Help me identify a song

**gentlebeast** · 05-31-2024, 12:42 AM

Hello!

This is my first post, I hope I can post this with a youtube video link.
To begin with a short introduction: I play guitar as a hobby, I love jazz manouche and the swing rythm in general. I learned to play some pieces, but I don't have enough time to study, I'm lacking some music theory, which I feel holds me back from leveling up my guitar skills. Anyway, while I'm listening, I'm still imagining how I could play the best version of each song.

Now to the main part: a couple of months ago I discovered an absolute gem of a mysterious song and I need your help to identify it.
My objective is to also find some tabs and learn to play it (or parts of it that I can handle).

The "playlist" video is this:

The song I'm referring to is the one at 12:30 (12:30 -> 15:00).
I just can't get enough of that groovy-bassy-slidey track.
I asked the YT OP the name of the song, but he seems to reply to all of us with a general "we'll post a playlist soon" answer and some link to another of his youtube videos.

I tried Shazam and Google, but with no luck.

I bet there's someone on this forum that knows this song.

**reventlov** · 05-31-2024, 11:32 AM

That's a fairly well known Django Rheinhardt tune; it's been recorded under various - but similar - names - Minor Blues, Blues en Mineur, Blues in G Minor, to name but three variations.

Here's an early, acoustic recording of it -

And a later version, on an amplified guitar, played without the intro

Here's a tutorial on how to play it in gypsy style -

And finally, here's a backing track to practise it with -

Have fun

**reventlov** · 05-31-2024, 11:42 AM

oops....forgot to include this -
This is a transcription of the later Django version, posted above in my previous post - https://www.soundslice.com/slices/bJTDc/
It has the notation and the tab, and a short article with some information. Also, if you play the audio at the foot of the page, the tab indicates what you're listening to at any given moment.