# Tommy Emmanuel is awesome.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-emmanuel-is-awesome/411359>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 11, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-emmanuel-is-awesome/411359 "2007-07-11T14:05:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-emmanuel-is-awesome/411359/1 "2007-07-11T14:05:26Z")

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I just saw Tommy Emmanuel at the Belcourt Theatre here in Nashville.

He has to be one of the top five guitar players alive. OMG.

[here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCFFKrfO9Z0) is Since We Met

and [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZNJf-h7F8s&mode=related&search=) is some of his amazing harmonics work.

and [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuuBKuPZUuI&mode=related&search=) is his guitar percussion work.  
He did one of the longest and best drum solos I’ve ever seen…on his freakin guitar.

Along with Tommy was an 18 year old named [Kieran Murphy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmtJRADvxew) also an Aussie.

Later in the show he brought out a 13 year old and played Mozart on guitar with him. If he comes to your neck of the woods…get a ticket

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**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-emmanuel-is-awesome/411359/2 "2007-07-11T14:24:07Z")

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Tommy is great. Have been a fan for many years.

Just checked his [performance schedule](http://www.pollstar.com/tour/searchall.pl?By=All&Content=tommy+emmanuel&go_green.x=13&go_green.y=13) - it’s pretty limited for the US ☹

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tommy-emmanuel-is-awesome/411359/3 "2007-07-11T14:30:39Z")

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For those with an eMusic account, his stuff is available there. I’ve downloaded a few of his tracks, great stuff.