Tommy Emmanuel - Live At Sheldon Concert Hall (2002)

Tommy Emmanuel, CGP (certified guitar player), born May 31, 1955 is an Australian guitarist, best known for his "fingerpicking" style. Throughout his career he has played with many notable artists including: Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, Sir George Martin and John Denver.


Biography
Tommy was born in the New South Wales town of Muswellbrook. He began to play guitar at the age of 4 years and by the age of 6 was a working professional musician, as much of his childhood was spent touring Australia with his family band, playing rhythm guitar.

In 1966 when his father died, he started to give guitar lessons at the age of 12. He first came to be noticed nationally when he won a string of talent contests in his teen years, and by the late 1970s, he was playing with his brother Phil in the group Goldrush. 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, before leaving to embark on a solo career.

While Tommy doesn't read music and has never had formal music training, his natural musicianship and prodigious playing ability has won him thousands of fans from all over the world. As well as being a guitar master, he is also a professional percussionist, and has been known to play percussion parts on the body of his guitar.

1994 saw Tommy as 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.

In July 1999, at the 15th Annual Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention, Chet presented Tommy with the honorary Certified Guitar Player degree, an honor bestowed on only two other guitarists (besides Atkins himself) - "In Recognition Of His Contributions To The Art Of Fingerpicking".

One of his career highlights was his live performance at Sydney when he played on the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics in 2000. 1 Billion people watched this event which was shown worldwide.

Tommy's latest album, "The Mystery," was released August 22, 2006.

Tracklist:

01. Luttrell
02. Blue Moon
03. Borsalino
04. Mombasa
05. That's The Spirit
06. I've Always Thought Of You
07. Guitar Boogie
08. Amazing Grace
09. Classical Gas
10. A Guitar Lesson with Tommy
11. Windy & Warm
12. Just An Old Fashioned Love Song
13. Beatles Medley: Day Tripper/Taste of Honey/Lady Madonna
14. Those Who Wait
15. Mona Lisa
16. Initiation
17. Biskie
18. Michelle
19. Dixie McGuire
20. The Hunt
21. Waltzing Matilda
22. Saltwater
23. Imagine
24. Train To Dusseldorf/To "B" Or Not To "B"/Mr. Guitar/Waltzing Matilda (Reprise)/Road To Gundaghi
25. Tom's Drums

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