Django Reinhardt died three years before one of his most admiring students, Willie Nelson, released his first single.
The post On This Day in 1953, the World Lost Willie Nelson’s Greatest Guitar Influence, Who Mastered His Instrument Despite a Severe Disability appeared first on American Songwriter.
Author: Melanie Davis
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