Django Reinhardt

If you havent heard of him or heard his music your missing out on the inovator of guitarists and probably one of the best. No long opinion/summary by me can describe it more then these 2 videos:









And as you can see in the 2nd video... He has 2 working fretting fingers...

I think he invented modern lead guitar, and took it from a rhythym instrument in big bands, and turned it into a lead.

Thanks for posting.

Yumpin' Yiminies!
Don't want to sound uneducated but did he "choose" to use only two fingers?
Phip

His hand was burned in a fire, so no. :)

ehh kinda tinyskateboard... He did a bit more then that. he influenced so many 60s and other guitarists and probably was one of the best :)

Emb: I thought that was quite a lot! Changing the entire timbre of an instrument.

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