Lisa Hurlong claims the credit of being the first American female classic guitarist to concertize worldwide. She lives in a little Spanish village on the Portuguese border called Monroy, which was the home town of many of the Conquistadors. She commutes to China where she works with a Chinese Olympic equestrian judge to establish a Spanish cultural center in Beijing.
▪ bio current as of 2008
2017
AL#129 p.46
Lisa Hurlong
▪ Lisa Hurlong is an American guitarist who moved to Spain many years ago. The guitar scene in Granada is rich and active. The various guitar makers have deep connections to each other that go back across decades of apprenticeships and partnerships. The young makers she describes here include Jose Marin Plazuelo, Jose Gonzalez Lopez, Juan Antonio Correa Marin, Francisco Javier Munoz Alba, Jose Luis Vigil Pinera, Jesus Bellido, Mauricio Bellido, Juan Manuel Garcia Fernandez, and Juan Miguel Carmona Trapero. Also mentions Manuel Francisco Diaz, Antonio Duran, Rafael Moreno, Antonio Marin, Manuel Bellido, Jose Bellido (Pepe Lopez), Eduardo Ferrer, Victor Diaz, Juan Miguel Carmona, and Rafael Moreno.
1992
AL#32 p.46 BRB3 p.265
Lisa Hurlong
▪ An adopted daughter of Granada describes an up-and-coming Spanish guitar maker. Good local color. Mentions Antonio Marin.