The first Spanish, flamenco style guitar I heard of - I think on the BBC TV. .
Ricardo Baliardo (7 August 1921 – 5 November 2014), better known as Manitas de Plata, was a Spanish flamenco guitarist of Catalan Gitano descent, born in southern France.
Despite achieving worldwide fame, he was criticized for not following certain rhythmic rules (compas)that are traditional in flamenco.
Nicknamed Manitas de Plata ("little hands of silver" in Spanish), he agreed to play in public only ten years after the death of Romani-Belgian jazz guitarist and composer Django Reinhardt n 1953
