Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Django

I've been trying to learn Django Rheinhardt's spectactular solo from Minor Swing for a while now - for those of you who don't him, Django lost most of the use of his ring and pinkie on his right hand in a fire, but retaught himself to play guitar without them.  My guitar teacher pointed me to this film of Django, which is pretty incredible.  Sadly, the violinist (who is much less interesting to watch or listen to) gets most of the airtime, but Django's solo starts at 2:10, and there a few runs in there that will make your head spin.  Worth a watch.

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