john Arthur was mentioned by Johnny Rodqriguez during an interview with Country Music People last month. See the quote below and you can read the full article by clicking the link below.
Perhaps the more pop-orientated music currently favoured by the ‘men in suits’ over on Music Row has been a contributing factor in the lack of new up-and-coming Latin American talent to rival the steel-guitar-and-fiddleheavy sounds of Johnny Rodriguez and Freddy Fender in the 1970s and Rick Treviño in the ‘90s, though John Arthur Martinez, Gabe Garcia, Bobby Marquez and Bobby Flores (artists all very much admired by Rodriguez) have come close? Maybe the time is right for a dynamic young pretender to break through, just as Johnny did so spectacularly in 1973?