Mike Watson obituary

My stepfather, Mike Watson, who has died aged 88, was an important figure in the huge growth of interest in the classical guitar in Britain over the past half-century.A child actor who played a number of roles in his native Bristol and in the West End in the 1930s, Mike worked as a sound engineer for the BBC during the second world war before seeing active service as a Royal Navy officer in the Pacific.He was an exceptionally talented exponent of both the classical and jazz guitar, playing show...

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