Django | 1966

But in the smoky basements of Paris, in the caravan camps of Northern Europe, and in the obsessive grooves of a handful of young guitarists, the spirit of Django Reinhardt was not only alive — it was mutating.

It is not rock. It is not jazz. It is not Gypsy. django 1966

Yet 1966 was also the year of , garage punk , and proto-prog . Guitarists were rediscovering rawness. And that is where Django's ghost found a back door. Part II: The Actual Django Echoes of 1966 While Django himself was gone, his disciples were at work. Two figures stand out: But in the smoky basements of Paris, in