Some of the best music I've ever heard came form the street performers in SF-Two in particular stand out: One guy on Haight St. played acoustic guitar and all of his arrangements he had learned by ear by spinning 78rpm rarities in his personal collection. His technique was reminiscent of each of the artists (all from the 20s-30s) he appreciated. Carl Kress, Dick McDonough, and Django Reinhardt . Guy was genius.

Another lady in her late 50s would camp out in front of the Castro theater and play musical saws. She was a hit with the gay boys and gals in the Castro, always had a fat saw-case fulla semolians.

One cat, in a wheelchair, played this modified electric slide guitar he had made himself, with the amp and battery supply all included in his wheelchair. His groove sounded like an amalgam of many great rock guitarists from the 60s, Hendrix, Beck, Page....that guys groove was SICK! Always tossed him those dillies on his watch.

Damn. And here I'd hoped that QT made a movie about the guitarist Django Reinhardt. But no, it's another story about outlaws and vigilantes kicking ass. Oh well.

awesome sauce sister!! Cheers!

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*doublepromote!

Tags for this video have been changed from 'reincarnation, django rinehardt, prodigy' to 'reincarnation, django reinhardt, prodigy, montreux, jazz' - edited by EndAll

This video has been declared a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by calvados.

*dupeof=http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Otherworldly-Django-Reinhardt

Good question, not sure... but if that is the case, you can always petition a diamond to do it for you -- me for example!


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Can I do that, though? I thought you had to be 250 Diamond or higher.. that'd be sweet if I could, I'm always finding dupes.

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Then you might have used the *dupeof invocation -- transfers the votes from the dupe onto the older video -- for future reference in this case I spose

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It was a dupe, most unfortunately.. the original is on here called 'The Otherworldly Django Reinhardt' - I would never have killed it for any other reason! :}

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Bro, why??


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*kill :{

Can I do that, though? I thought you had to be 250 Diamond or higher.. that'd be sweet if I could, I'm always finding dupes.

In reply to this comment by calvados:
Then you might have used the *dupeof invocation -- transfers the votes from the dupe onto the older video -- for future reference in this case I spose

In reply to this comment by EndAll:
It was a dupe, most unfortunately.. the original is on here called 'The Otherworldly Django Reinhardt' - I would never have killed it for any other reason! :}

In reply to this comment by calvados:
Bro, why??


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*kill :{

Then you might have used the *dupeof invocation -- transfers the votes from the dupe onto the older video -- for future reference in this case I spose

In reply to this comment by EndAll:
It was a dupe, most unfortunately.. the original is on here called 'The Otherworldly Django Reinhardt' - I would never have killed it for any other reason! :}

In reply to this comment by calvados:
Bro, why??


In reply to this comment by EndAll:
*kill :{

It was a dupe, most unfortunately.. the original is on here called 'The Otherworldly Django Reinhardt' - I would never have killed it for any other reason! :}

In reply to this comment by calvados:
Bro, why??


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*kill :{

Bro, why??


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*kill :{

You have been awarded 1 Power Point for fixing the embed code for Dead Pool video The Otherworldly Django Reinhardt. Thank you for helping maintain VideoSift's reliability.

This is, as far as I know, the only film recording of Django Reinhardt. If anyone else has seen another, let me know.

Stephan Grapelli (the violinist) really does not seem to fit in.

I've transcribed and played a few Reinhardt tunes. Many of them are every bit as hard as they seem, and I have all my fingers to use.

While you're here, I suggest you also check out Django Reinhardt's version. Though Hugh Laurie's version on the latest episode of House was rather enjoyable as well.

This is *dead, but I think it's a dupe of:
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-Otherworldly-Django-Reinhardt