Django Reinhardt in Train (1945)

[MrJihadJesus]

In the mid '60's there was a young English guitarist that cut off the tips of most ot his fretting fingers. Doctors told him he would never be able to play again. He gave up hope until a friend gave him a record by Django Reinhardt. That young man was Tony Iommi who later started a band named "Black Sabbath" and is credited with inventing heavy metal.

[Xiphosss]

@MrJihadJesus Great man!

[Lorando2oo8]

this is not 1945 this is from 1952

[Xiphosss]

@Lorando2oo8 Hmm, how do you know? Any good source or something? Thanks.

[potatoepeter1]

at 1:07 ... das sind die guten "Kolben"... he he he

[n64wilbert]

Unfucking believable this is pure perfection!!!

[sickman1982]

q lindo :-)

[pencap23]

Great vid? I don't think the audio here is the same as the vid...?

[Xiphosss]

@pencap23 Unfortunatelly not. But this is how it was recorded.

[fearfultom]

Sometimes people lose things for a reason. Maybe he lost his fingers so he could produce his amazing notes. I really dont think he would have been better with 4. It's amazing what the human body can do after a lost. He had heart to carry on and is one of my favorites.

[Xiphosss]

@fearfultom You have my respect, my friend! Best comment.

[n64wilbert]

@XiphosssI love this composition!!! It's a pleasure for posting it!!

[Xiphosss]

@n64wilbert For those who don't know the name of the composition, the name is "Nuits de St-Germain des Pres".

[MrSimoaffy]

Awesome

This is great Bebop sound and Django is still my favorite:

you can even play with just one finger if you are a genius:

HE was

[STORM13NOTE]

Incroyable la volonté que l'on peut développer quand la passion vous guide, quant elle vous submerge! Deux doigts seulement, quel exemple pour tous!!

Django Reinhardt à jamais dans mon âme...

[sot11cat]

Could anyone perform like that with two fingers nowadays?

[Xiphosss]

@sot11cat Yeah.

[CTiger1207]

@Xiphosss who?

[Xiphosss]

@CTiger1207 Look up for Christophe Lartilleux videos.

Anyways, nobody, and I mean -NOBODY- will have the precision that Django had. Not even with 4-5 fingers, no. He was PERFECT.

[BountyBudolarka]

@Xiphosss What the boulsh|t. My Dream is to born artist like Django or even better then him. More beautiful music would be created...

[sukia655]

@sot11cat the edge from u2 tries but falls terribly short

[patriot473]

Amazing!

[LustfulMind]

so this is how a music video looked like back in 1518?! Seriously that was a pretty nice tune though.

[machtoc]

Nuit a saint Germain !! This is thé tittle !

[cosmicha]

Anyone, what's the name of this song? I must know!!!

[icecraz3]

His note selections never cease to amaze me....