TheFeldster
Mr Kite
Not too well known outside of Australia as far as I'm aware, this is a thread to showcase the Aussie legend known as Tommy Emmanuel, who transends genres of pop, rock, blues, classical, folk, jazz and just about everything else.
Tommy Emmanuel began as an everyday pop guitarist, albeit a very good one, playing in 70's band Dragon, and performing with John Farnham.
Nowadays, he is a guitarist of the highest order, able to play extremely complicated finger picking songs with amazing ease. Many of his peers, including Eric Clapton, Chet Atkins, Les Paul and Joe Satriani all describe Emmanuel as the best guitarist they have ever seen, and between them, those four would have seen a few guitarists
Anyway, here's a couple of vids:
Tommy Emmanuel began as an everyday pop guitarist, albeit a very good one, playing in 70's band Dragon, and performing with John Farnham.
Nowadays, he is a guitarist of the highest order, able to play extremely complicated finger picking songs with amazing ease. Many of his peers, including Eric Clapton, Chet Atkins, Les Paul and Joe Satriani all describe Emmanuel as the best guitarist they have ever seen, and between them, those four would have seen a few guitarists
Anyway, here's a couple of vids: