Spanish flamenco guitarist

Juan Habichuela

Intro
Spanish flamenco guitarist
Awards Received
Latin Grammy Trustees Award

Juan Habichuela ( Juan Carmona Carmona; 1933 – 30 June 2016) was a Spanish flamenco guitarist who began his artistic life as a dancer, and later learned guitar from his father and from a guitarist from Granada known as Ovejilla. He accompanied some of the most famous singers of the time such as Manolo Caracol, Juan Valderrama, Fosforito, and Enrique Morente. He was nominated for the Latin Grammy Award for Best Flamenco Album in 2000. Habichuela received the Latin Grammy Trustees Award in 2012 for "significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording during their careers".