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In 1964, Pablo Picasso said 鈥渢his man is a genius and he is of greater worth than I am!鈥�

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The man is听Manitas de Plata, the man who changed the life of Teignmouth based flamenco guitarist Adam Westcott.听

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In 1965,听Manitas sold out Carnegie Hall faster than any other artist.

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He defined gypsy flamenco and toured the world for 40 years with his explosive, rough and beautiful guitar playing.听

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Adam says he feels privileged to call听Manitas a personal friend -听after having being mentored by him in France - and听has put pen to paper and听written an autobiography entitled "Hurry up and Wait!".

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We'll meet Adam and hear him perform live on today's show.

Alice Gullick is a Plymouth-based 16-year-old singer songwriter currently in the process of releasing her debut EP "False Hopes".
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She听performed one of her original songs, representing the UK, at the European Pop competition in Berlin听in November, 2013 and came second out of 22 countries.

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In July 2013, Alice appeared at the World Championships of Performing Arts in the junior singer category and was in the final with four other artists.

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She performed in front of an audience of 2000 people.

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She'll have a fair few more to entertain today when she joins听JG's Saturday听guests to perform live on 麻豆约拍 Radio Devon.

Plymouth band Land Of The Giants' frontman, Andy Quick, has a new venture.

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"The Flying Orchestra fuses bouncing beats, effortlessly cool bass, punchy jazz piano and soaring live strings in a heady cocktail perfect for the festival stage," he says.

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"The live show is full power and a lot of fun. A collection of emotive, anthemic songs with a serious dance-floor vibe."

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We'll hear for ourselves when Andy joins us along with his Unidentified Flying Orchestra (drummer Ted Baker,听Wolf Clayton听on keys, Josie Bouchard听on bass, Lia Honold听on cello and Victoria Philips听on violin) to perform live on today's show.

Lou Latham听is a singer songwriter from Exeter who describes her music as acoustic/electro/dance.

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Devon vocal coach, Hanna Wood, says "Louise Latham's music is extremely fresh and honest.

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"It is what we should all listen to when we need that emotional lift or a good dance (whilst chanting optimistic catchy lyrics)."

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She'll be performing live on today's show.

David Watkins is听an author听living in Devon with his wife, two sons and three legged dog!

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He is a teacher by day and a writer whenever the day job allows.

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David听has avidly read horror books since his teenage years and it remains a feature of the novels and stories he writes.

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The Original's Return is his first novel and he's currently editing The Devil's Inn, a horror story set on Dartmoor.

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He'll be joining in with the chat on today's show.