Tommy Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel is a acoustic Guitariste Australian born on May 31st, 1955 with Muswellbrook (News-Wales of the South, Australia), specialized in the play in fingerpicking. It uses its incredible virtuosity to play of the very varied kinds: pop, folk, jazz, blues, boogy, rock'n'roll. He also works the recoveries and the medleys, for example of Beatles (Madonna Lady, Day Tripper).

Having begun the training of the guitar at 4 years, it is professional at 5 years in the orchestra of his parents. In 1966 with died of his father, it gives courses of guitar (it is 12 years old). About this time it gains a national competition which assoit its notoriety.

Its control of the extraordinary guitar and its ability were worth admirors in the whole world to him, reputation reinforced by the fact that it forever followed academic courses. He is recognized for his very technical style, but itself is not caught with serious, in particular on scene. He does not hesitate besides to use and play with accessories (let us quote brushes of battery), for the greatest visual and acoustic pleasure of his fans. It is also a recognized professional of the percussions; he often uses the extraordinary possibilities of his guitar to create effects of percussion which accompany its play by guitar. He traverses the world, not hesitating to play in " petites" rooms, where he is appreciated as much for his virtuosity that for his immense capacity to be communicated with his public.

A moment-key of its career was its live performance in at the time of the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games which proceeded with Sydney in 2000, event which was looked by 1 billion people.

Tommy Emmanuel is CGP ( certified guitar player ), title decreed by Chet Atkins and having been received only by three other people in the world (Jerry Reed, Steve Wariner and John Knowles) for her contribution to the development of the style " fingerpicking". For this reason, its guitars (of the Australian mark Screw) are decorated on the twelfth puts handle of a mother-of-pearl incrustation made of these three letters.

It is true a show-man which brought the finger-picking worms of the tops in the line of its mentors: Chet Atkins, Blackbird Travis and Marcel Dadi. He played in particular with Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, Georges Martin and John Denver.

Discography

  • 2006 The Mystery
  • 2005 Live One
  • 2004 Endless Road
  • 2002 Live At sheldon concert hall MB20064DVD Mel Bay Publication, Inc
  • 2001 Greatest Hits
  • 2000 Only
  • 1998 Collaboration
  • 1997 The Day Finger Pickers Took Over The World ( With Chet Atkins )
  • 1997 Midnight Drive
  • 1996 Can' T Get Enough
  • 1995 Classical Gas
  • 1995 Initiation
  • 1994 Back One Terra Firma
  • 1993 The Journey Continuous
  • 1993 The Journey
  • 1992 Determination
  • 1990 Dare To Different Be
  • 1987 Up From Down Under
  • 1979 From Out Off Nowhere

Bonds

  • Official site
  • 2003 interview by musicfrisk.com

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