Birthdays on the Tube: 21-27 February

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Birthdays on the Tube: 21-27 February

Segovia, Handel, Johnny Cash, George Harrison, Nusrat Parsa and Akira Takasaki

by Peter CulshawSunday, 21 February 2010

Johnny Cash

This week’s birthday videos include guitarists Andrés Segovia playing a fandango, Japanese heavy metal hero Akira Takasaki and George Harrison. Then there’s Johnny Cash and murdered Afghan singer Nusrat Parsa. It's also the birthday of the mighty Handel. Videos below.

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