To me Django made the acoustic guitar sound as exciting as the electric guitar, if not more so. And the fact that he had played all of that fantastic stuff with just two fingers due to a disfiguring injury on his fretting hand is just phenomenal. – John Jorgenson.
(Not only an amazing virtuoso and imaginative improvisor but also originator of an entire musical genre! One guitarist I am happy to listen to all the time :) Coincidently Django passed away 56 years ago today, but his music lives on in the hearts and playing of gypsy jazz musicians today (Bireli, Stochelo, Jimmy Rosenberg, Tchavolo etc) and fans alike! -Ed)
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