voice sarcastically referring to my student-model instrument as "a piece of wood with strings"! I still play almost every day, but nothing like Sr. Mercadal. What a great guitarist and human being he was. Thanks for posting this!

[@carlosdarna]

Thank you for posting a great capture of the essence of Juan Mercadal as real as he was …. I was super lucky to be a private student (4 yrs) at his west miami home studio. … Miss him very much

[@mariabarlett2343]

Juan was my friend when I was a music student at UM. He poured me my first taste of wonderful cuban coffee! He would bring a thermos every day and invite students and colleagues to share it. What a wonderful artist and teacher. And human being.

[@dinosedycias]

Once back in mid 90's I called Professor Mercadal out of the blue. I had a fan of his work that was dying to meet him, Henrique Annes from Recife, Brazil, also a Guitar lover. Professor Mercadal was nice enough to delight us with some of his time. There we went to his house in Miami where he entertained us for a couple of hours. What a wonderful time we had!

[@courtcomposer]

My beloved teacher at UM. Wise great man. You will always be remembered with great respect and admiration.

[@nickr6294]

Mine too! No one like him ever! "Great man" doesn't even start to scratch the surface. I'll alway treasure every moment I spent with him. Thanks for posting!

[@Siloguy]

When did you study with him?

[@joseolivera650]

He was my dear friend for many years back in Florida great maestro

[@nvguitarguy]

Thanks for posting this. Very rare to have video of Mercadal. I appreciate this very much!

[@wakitakiwakitaki]

Juan was a genius. "You are what your philosophy allows you to be. You enlarge your own horizon. You become what you can visualize that you can be. The more knowledge that you have, the more that you know that you don't know enough, that's all!" - Juan Mercadal

[@CrystalFlames]

this is lovely!