Taken from a pastel drawing I did years ago for a friend and collector. The picture was called Chasing Shadows, named after a tune he recorded 1935, which I used to name one of my print editions.
He was 25 years old and was already an acknowledged master of the guitar.
His pre-war stuff is mostly fantastic. His left hand was so badly burned in a fire when he was 16, that he only could play with his index and second finger. All of this makes his virtuosity just about incredible. This is just ridiculous: Minor Swing from '37. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcE1avXFJb4
