1 Topic by danny.newman (edited by danny.newman 2015-03-30 19:47:05)

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Topic: Django

Forgive me if this is old news but I found out where the instrumental "Django" came from

Django Reinhardt Vous et Moi https://youtu.be/vWYOKFi8pd8

I sense a theme running though the You & Me (vous et moi) album.

"Anyone can play the notes but only a chosen few can make the music" Said by, well, me.

2 Reply by Lee (edited by Lee 2015-03-30 20:45:53)

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Re: Django

I've been around here long enough to remember when "You and Me" was released and I remember hearing bits of the story from Joe in a radio interview and then doing some research to put the pieces together. From the "Old Topics" section: https://forum.jbonamassa.com/viewtopic. … 60&p=2

"Django" is still a favorite of mine in it's various versions over the years. Not everyone knows the story behind it since there are so many new members so thanks for bringing it up again!

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Re: Django

as a newbie fan i didn't know that so thanks for the info

  • From: Romford, Essex, England
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Re: Django

Lee wrote:

I've been around here long enough to remember when "You and Me" was released and I remember hearing bits of the story from Joe in a radio interview and then doing some research to put the pieces together. From the "Old Topics" section: https://forum.jbonamassa.com/viewtopic. … 60&p=2

"Django" is still a favorite of mine in it's various versions over the years. Not everyone knows the story behind it since there are so many new members so thanks for bringing it up again!

I love "Django" too.  I can play all of Joe's versions on the guitar.  I saw Joe last week at the Hammersmith Odeon and he incorporated "Django" into "Oh Beautiful" and it was perfect.  I am working on a version that will use all versions of "Django" (Y&M, LFNIP, RAH, BTNY and TDF)

"Anyone can play the notes but only a chosen few can make the music" Said by, well, me.
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Re: Django

This clip of Joe explaining how he came to write Django is very cool...I remembered this and was able to find it on you tube.
It's from the RAH dvd.
Don't let the 22 minute length deter you, the explanation and guitar doodling are right at the beginning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPAoGkL1Yxk

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Bill S wrote:

This clip of Joe explaining how he came to write Django is very cool...I remembered this and was able to find it on you tube.
It's from the RAH dvd.
Don't let the 22 minute length deter you, the explanation and guitar doodling are right at the beginning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPAoGkL1Yxk

Yeah, there was no way of stopping after the Django explanation, lol! Watched the entire thing. It's been a while since I had seen it. Thanks for bringing it back for us to see, Bill.

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Bill S wrote:

Joe explaining how he came to write Django is very cool

Thanks for posting Bill .. I remember this as well .. great interview

Django was the perfect intro for the RAH show. As Joe noted, I sat listening to the intro with that goose bump feeling that indeed, "somethin big was about to happen" .. and it did.

Cheers!  cool

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Re: Django

Couldn't stop watching and listening till the end too. Brought back the time when I first fall in love with Joe's music. Thanks again, Bill!

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Ever since that show Django has been a total goosebump moment for me.

Sandy

"There's a lot of people that are in so much of a hurry to be, I guess, to be famous or that they don't want to take the time to learn to play and do all that.They'd rather just knock it down off a computer and maybe get on a game show and get famous..That's fine if that's what you want to do.
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Django  is just so evocative for me.  The version on you and me and every other one just gives me pause every time. A hint that joes greatness was about to explode

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Thanks for posting that video, I watched it twice and got several friends to watch it too.

India is another instrumental which Joe used to play.  I think it was played on an acoustic on the studio album.  As Joe's music has progressed, India got shorter and shorter and is now omitted completely.  I think Django replaced India as the seague in to Mountain Time.

It seams that there are songs that will always, in one form or another, be in Joe's repertoire (Django, Mountain Time, John Henry, Sloe Gin) but as his live shows evolve and new music comes about, staples will fall from favour or evolve themselves with Joe's style.  For example Django migrated from Just Got Paid to Mountain Time and now, unless it was a fluke on the night I saw him in London 2 weeks ago, has migrated to the middle of Oh Beautiful (just before the third verse).

"Anyone can play the notes but only a chosen few can make the music" Said by, well, me.
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samjp4 wrote:

Ever since that show Django has been a total goosebump moment for me.

Sandy

An honest to God "lump in the throat" moment whenever I hear it...hearing those first chords live is definitely one of my favorite musical moments EVER!

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Well I can't let this topic go without chiming in.

I knew of Django Reinhardt before I knew Joe.  When I first heard Joe do "Django" I instantly loved it and wishfully assumed it was in some way related to the man, as I later found out it was.  I loved it even more.  It was the Royal Albert Hall version that I heard first and because of that it will likely always be my favourite version. It is also the first of all Joe's music that I learned to play on guitar.

The thrill will never be gone.








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