Tommy Emmanuel - Deep River Blues & Nine Pound Hammer

[interstategar]

no wonder he gets paid big money!

[Mouldytone]

First time that I`ve ever heard Tommy sing. Can`t understand why he hasn`t been recording more vocals on his albums. Actually does he sing on any of his albums? Love it! Thanks for the clip.

Tony

[lgrode]

@Mouldytone Look up "Today is Mine" (a Jerry Reed song) on his album Endless Road. He sings the whole song acapella. The lyrics are very moving. You're right that he doesn't sing that much. His trademark is that he plays the melody on the guitar (instead of singing it) with the rhythm and bass parts at the same time. I've heard him say he's not a singer. He only sings when the lyrics really touch him. Listen to what he says about this deep song

youtube.com/watch?v=71MC4Ai5oQ­8

[sightsizemethod]

why is there, to date, no footage of doc and tommy playing together on youtube? they must have met surely!

[Ksimp9]

op he fucked up once

[XLIVwhodat]

Kottke is better.

[Nevyle]

@XLIVwhodat

Kottke may be a better singer, but Tommy simply isnt one, and playes circles around Kottke any day :D

[bluesblabber]

I wish I'm 1/1000 as good as him...

[mackdaddie222]

Super rendition of a classic, TOmmy's an awesome showman, as well as one of the greatest alive, just astonishing. Thank God for Doc Watson, or we'd have never heard Tommy do this. He overplays everything for me, but that doesn't stop me for being flat awed by him.

[mackdaddie222]

Super rendition of a classic, TOmmy's an awesome showman, as well as one of the greatest alive, just astonishing. Thank God for Doc Watson, or we'd have never heard Tommy do this.

[fe6eyo]

I would say one of the best guitar players in the world !

[ryanphillips36]

voted 2010 best guitarist of the year

[edhendersonmusic]

Sweet Tommy - a great guitarist having fun!

[bboygroucho]

really nice version, great tommy. i love the guitar he use in this video

[SRV4evr]

Tommy is Aussome!!

[heffo51]

I'm proud to say that I introduced the music of Doc Watson to TE, in outback Australia. He was touring with Buddy Williams and I invited him to dinner for some picking. I raved about Doc and let him listen to some records. I gave him a tape of some Doc Watson from some Vanguard recordings I had (have).

I agree it is pointless to compare the two players. Both are better than you and me!

[unplugged89]

However much I appreciate it the context of a youtube video, I do wonder why the crowd is so quiet?!

[sugarkang]

i like it when tommy stays in the genre. the problem is that he is TOO good and overplays sometimes. when he gets into new agey territory, that's when he loses me.

[GDguitarplayer]

I sorta learned a trick from this- that scratch/hammeron thing at the end...only I used rosin pitch instead of defacing my guitar. It sounds great and definately turns heads at shows! I wish I could play just 1/2 as good as him! Someday huh? ;P

[Dynamik5]

No one makes me happier to watch than Tommy...I think he may be the happiest person on this planet..And you can feel it through a video..

[bmxmouse]

I love this song! It makes me blues feel and happy

[sk8rocksick1]

i think he IS the god of rock

[silversilver1975]

from one interview

Q:"Tommy,how many days without playing before you start to feel rusty?"

A:"Hmmm,one day..."

says enough

[BATENKILL]

Man thats the truth!

[MassimoAlberto]

the best acoustic guitarist in the world

[hellmonster666]

@MassimoAlberto sir i think you should check out a Bireli Lagrene then please get back to me. you'll see best in the world although Tommy here does seem to know what he's doin

[frewgosh]

@hellmonster666 I am the best guitarist in my bedroom but it is a pointless thing to say. There is no objective test so I think we should just enjoy the diversity of talent that youtube brings us. Lets not turn it into a futile competition. Look how lucky we all are.

[mikelapot]

@hellmonster666 sorry mate ya wrong there!... Gotta agree with MassimoAblerto Tommy is the best acoustic guitarist!

[wankatronic]

man, if Tommy were any cooler, he'd freeze the universe solid, but if he were any hotter, he'd scorch the earth. hell, he's just right as he is!

[BATENKILL]

I would like to hear Clapton sing it with Tommy behind the guitar

[GDguitarplayer]

WOW!

[Int1nse]

Thank You, Tommy!

[boundsie99]

Go Tommy!

[olipoulsen]

This is the best video YouTube has to offer. Enough said. Just magic

[chrileboy]

look at doc watsons version

[soo00oona]

who is better in your opinion???

[vipcris]

good, but have some better than that.

But it is way better than i do. lol

[bass0111]

F#@*&%ing incredible!!

[skengeboy]

It's official that Tommy constantly flashes his own and everybody else's ass off, and I'm happy for that. Just the sweep picking around 5:20 is worth a standing ovation itself.

[MassimoAlberto]

The best acoustic guitarist in the world

[boogpatton]

Tommy is amazing!

[combatRidders]

Two totally different styles. For doubters of Tommy (shame on you) see 'over the rainbow' for awesome harmonic work or 'mombasa' for a great folkey tune from 20 years ago.

[gerarmajax]

man, this is ugly.

[synesthesia67]

whats wrong with it??...I think its awesome...

[theherk]

It is awesome. That solo section in DRB is purely badass.

[Chrigi4223]

nice work!

[johnnyivarsson]

awsome :)

[pinklover12129]

I bet Ive watched this 50 times. Love it.

[Ozrace]

No point trying to analyse or compare... Tommy is a showman - fast and flashy.. that's what he does.

He's no Doc and Doc is no Tommy. Variety is the spice of life :-)

[vindicari]

why make an opera out of a simple song? doc watson will always be the version.guitar gymnastics don't impress. if ya wanna see sheer ability django is the man

[z454]

he must be from another planet, not human for sure!!

[huskyblues]

you took the words out of my mouth, he played in my home town, Athlone, ireland, a few years ago and he blew people away. Bruce Mathiske is another genius that plays regularly in athlone, i almost like bruce more because his playing is that bit more musical wheres tommys can be extremely technical...

[slackkey808]

I didn't know Tommy could play this (though I'm not surprised). 5 stars

[fenderboy88]

tommy isnt a bad singer

[k66nyc]

... perfection at its height! - Tommy is like Mozart in his early years of composing - if Mozart was alive today, I bet he would have embraced Tommy as his own younger blood brother! no doubt about it....

[jessupar]

hah... as for the fretkiller argument... i agree with bigdood. fret is no TE. he is a good player... but his hands are diferent. watch some high quality vids of tommy then some of fret.

and just gotta say... Dusty Birdges? that dosnt sound like an alias at all <_<

[cubix12]

Wow.

[Shufflekings]

WTF???- That was unreal!!!! I am speechless.

[weejasper]

I didn't know tommy could sing so well

[BErectus]

F'ing amazing

[ridiculousness25]

True musician

[646879]

TE has a musical sensibility that allows him to cross genres easily...not done as well by most players.

[ridiculousness25]

this guy is FRETKILLR!!!!! I FIGURED IT OUT FINALLY!!!!!!

[taff413]

no hes not mate. if it were you would see "mouse" being played all the time in his vids

[empiremonkey]

Maybe the guitar is incognito, too. Fretkiller is awesome. (actually, I don't think they are the same, but it was a great connection that ridiculousness25 made.)

[bigdood]

ROFL... Fretkillr is amazing... but he is not Tommy Emmanuel... Fretkillr has someone named Dusty Bridges managing his affairs on YouTube, that much is known... and Tommy has nobody on his staff with that name... his manager is Gina Mendello -- Fret and Tommy have completely different voices, there is no getting by that aussie accent on Tommy's voice and the Cajun/Mississippi voice of Fret... They are my two favorite acoustic musicians, so y'all have great taste! :-)

[empiremonkey]

One day the FretKiller mystery will be solved.

[FranciscoElmano]

I cant help but be hypnotized when I watch this guy

[brent3270]

Tommy never ceases to amaze. I love how he plays these old classics and adds his own flair and finesse.

and what fashion sense ;)

[Emeraldgreenoczna]

;> ?

[AcousticBruce]

how?!?!?

[bigdood]

This music comes from my home (Kentucky / Tennessee) and Tommy is the world's best ambassador of this great music... the torch has been passed from the greats like Merle Travis and Chet Atkins to this man... and God bless him for picking up the torch! :-) THANK YOU for posting these great recent videos! :-)

[empiremonkey]

Doc Watson is from North Carolina. Anyway, Virginia kicks more butt. ;) (just joshin' ya...)

[amackitty]

VA my ASS!!! NC's Got Doc, George Clinton, Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, and in a distant fifth Ryan Adams!!!! :-)

But VA is a sweet state.

[notbendable]

...and Dizzy Gillespie, Tal Farlow, Lou Donaldson, Max Roach, Mary Lou Williams, Billy Strayhorn, Grady Tate and don't forget Earl!

(...that's enough heavyweights to cancel out Clay Aiken.)

[Starwars83]

Thanks for these great uploads!