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77Django Reinhardt, The Gypsy Jazz Guitar Legend
Django Reinhardt is possibly the single most influential guitarist in the history of the instrument. Before Django it was VERY seldom that the guitar was every played as a lead instrument at all, and Django's style was technically astounding, even were he have had full use of his left hand, which he didn't.
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75Top 10 Pinoy Good Habits
by: Charles, Calgary Canada 1. Neighbors know each other and talk to each other 2. Baguio City taxi drivers give passengers their change no matter how much the amount is 3. Phone companies do not charge users for incoming calls or SMS 4. The...
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78The Martin D-18 Guitar, and It's Very Special Sound.
The Martin D 18 acoustic guitar is less expensive than the Martin D 28, D 35, and D 45 - it's FAR less expensive than the D 50 or D 100 - but the Martin D 18 may very well be a BETTER guitar than any of it's more expensive cousins.
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63Stand By Me International Blues Medley
Grandpa Elliott An international group of sixteen talented individual musicians and groups from ten countries all around the world perform "Stand By Me" in a spectacular video medley. The following musicians and groups perform the medley Roger...
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86Filipinos' Love For Billiards
Historians say that the Spaniards brought billiards among many other things to the Philippines. You do know that they had had a 333-year reign over most of the archipelago from the early 1500s to the late...
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76What Is Flatpicking?
Flatpicking is, simply put, playing ancient fiddle tunes on a steel string acoustic guitar. But flatpicking is much, much more diverse than that - and is an honest person's art form. You won't find it glamorized in the filth that the mainstream media thinks that you should enjoy, and I'd have it no other way.
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67Django Reinhardt Videos
Django Reinhardt Renaissance in Detroit Django Reinhardt's music is enjoying a bit of a renaissance in Detroit and elsewhere in the United States. Links are provided below to a couple of Django Reinhardt gypsy jazz groups currently popular in Detroit--Hot Club of Detroit and The Gypsy Strings. I'm sure you will enjoy the You Tube videos of Django and the revival groups.
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64Gypsy Strings Play Django Reinhardt at the Rivera Court, Detroit Institute of Arts deedsphotos
On a visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts last year we got a double treat--a Camille Claudel/Auguste Rodin exhibit and a jazz concert by The Gypsy Strings in the Diego Rivera Court. I was also surprised to...
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