#Tommy Emmanuel

[ponderingrandomthings]

Tommy Emmanuel's stunning cover - in his high energy style.

#music #tommy emmanuel #cover #Youtube

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Tommy Emmanuel, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley - “Flatt Did It” (Live, May 9, 2021)

“Flatt Did It.”

So did Chet Atkins and Doc Watson.

And so, too, did Tommy Emmanuel, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley.

The latter trio covered the former duo’s tribute to the titular Lester at Emmanuel’s May 9, 2021, gig in Tennessee. The results were just released in pro-shot video culled from the associated livestream.

With Ikes on Dobro and Emmanuel and Hensley on acoustic six-strings, “Flatt Did It” moves across the stage like a funky, knock-kneed giraffe - all loose and carefree but deceptively tight as a drum.

A magnificent performance as Emmanuel, Ikes and Hensley did it some 26 months ago.

Grade card: Tommy Emmanuel, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley - “Flatt Did It” (Live - 5/9/21) - A

6/26/23

#Youtube #tommy emmanuel #rob ikes #trey hensley #chet atkins #doc watson #flatt did it

[deebeeus]

I don't do a #flattopfriday very often, and I don't think I have *ever* led off a photo dump with a picture of an inlaid fretboard! But I think you will agree that this guitar, and this fretboard, warrant the attention.

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This is a 2019 Wayne C. Henderson OM, with incredible inlay work by @mathisguitars, spotted at @thetwelfthfret Toronto.

If you are not familiar with Wayne Henderson, there is a book you can read called "Clapton's Guitar: Watching Wayne Henderson Build the Perfect Instrument". Wayne has an enormous cult following and his guitars have been owned by famous players such as Clapton, Tommy Emmanuel, and the late Doc Watson. I can count on two fingers the number of Henderson guitars I have seen in my life (and I only need the second finger because my friend @michaelsegui is friends with Wayne and has one! This one and Mike's might be the only two Hendersons in Canada!).

Because Wayne only builds ~20 instruments a year, and has hundreds of people on his waiting list, one can wait up to 10 years to get a Henderson. They rarely come up for resale in like this, and on those rare occasions when they do, they command premium prices. And this one is VERY premium because of its extreme fanciness!

Here is how the shop describes it on their website:

"...Spruce top paired with Brazilian Rosewood for the sides, back and head plate, Mahogany for the body blocks and neck, and Ebony for the bridge and bound fingerboard. The fingerboard features and elaborate Abalone inlay set of stacked flowerpots and vines, with a classic “torch” style inlay with an engraved ‘W C Henderson” banner on the headstock. The top and sound holes are also surrounded with an abalone layer. The neck has a vintage ‘V’ profile."

If you can, I urge you to make an appointment to visit @thetwelfthfret and see this guitar. It may be the only Henderson you ever get a chance to see in person!

#waynehenderson #waynechenderson #hendersonguitar #rugbyvirginia #acousticguitar #flattopguitar #guitarphotography #guitar#acoustic#guitars#guitarra#flattop#steelstring#guitarre#flattopfriday#guitarsdaily#chitarra

#wayne henderson #guitar #guitars #guitarphotography #flattop #flattopfriday #acousticguitar #eric clapton #tommy emmanuel #doc watson #henderson guitar

[cbjustmusic]

Tommy Emmanuel and Mike Dawes‘ instrumental version of Sting’s “Fields of Gold”.

Previously posted: Eva Cassidy’s version with lyrics, and Bronwen Lewis’ version in Welsh. _____________________ Fields of Gold Songwriter: Sting (Gordon Sumner) and Dušan Bogdanović

#sting #tommy emmanuel #dawes #gordon sumner #dusan bogdanovic

[nullarysources]

From a 2012 concert in Serbia, here's Tommy Emmanuel and Vlatko Stefanovski performing Mozart's "Turkish Rondo." I'm not at all familiar with Stefanovski, but he big killed the song's fast runs.

#music #Tommy Emmanuel #Vlatko Stefanovski

[rockposerdotcom]

Arielle Joins Sir Brian May & Van Morrison For 'James Burton & Friends UK - For One Night Only'

Renowned rock & soul guitarist John Oates (Hall & Oates), Sir Brian May guitar prodigy Arielle and Monkees star Micky Dolenz are the latest musical icons to join legendary rock and roll guitarist James Burton for a special one-night-only concert at the iconic London Palladium on Sunday 4 June; ‘James Burton & Friends UK – For One Night Only’. Tickets are available…

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#Albert Lee #Arielle #Caroline Jones #Essex County #James Burton & Friends UK - For One Night Only #James Burton #Jason Scheff #Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter #John Oates #Micky Dolenz #Sir Brian May #Steve Wariner #The James Burton Foundation #Tommy Emmanuel #Tommy Sims #Van Morrison

[qupritsuvwix]

#blue moon #tommy emmanuel #Youtube

[julio-viernes]

El maestro de la guitarra Chet Atkins tiene LP tributo en el centenario de su nacimiento, "We Still Can’t Say Good Bye: A Musicians’ Tribute to Chet Atkins" (19 de abril, Morningstar Music) con la participación de Eric Clapton, Vince Gill, James Taylor y Alison Krauss, entre otros. "Mr. Guitar" por Tommy Emmanuel C.G.P. & Michael Cleveland es el primer aperitivo servido.

#chet atkins #tommy emmanuel #michael cleveland #Youtube

[kitschke]

AOTD 3/4: Endless Road - Tommy Emmanuel

some of the better finger strumming ive heard so far

#aotd #tommy emmanuel #endless road

[digiknow]

#ucsb #tommy emmanuel #special guest #guitar

[psycheapuleius]

#guitar #molly tuttle #tommy emmanuel #Youtube

[dannyreviews]

Rolling Stone Magazine Top 250 Guitarists - The Omissions List

Once again, Rolling Stone Magazine puts together a list that no one asked for and it's a complete mess. Instead of analyzing craft and technique, Rolling Stone goes for popularity and mediocrity. Who in their right mind thinks that Joni Mitchell, not known primarily for her guitar work, is Top 10 material, but Slowhand himself, Eric Clapton only worth making it it to 35? Also, why is The Edge, probably the worst guitarist ever, have a place in the top 50 and Jose Feliciano, a master of classical style, not even crack the top 200? I can go on for hours about the inconsistencies, but for now, I will focus on the many guitarists that Rolling Stone left off.

Martin Barre

Jeff "Skunk" Baxter

George Benson

Joe Bonamassa

Doyle Bramhall II

Roy Clark

Mike Dawes

Paco De Lucia

Al Di Meola

Dave Edmunds

Tommy Emmanuel

Peter Frampton

Justin Hayward

Allan Holdsworth

Stephen Housden

Antonio Carlos Jobim

John Jorgenson

Laurence Juber

Terry Kath

Leo Kottke

Yngvie Malmsteen

Gary Moore

Steve Morse

Joe Pass

John Renbourn

Louie Shelton

Tommy Tedesco

Robin Trower

Bert Weedon

John Williams

If I left anyone off, include those names in the comments.

Update (11/12/2023): Just discovered Doyle Dykes and he was another omission from the Rolling Stone list. Because I’ve hit the 30 photo cap, he gets an acknowledgment here.

#dannyreviews #rolling stone magazine #top 250 guitarists #martin barre #jeff skunk baxter #george benson #joe bonamassa #doyle bramhall ii #roy clark #mike dawes #paco de lucia #al di meola #dave edmunds #tommy emmanuel #peter frampton #justin hayward #allan holdsworth #stephen housden #antonio carlos jobim #john jorgenson #laurence juber #terry kath #leo kottke #yngwie malmsteen #gary moore #steve morse #joe pass #john renbourn #louie shelton #tommy tedesco

[krispyweiss]

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Day No. 3, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Oct. 1, 2023

Not only are they fascinating to watch, hummingbirds have fantastic taste in music.

How else to explain the little avian hovering about Sierra Hull’s soundcheck and late-morning set at the Banjo stage on Day Three of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass?

Little birdie picked a good place to flutter around as Hull and her band played an energetic bluegrass-with-drums set, which Mr. and Mrs. Sound Bites took in in full after catching a few songs of Jon Langford & the Bright Shiners’ Scottish protest music at the Rooster.

Peeling off to catch parts of sets would be the theme for a first day of October stacked with outstanding performers who put the Hardly Strictly in the formerly Bluegrass-only fest inside San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

But first, a full set by Eilen Jewell - playing a guitar borrowed from Chuck Prophet - on Rooster, which found the singer and her band playing tracks from Gypsy and Get Behind the Wheel and simply slaying with a note-perfect rendition of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Green River.” Guitarist Jerry Miller is nearly as important as Jewell to the band’s success, adding twangy, country-rock spice to Jewell’s songs of love and adventure.

Then, back to the Banjo stage where musical chameleon Gabby Moreno served up slices of cumbia and American rock ‘n’ roll back-to-back and sung them in Spanish and English.

After a quick visit to Prophet and the Mission Express on Rooster, the Sound Biteses floated over to Swan for Valerie June. Wearing a loud orange outfit and backed with pedal steel, organ and rhythm section, June spun an impossible-to-categorize web of funk, soul and Americana while playing banjo and acoustic guitar and meting out songs such as “Call Me a Fool.”

Peeling off once again, the Sound Biteses were back at Banjo in time for the Travelin’ McCourys, with Punch Brothers/Might Poplar (whom we missed in favor of Emmylou Harris) banjo man Noam Pikelny filling in for Rob McCoury, and a blistering set of pure bluegrass that included “The Shaker” and “Scarlet Begonias,” with a triple-time back end, filling the park the Grateful Dead played so many times.

“Seems appropriate,” Ronnie McCoury said as your diarists peeled off yet again to the tiny Horseshoe Hill stage, for a packed 100th-anniversary tribute to Doc Watson by Mitch Greenhill, playing one of Watson’s guitars, Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman with guest slots from Andrew Marlin, June and Langford.

“Summertime,” June’s rendition of “Handsome Molly,” Langford getting the lyrics to “Tom Dooley” from a piece of paper and “Southbound” were all on offer. And it all ended with the glorious experience of a couple hundred people singing “Keep on the Sunny Side” under the foggy skies and tall trees of Golden Gate Park.

After this life-affirming interlude, the Jerry Douglas Band was pushing blues-rock and jazz flecked with bluegrass on the Swan stage. Another peel and back to the Banjo where Rufus Wainwright played solo-acoustic and his singular voice wafted across the large expanse to the Arrow stage where Tommy Emmanuel dealt the festival’s penultimate set to a relatively small, but appreciative, hard-listening audience.

Gasps filled the air as Emmanuel played inhuman runs on his acoustic guitar on such songs as “Sixteen Tons,” “Deep River Blues” and “Blue Moon.” He introduced a phantom band as he played a bassline, then percussion and rhythm before adding lead and left the audience agog as he played them simultaneously. He wrapped up his portion with the instrumentals “Imagine” and “Beatles Medley” as Harris began her closing set back where the day began on Banjo.

With a four-piece band of multi-instrumentalists behind her, Harris concluded HSB in grand style. “Miss the Mississippi and You,” “Pancho and Lefty,” “Hickory Wind,” “Evangeline” and “The Boxer” all filled the cool, early-evening air and added a extra layer of wistfulness to the end of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2023.

Read Sound Bites’ Day One review here

Read Sound Bites’ Day Two review here

10/2/23

#sierra hull #jerry douglas #eilen jewell #chuck prophet #the travelin’ mccourys #valerie june #tommy emmanuel #emmylou harris #doc watson #rufus wainwright #gabby moreno #jon langford

[godfamilyandcountry]

One of the greatest acoustic guitar players to ever walk planet earth

#tommy emmanuel #acoustic guitar #guitarist #guitar #crazyaustralianguitarplayingdude

[cbjustmusic]

Janis Ian with Tommy Emmanuel performing "At Seventeen”, a song that Ian wrote and for which she won the 1976 Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The performance ends with “Over the Rainbow”. _____________________ At Seventeen Songwriter: Janis Ian

I learned the truth at 17 That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired

The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At 17 I learned the truth

And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone

Who called to say, "Come dance with me" And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At 17

A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said, "Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve"

And the rich relationed hometown queen Marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company And haven for the elderly

Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain In debentures of quality And dubious integrity

Their small-town eyes will gape at you In dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At 17

To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball

It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today And dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me

We all play the game, and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown

That call and say, "Come dance with me" And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me At 17

_________________________ Over the Rainbow Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by Yip Harburg

When all the world is a hopeless jumble And the raindrops tumble all around Heaven opens a magic lane

When all the clouds darken up the skyway There's a rainbow highway to be found Leading from your windowpane

To a place behind the sun Just a step beyond the rain

Somewhere, over the rainbow Way up high There's a land that I dreamed of Once in a lullaby

Somewhere, over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true

Some day I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where laughter falls like lemon drops away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me

Somewhere, over the rainbow Skies are blue And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true

If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh, why can't I?

#janis ian #tommy emmanuel #harold arlen #yip harburg

[nonesuchrecords]

Molly Tuttle will tour the UK in January 2024 as special guest of fellow guitarist Tommy Emmanuel. The 15-city tour begins at the Exeter Corn Exchange January 10 and continues with shows in Bath, London, Bexhill, Southend, Bury St Edmunds, Lytham, Sunderland, Glasgow, Buxton, King's Lynn, Shrewsbury, St Albans, and New Brighton, culminating at Harrogate Royal Hall January 27. Tickets on sale Wednesday here.

#molly tuttle #tommy emmanuel #live music #guitar #acoustic guitar #on tour #nonesuch #nonesuch records