Django Reinhardt

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  Django Reinhardt
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  Nuages
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  Nagasaki

I know, you don't have to tell me. My musical tastes are pretty eclectic.Anyway, thisandroidheart added me to her trusted MOG's this evening. Thanks BTW.I believe it was because she saw I had more than a bit of Django Reinhardt in my music collection. That's cool. I mean that's what it all about. I would like to say a bit about me and the gypsy player.I play guitar. I am not great by any stretc...

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• Artist:
  Django Reinhardt
• Album:
  Nuages
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  Nagasaki

I have to thank "dimitra":http://mog.com/dimitra for reminding me about this one. Warning: Once this song gets into your head, nothing short of a bottle in front of me ..... I mean a frontal lobotomy will get it out. Here are the lyrics (sort of) so you can sing (or at least lip sync with style) along;*Nagasaki*Hot ginger and dynamiteThere’s nothing but that at nightBack in NagasakiWhere the fe.

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• Artist:
  Django Reinhardt
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  Souvenirs
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  My Sweet

This is such a great tune. Django was incomparable. A sweet song for the end of a long Monday.

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  Verve Jazz Masters 38
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  Honeysuckle Rose

This video could well fall into my series of posts on great guitar solos, but I felt a bit of trepidation about that in that I can't positively place the song. I think it's Honeysuckle Rose, but I'm finding my ability to recall various melodies, particularly when such liberties are taken with the melody as we find here, to be something of a failing faculty. So, if I'm wrong on the song, someo...

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