"Angelina"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhR04kmcSXU&NR=1
"Guitar Boogie"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lbvSBNLLoo&feature=related
Another live version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNZL7GkqeRI&list=QL
"Since We Met"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCFFKrfO9Z0&feature=related
"The Robin"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl0r7h3W-Wc&feature=related
This is the first time, apart from Segovia, Ingui, Chcago Blues, and George Benson, I listened to a piece of guitar works, works for an acoustic guitar, with so much impression and sensation. One of my great students,Shyr, has introduced me about this fantastic guitar artist. A huge difference between Tommy and other guitarists, in my opinion, lies in that I see passion and devotion in his playing. Most of all, I perceive the great joy on his face. That is, he plays it purely out of his interest and love for guitar playing. We should be also be like him to find what we are interested in, what can we do and we feel happy to do it. Money and income would be the LAST thing to think about. Then, do it with all our might. You see. How happy Tommy is as he's playing with his baby. You can feel it easily.
So, find your true love and go for it!
Here is the brief biography about Tommy in Wikipedia:
Tommy was born in the Upper Hunter in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. He received his guitar in 1959 at the age of 4 - being taught by his mother to accompany her playing lap steel guitar. At the age of 7 he heard Chet Atkins on the radio. He vividly remembers this moment and says it greatly inspired him.
By the age of 9, in 1964, he was a working professional musician. Recognizing the musical talents of Tommy and his brother Phil, their father created a family band, sold the family home and took his family on the road. With the family living in two station wagons, much of Emmanuel’s childhood was spent touring Australia with his family, playing rhythm guitar, and rarely going to school. The family found it difficult living on the road; they were poor and were often hungry, never settling in one place. His father would often drive ahead, organize interviews, advertising and finding the local music shop where they'd have an impromptu concert the next day. Eventually the New South Wales Department of Education insisted that the Emmanuel children needed to go to school regularly.
After his father died in 1966, the family settled in Parkes. Tommy eventually moved to Sydney where he came to be noticed nationally when he won a string of talent contests in his teen years. By the late 1970s, he was playing drums with his brother Phil in the group 'Goldrush' as well doing session work on countless albums and jingles. He gained further prominence in the late 1970s as the lead guitarist in The Southern Star Band, the backing group for vocalist Doug Parkinson. During the early 1980s, he joined the reformed lineup of leading '70s rock group Dragon, touring widely with them, including a 1987 tour with Tina Turner. He left the group to embark on a solo career.
Throughout his career he has played with many notable artists including Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, Sir George Martin, Air Supply, John Denver and Les Paul. In 1994 he became a member of the John Farnham Band. Australian music veteran John Farnham invited him to play guitar next to Stuart Fraser from "Noiseworks" for the "Concert For Rwanda". Tommy and his brother Phil performed live in Sydney at the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics in 2000. The event was televised worldwide. When performing together the pair will sometimes share and play just one guitar with each having one hand free. In October 2002 he was invited to perform the Australian folk song Waltzing Mathilda at a service at the Washington National Cathedral held for the victims of the Bali bombings. Over 80 Australians were killed by the terrorist attack. Tommy tours the world, playing in both large and small venues. His concerts are extremely popular with his dedicated fans, much due to his powerful and energetic stage presence. Steve Vai has cited Emmanuel as one of the musical artists that anybody with a love of the guitar should see.
Late in 2007 he was diagnosed with heart issues and was forced to take a break from his hectic touring schedule due to exhaustion, but returned to full-time touring in early 2008.
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