....Tommy was actually inspired by *Australian Aboriginal* initiation rites....NOT African! It does "sound" like the animals and birds of the Australian Outback..The Corroboree...and the Didgeridoo, (an aboriginal instument) It is a tribute to the Dreamtime and really honours the unique sounds of the desert and bush as well as evoking the vastness and ancient space, which is our continent, Australia :) Magnificent Tommy <3
I play the guitar for a long time now, for like 15-20 years or so, but after I saw this I really want to throw my guitar into the fire, burn it up into ashes, buy me a new guitar and do the same as I did with the old one...
Anyone familiar with the process of initiation should accept this as a reasonable facsimile of the emotional experience involved: highly charged and intense. That Tommy can produce such an accurate representation of an intimate spiritual and physical experience is a work of art par excellence: A true representation of spiritual realities. Bravo!!
At first I was lightheartedly thinking "Guitar: You're doing it wrong" but then an additional two seconds passed and I retracted that thought. Now that I've watched the whole thing, I've gotta say, I think this is the only guy that's playing the guitar right, and that everyone else is "Playing it wrong."
@Smittz1230 Not to worry. Some day you'll grow up enough to understand the difference between "having sex" and making love. He's making love to his guitar.
This shows that he put his emotions in his music.Music must give emotions otherwise it isn't music.However tommy emmanuel can give emotions in a particular way in my opinion;because while he plays his guitar, he moved his body and face and give a little more touch at the music.....do you agree?
absolute genius. completely captures an aboriginal feel to telling a story. this mans hands and musical mind are that of a higher being. this piece is definatly moving.
@djtapp2007 Tommy doesn't read or write music in the "on paper" variety. By the way, it's not just a guitar, he has a little help from a midi system. You just won't get that much sound and those kind of sounds out of any guitar without a little help. He'll be in Kansas City again very soon the 19th if I'm not mistaken. I can't keep up with him, he moves around so fast.
@tootall11211 Correction, He simply has a delay unit. All of the sounds are from his guitar :-) I know it's a little pedantic. But his audio data is not being transferred into midi data and then synthesised or anything. It's just purely a delay unit :-) Otherwise. This is another side of Tommy that I had not heard as yet. Great track ;-)
@beefheartvliet, dude. Do you know him personally? I do. What he uses on that particular piece, I'm not sure, but he does have a midi interface with a number of presets available via foot switches. He's always experimenting, no telling what he's going to have from one time to the next. Some of the things he has are either his invention, or those of fellow guitarists, not over the counter purchases. You would not believe how many guitars and toys he owns. He's been around a long time.
@tootall11211 Well that serves me right for trying to be a bit of a smart arse :-) Needless to say, I'm not lucky enough to know him personally. Thanks for a little bit of insight though.
@beefheartvliet, dude. Do you know him personally? I do. What he uses on that particular piece, I'm not sure, but he does have a midi interface with a number of presets available via foot switches. He's always experimenting, no telling what he's going to have from one time to the next. Some of the things he has are either his invention, or those of fellow guitarists, not over the counter purchases. You would not believe how many guitars and toys he owns. He's been around. younger here than now.
@beefheartvliet see my comment above, however these days he does use a midi interface and foot switches for the presets. I know him personally, the gear and guitars he owns is amazing, though most of his gig guitars look like they've been thru battles.
@tootall11211 well dude, you might be right about what he was using in that particular video. It was filmed quite some time ago. He doesn't always take a whole lot of his gear on the road... depends on what he's doing where, because traveling with a lot of gear is a pain, as you can well imagine, and with airlines being like they are, sometimes when he gets there, he has no gear at all. Usually, it turns up... but there have been times it didn't. Nobody that's seen him play will let him borrow 1
i love how all the pretentious and uptight people will watch the first two minutes of this video and brand it rubbish. If they listened from ~3 minutes onward they'd see that he in fact does start playing a tune. but to control the dynamics and the delay for the intro takes a lot of skill and evokes some very strong imagery in some of the more broad-minded people.
with all the music in the world to choose from, perhaps it would be a good idea to choose this piece last Tommy. This is ok for the stone age crowd or just plain stoned, but paying audiences prefer guitar playing. I hope he leaves this one off the set list next time.
@MrJennion No, mind is open... just not so wide that my brains fell out. I have Tommy and his brother play. And I enjoy them rather much. But this piece is pathetic. Just like modern art. I'm sorry, but I beg to differ on this. This was the worst piece in the show 3 weeks ago... everyone one went to the bathroom during this number.
@roibasses hey, jerkwad, take a look at some of his other work. Tommy played with all the greats, including Chet Atkins and Les Paul. What have you done in your life that makes you such an expert? Just because something doesn't fit a particular mold, that doesn't mean it's bad. You're no one to talk, you probably don't even play. I play five different instruments and am working on picking up a couple of more. It's people like you that really tick me off, you don't have a clue. Shut the hell up.
@tootall11211 I am quite well aware of Mr Emannuel's history and expertise. What have I done with my life?... aside from being a musician for over 30 years... I just make instruments for others, like Tommy to, play.
@roibasses Somehow, I don't believe you. One, no real musician would dog another that way. Two, if indeed you make instruments, doggin Tommy like that, a guy that uses up a lot of instruments, is not good business. No, I think you're a fraud that doesn't know beans about anything, or else you're just a jerk AND a very poor businessman. Only one way you can prove you make instruments to me, make a six string guitar with a neck about four inches wide at the narrowest point. Bet you can't.
Chaotic, nebulous, and wild to driving, shimmering determination and back to the chaotic wilderness. Seems as much a performance as a meditative connection to a spirit and a lesson taught through music. Contemplative and enjoyable.
Quite possibly the single greatest translation of music in all of history. And @footstomper1 ....Ummmm.....can I please have some of what you are smoking? This is BY FAR one of the BEST videos on this site. Why you are blind to talent and ability....I'm sure we will never know. I'm not sure what style or genre of music you listen to...but I can rest easy knowing it can't touch this. There is no such thing as the world's greatest guitar player...but there is no one better than Tommy Emmanuel
@footstomper1 i assure you there are far bigger pieces of rubbish on youtube: do u seriously mean to suggest that "friday" by rebecca black tops this?? or all the bieber vids out there? because that immediately disqualifies you from having any right to a musical opinion, and i do hope for man kinds sake you never reproduce.
That being said this is brilliant composition and performance from the world's finest guitarist and one of the greatest musicians in history. I dare you to do better!
Wow, the imagery that comes to mind when hearing this is amazing! It's so clear...
What an amazing artist. He's a guitarist's guitarist. He's why I picked up the guitar almost 30 years ago in the first place. I'm usually awestruck every time I here Tommy play. Simply awestruck. Peace.
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this song would be nothing without electronics. digital delay makes almost anything sound good. take that digital delay out and the sound sounds more like random noise than anything.
I remember seeing him play this when I was about 8 years old. I was at the state fair with my dad and brother. It was pretty fun. By the way, this dude is freakishly hard on his guitars....somebody had to say it. :)
every time I watch him play or listen to him, I'm inspired to do more with my life, to see more with my eyes, to dream more with my mind. I have always considered myself wild at heart, yet each experience of Tommy Emmanuel is like waking up from a slumber and finding a new world of possibility and adventure that awaits.
He uses simple echo, then plays in perfect sync with it to produce the most brilliant, unearthly effects. This man is far beyond "talented" or "gifted." Calling him that would be like saying the sun is "bright."
@KingKoboldMcMarco Yeah, the only effect he is using is a delay (which make the echo...) WHICH IS AMAZING.. to this day I can't forget when I met him... I've actually had the privliedge to play next to him on stage, a masterful guitar player... and a remarkable person...
Tommy Emmanuel was given the gift of walking on water but he chose guitar instead. If Tommy Emmanuel was in a fight against Chuck Norris, just a little tap on his guitar would make Chuck Norris beg for mercy. Tommy Emmanuel rapes his guitars he doesn't play them, also..they enjoy being raped by him.
This sounds incredible live, tommy warned the audience that he wasn't on drugs before he played this and improvises the intro and outro different every time he plays it.
i first heard this song when i was about 10, this is the first time i learned that he actually did all those sounds in the intro on his guitar. mind blown.
If I close my eyes,I don't even know I'm listening to a guitar...It's the most amazing thing I've ever heard from one instrument....raw talent,genius....Thanks Tommy!!
He did a realy good(if not the best) version of this song a sommer night in Sweden this year(2010), i'm so glad i have seen him live. It's something you never forgett...
class, I saw him 'play' this at Southport in England a few years back. I had never heard him play before and in a live venue this blows your socks off.
There will never be another man like him musically. The phone must have rung when God was pouring in the music and said to one of the angels...."Here, hold this"...and the angel just kept pouring...and pouring...
History will oneday look back and they will be talking about how great Tommy Emmanuel was, so lucky that we can see him live now, if you ever get a chnace folks go see him live because seeing him here TRUELY does not do him any justice.
Btw tommy uses a reverb unit and sends out a loop and then plays back over and against it as he plays, thats why he gets that amazing effect , thats why you see him reach down and make slight adjustments during the performance, totally brilliant !!
I'm an aussie and grew up watching tommy play live, i have been to 8 of his australian concerts going back to the 80's, i've met him 3 times, i'm so glad the world is now getting to see what us aussies have always known, that tommy emmanuel is simply the best ever !!!!
Ok, I'm sure there are plenty of young Asian dudes already copying Tommys work here so they can post it on YouTube and show us how easy it is for them, but hey, the genius in people like Tommy and Andy Mkee is not just their technical proficiency its their incredible IMAGINATION. Tommy could copy Andy's solo's and play it just as well as Andy and vise versa.The reason they are two of the best is because their incredible imaginations, technical ability and their passion for people and music.
I met Tommy in a country town called Shepparton. Waiting patiently in line for what was my first feeling of infinity, with guitar in case and a smile ear to ear I asked politely 'can you sign my guitar please Mr Emmanuel?'
He opened the case and upon seeing the layer of dust on the guitar, responded:
'You must love your guitar, sorry I can't sign it'. What was disappointment then, is now that smile ear to ear again! Thx Tommy!
been to a concert of his in Debrecen, Hungary. Man, was that MUSIC! He played this tune too, magical! And the ticket wan't even expensive 'cuz he doesn't have a manager to pay. What more can you ask for? He's also one helluva showman!
Can someone tell me what this performance is off of? The vid information says 2002 but the only information about Tommy Emmanuel doing a Center Stage show I can find is in 2008.
....Tommy was actually inspired by *Australian Aboriginal* initiation rites....NOT African! It does "sound" like the animals and birds of the Australian Outback..The Corroboree...and the Didgeridoo, (an aboriginal instument) It is a tribute to the Dreamtime and really honours the unique sounds of the desert and bush as well as evoking the vastness and ancient space, which is our continent, Australia :) Magnificent Tommy <3
RawSylke 6 days ago
I play the guitar for a long time now, for like 15-20 years or so, but after I saw this I really want to throw my guitar into the fire, burn it up into ashes, buy me a new guitar and do the same as I did with the old one...
fritskezowittenie 1 week ago
Hm.. at the concert he said that wrote that song while being inspired by the mystical african ceremonies.
TheAdgaan 1 month ago
I make that sounds when Im hungry ;3
MyMait 2 months ago
1 guitar only.. Alien..
rantai30 2 months ago
Nobody plays guitar like Tommy!! . . .
hughc023 2 months ago
wait...I thought they didn't allow porn on youtube...
eagle3592 2 months ago
Not even gonna ask if there's a Tab for this :)
how does one write "scratch the guitar" in musical notation.
ronangelox 2 months ago 2
Ludwig Van Beethoven once said "Guitar is the small orchestra"....... It's Tommy Emmanuel who actually proved his quote.......
hanjunkim95 3 months ago 4
Any person can pick up a guitar and learn to play it. But not many can instill emotions and create an atmosphere such as this.
BaneOfXistence4 3 months ago
there's 14 idiots i'd like to smack!
kade6 4 months ago 3
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More talent in one of his discarded toenails clippings than I have in my whole body.... amazing.
austenlennon 4 months ago
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austenlennon 4 months ago
I'd trade both left and right and all the skin from my face.
appetitefordynamite 4 months ago
I was front row in Sydney and i cannot give this guy enough credit, simply incredible.
Dreama40 4 months ago
I like how he itched his nose in rhythym
VoyagesinMusic 5 months ago
Please check out Tommy's other Youtube clips such as "Mombasa", "Classical gas" and his improv (rare) show. He's freakin awesome!!!
soupkitchen66 5 months ago
Just saw this LIVE in Würselen, and I gotta say, you really gotta be there to feel the bass shake up your bones and your very soul.
TheJaybuck 6 months ago
@TheJaybuck I KNOW RIGHT. I actually closed my eyes and let the music and mind take me on. He is truley like meth. YOU NEED MORE OF IT!
AXEBOYS13 4 months ago in playlist AXEBOYS13's favorites
Just amazing, love it,
southeastjuniors 7 months ago
Nous sommes allés le voir samedi dernier avec mon conjoint... C'est un extraterrestre, on était bluffés tous les deux !! Super soirée !!!
Emelila 7 months ago
@Emelila Et encore j'imagine que "bluffé" est un peu faible ! ;-)
vever 7 months ago
He feels and plays the rhythm of his soul deep from within. Out of the box
JasmineRose8 7 months ago
Anyone familiar with the process of initiation should accept this as a reasonable facsimile of the emotional experience involved: highly charged and intense. That Tommy can produce such an accurate representation of an intimate spiritual and physical experience is a work of art par excellence: A true representation of spiritual realities. Bravo!!
Cecil944 7 months ago
Look! He is having sex with a guitar! Cool!
cougarspiper 8 months ago
11 people aren't getting initiated.
draydog 8 months ago
See this live and you have sex
Lerborn 8 months ago
At first I was lightheartedly thinking "Guitar: You're doing it wrong" but then an additional two seconds passed and I retracted that thought. Now that I've watched the whole thing, I've gotta say, I think this is the only guy that's playing the guitar right, and that everyone else is "Playing it wrong."
mandarinisgreek2me 8 months ago 13
2:21 i think he is having sex with his guitar
Smittz1230 8 months ago
@Smittz1230 Not to worry. Some day you'll grow up enough to understand the difference between "having sex" and making love. He's making love to his guitar.
AZStony 4 months ago
@AZStony so true. I don't think I've ever truly seen someone play the guitar until now.
TheDillonface 2 weeks ago
This shows that he put his emotions in his music.Music must give emotions otherwise it isn't music.However tommy emmanuel can give emotions in a particular way in my opinion;because while he plays his guitar, he moved his body and face and give a little more touch at the music.....do you agree?
DANNYSBIZ 8 months ago
i have never seen a guitar used in such a way... damn gifted!!!
wtasdf67 8 months ago
He paints a picture and tells a story all to music but I must admit you have to watch it.
I think he is amazing. Thanks for posting.
Meawilldo 8 months ago
Tommy might consider going to guitar addicts anonymous xD
lucasregan1986 9 months ago
maybe you're correct, this was shot a long time ago.
tootall11211 9 months ago
wow!
travelershe 9 months ago
Maybe the 11 didn't like his shirt or hair or something. We have a saying in England 'you can't educate pork'
mandooney 9 months ago
I don't think 11 people liked him sayin "this is from white fella to black fella"
WebTiger2 9 months ago
Really find him just plain disturbing. Great guitarist though.
mick747 9 months ago
Take your shirt off, lie down in the dirt outside, close your eyes, and listen to this on headphones. It is *that* kind of epic.
sammyaspen 10 months ago 13
@sammyaspen hope there's no ants in the grass...
001722 1 month ago
11 people have no life
jozez333 10 months ago
i saw him play this live once and all i can say to the 11 people who disliked it: YOU ARE ALL FUCKED IN THE HEAD!
brutformen 10 months ago 3
absolute genius. completely captures an aboriginal feel to telling a story. this mans hands and musical mind are that of a higher being. this piece is definatly moving.
djtapp2007 10 months ago
@djtapp2007 Tommy doesn't read or write music in the "on paper" variety. By the way, it's not just a guitar, he has a little help from a midi system. You just won't get that much sound and those kind of sounds out of any guitar without a little help. He'll be in Kansas City again very soon the 19th if I'm not mistaken. I can't keep up with him, he moves around so fast.
tootall11211 9 months ago
@tootall11211 Correction, He simply has a delay unit. All of the sounds are from his guitar :-) I know it's a little pedantic. But his audio data is not being transferred into midi data and then synthesised or anything. It's just purely a delay unit :-) Otherwise. This is another side of Tommy that I had not heard as yet. Great track ;-)
beefheartvliet 9 months ago
@beefheartvliet, dude. Do you know him personally? I do. What he uses on that particular piece, I'm not sure, but he does have a midi interface with a number of presets available via foot switches. He's always experimenting, no telling what he's going to have from one time to the next. Some of the things he has are either his invention, or those of fellow guitarists, not over the counter purchases. You would not believe how many guitars and toys he owns. He's been around a long time.
tootall11211 9 months ago
@tootall11211 Well that serves me right for trying to be a bit of a smart arse :-) Needless to say, I'm not lucky enough to know him personally. Thanks for a little bit of insight though.
beefheartvliet 9 months ago
@beefheartvliet, dude. Do you know him personally? I do. What he uses on that particular piece, I'm not sure, but he does have a midi interface with a number of presets available via foot switches. He's always experimenting, no telling what he's going to have from one time to the next. Some of the things he has are either his invention, or those of fellow guitarists, not over the counter purchases. You would not believe how many guitars and toys he owns. He's been around. younger here than now.
tootall11211 9 months ago
@beefheartvliet see my comment above, however these days he does use a midi interface and foot switches for the presets. I know him personally, the gear and guitars he owns is amazing, though most of his gig guitars look like they've been thru battles.
tootall11211 9 months ago
@tootall11211 well dude, you might be right about what he was using in that particular video. It was filmed quite some time ago. He doesn't always take a whole lot of his gear on the road... depends on what he's doing where, because traveling with a lot of gear is a pain, as you can well imagine, and with airlines being like they are, sometimes when he gets there, he has no gear at all. Usually, it turns up... but there have been times it didn't. Nobody that's seen him play will let him borrow 1
tootall11211 9 months ago
i love how all the pretentious and uptight people will watch the first two minutes of this video and brand it rubbish. If they listened from ~3 minutes onward they'd see that he in fact does start playing a tune. but to control the dynamics and the delay for the intro takes a lot of skill and evokes some very strong imagery in some of the more broad-minded people.
MrJennion 10 months ago
with all the music in the world to choose from, perhaps it would be a good idea to choose this piece last Tommy. This is ok for the stone age crowd or just plain stoned, but paying audiences prefer guitar playing. I hope he leaves this one off the set list next time.
roibasses 10 months ago
@roibasses
well isn't someone close-minded
MrJennion 10 months ago
@MrJennion No, mind is open... just not so wide that my brains fell out. I have Tommy and his brother play. And I enjoy them rather much. But this piece is pathetic. Just like modern art. I'm sorry, but I beg to differ on this. This was the worst piece in the show 3 weeks ago... everyone one went to the bathroom during this number.
roibasses 9 months ago
@roibasses hey, jerkwad, take a look at some of his other work. Tommy played with all the greats, including Chet Atkins and Les Paul. What have you done in your life that makes you such an expert? Just because something doesn't fit a particular mold, that doesn't mean it's bad. You're no one to talk, you probably don't even play. I play five different instruments and am working on picking up a couple of more. It's people like you that really tick me off, you don't have a clue. Shut the hell up.
tootall11211 9 months ago
@tootall11211 I am quite well aware of Mr Emannuel's history and expertise. What have I done with my life?... aside from being a musician for over 30 years... I just make instruments for others, like Tommy to, play.
roibasses 9 months ago
@roibasses Somehow, I don't believe you. One, no real musician would dog another that way. Two, if indeed you make instruments, doggin Tommy like that, a guy that uses up a lot of instruments, is not good business. No, I think you're a fraud that doesn't know beans about anything, or else you're just a jerk AND a very poor businessman. Only one way you can prove you make instruments to me, make a six string guitar with a neck about four inches wide at the narrowest point. Bet you can't.
tootall11211 9 months ago
@tootall11211 whomsover talks trash on tommy should be CRUCIFIED
lucasregan1986 9 months ago
@roibasses Well you obviously never listened to it then....This IS indeed a classic.
juzzlookin 8 months ago
OMG Wow!
This guy is appearing in the West Midlands too on Mayday, i cannot believe my luck!!!
The man is a GOD!!! x
logziebean 10 months ago
Absofuckinglutely great sound!!!!!
cky23k 10 months ago
master fukin piece what the hell is that i dream about beeing good as him
fanfreluche06660 10 months ago
He is Tommy
Ikonoclasto 10 months ago
Chaotic, nebulous, and wild to driving, shimmering determination and back to the chaotic wilderness. Seems as much a performance as a meditative connection to a spirit and a lesson taught through music. Contemplative and enjoyable.
miketkong2 10 months ago
He's an AAALIEN!
Seieukos 11 months ago
i didnt know that guitar is able to make so many sounds.
siemniak 11 months ago
ahh.. back when his guitar still had some skin left on in
xxluapxx 11 months ago
Quite possibly the single greatest translation of music in all of history. And @footstomper1 ....Ummmm.....can I please have some of what you are smoking? This is BY FAR one of the BEST videos on this site. Why you are blind to talent and ability....I'm sure we will never know. I'm not sure what style or genre of music you listen to...but I can rest easy knowing it can't touch this. There is no such thing as the world's greatest guitar player...but there is no one better than Tommy Emmanuel
GuitarInuendo 11 months ago
@footstomper1 First show, then talk.
norther12 11 months ago
biggest waste of rubbish on youtube... close to wot i`d do when stoned on the guitar late at night, an thinkin i`m great!
footstomper1 11 months ago
@footstomper1 i assure you there are far bigger pieces of rubbish on youtube: do u seriously mean to suggest that "friday" by rebecca black tops this?? or all the bieber vids out there? because that immediately disqualifies you from having any right to a musical opinion, and i do hope for man kinds sake you never reproduce.
That being said this is brilliant composition and performance from the world's finest guitarist and one of the greatest musicians in history. I dare you to do better!
nelsop2 11 months ago
@footstomper1 its good. just needs to lose 2 minutes off the intro :P
Artyfartyify 10 months ago
Wow, the imagery that comes to mind when hearing this is amazing! It's so clear...
What an amazing artist. He's a guitarist's guitarist. He's why I picked up the guitar almost 30 years ago in the first place. I'm usually awestruck every time I here Tommy play. Simply awestruck. Peace.
MusicEd1 11 months ago
His skill, synchronization, and feel for the guitar are impeccable. You can't just throw in some delay and be able to do this.
rubblecovers 11 months ago
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this song would be nothing without electronics. digital delay makes almost anything sound good. take that digital delay out and the sound sounds more like random noise than anything.
vutEwa 1 year ago
I cant get that melody out of my head. Tommy is a master. What a journey this song is.
MrFaulconbridge 1 year ago
Han är ju awesome!
Gamunge 1 year ago
Great ! Tommy u r genius! thanks.
9761200 1 year ago
Is there any way to purchase this performance somewhere? I'm trying to see if Sierra Centre Stage sells its shows but having no luck...
cursedlemon 1 year ago
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@cursedlemon @cursedlemon Search tommy emmanuel center stage on amazon, it's there. And it is a great show.
acr08807 1 year ago
I remember seeing him play this when I was about 8 years old. I was at the state fair with my dad and brother. It was pretty fun. By the way, this dude is freakishly hard on his guitars....somebody had to say it. :)
GrotesqueBurlesque96 1 year ago 2
This guy is not human! He's the Guitar God!!!!
reygood1 1 year ago 3
10 people are jealous
asshickey0 1 year ago
Never taken peyote, but I have a feeling which ever journey I'd embark to if I did, this would definitely be playing in the background.
Perchakk 1 year ago
Love it, to me new sound from a gutar, just wonder how he wrote the song/notes. lol
1 off.
ArubaSailing 1 year ago
holy fuck this song has some wicked melodies going on
1125112511251125 1 year ago 3
@1125112511251125 totally agree with you there.
ohnoes300c 1 year ago
too much pink floyd broham.
GreenFalc0n 1 year ago
every time I watch him play or listen to him, I'm inspired to do more with my life, to see more with my eyes, to dream more with my mind. I have always considered myself wild at heart, yet each experience of Tommy Emmanuel is like waking up from a slumber and finding a new world of possibility and adventure that awaits.
skygoing 1 year ago 4
Guitarist and performer like no other...
Prw07731 1 year ago
Guitar and performer like no other...
Prw07731 1 year ago
just amazing
m0boc 1 year ago
Ive never been into Tommy Emanual,but after watching his clips,i wish i got into him along time ago...
FordmanFender 1 year ago
more unreplicable than the Mona Lisa
AgentZeroForTheWin 1 year ago 2
beyond creativity!
garbz24 1 year ago
He uses simple echo, then plays in perfect sync with it to produce the most brilliant, unearthly effects. This man is far beyond "talented" or "gifted." Calling him that would be like saying the sun is "bright."
aigphoto 1 year ago 5
blows my mind away) especially the heart part at the end)
Romulus10101 1 year ago
4:39 haha he's telling the guy to turn up the monitor volume, and even thumbs up when he's satisfied..... and yet the song plays on flawlessly.
writeneat 1 year ago
is he really doing every sound only with his guitar???
KingKoboldMcMarco 1 year ago 3
@KingKoboldMcMarco Yeah, the only effect he is using is a delay (which make the echo...) WHICH IS AMAZING.. to this day I can't forget when I met him... I've actually had the privliedge to play next to him on stage, a masterful guitar player... and a remarkable person...
Long Live Tommy...
b0rNc0nfuseD 1 year ago
the best
Majsimir 1 year ago
Tommy Emmanuel was given the gift of walking on water but he chose guitar instead. If Tommy Emmanuel was in a fight against Chuck Norris, just a little tap on his guitar would make Chuck Norris beg for mercy. Tommy Emmanuel rapes his guitars he doesn't play them, also..they enjoy being raped by him.
tacrae 1 year ago
Brilliance, utter brilliance... I would definitely trade my left nut for this godlike talent
krissieisgek 1 year ago 9
This sounds incredible live, tommy warned the audience that he wasn't on drugs before he played this and improvises the intro and outro different every time he plays it.
fretboardmaster1 1 year ago
i first heard this song when i was about 10, this is the first time i learned that he actually did all those sounds in the intro on his guitar. mind blown.
awagamgnalaw 1 year ago 5
@panmitz
sure it's scratch- scratch- hit- scratch-wipe- scratch-hit: repeat 22 times
LOL
aaws95 1 year ago
3:30 SHIT JUST GOT REAL!
jimbobmcgee 1 year ago
My god, this guy must be like the 4th most underated guitarist ever
HOOMV 1 year ago 26
@HOOMV Nice one. *Goes and steals idea for cliffs of dover video*
EatMyRice18 1 year ago
@HOOMV Just because someone is a great guitarist doesn't mean he's underrated.
Ianuarius85 8 months ago
@Ianuarius85 It was a joke, this video was linked on an article called "top 10 underated guitarists" on Ultimate Guitar and Tommy Emmanuel came 4th
HOOMV 8 months ago
@HOOMV I see.
Ianuarius85 8 months ago
@HOOMV #1 Most underrated guitarist ever BUCKETHEAD
SpartanLaserCanon 8 months ago in playlist Chill Guitar
@SpartanLaserCanon
Really? Wow, you need to get out more.
legendofzelda101 7 months ago
WoW just WoW
1monson 1 year ago
If this guy has a wife... I am sure she is extremely jealous of his guitar.
MrCrackbabyjones 1 year ago 20
@MrCrackbabyjones ...or not. Imagine the way he could finger-pick her...
pierresouplet 7 months ago
Can somebody give me some tabs for this? :P
:-D :-D :-D
panmitz 1 year ago 4
@panmitz
LAWL :P
js897 1 year ago
@panmitz
HAH! Good luck -,-
legendofzelda101 1 year ago
Awesome!
gabelferink 1 year ago
And THAT is exactly why Tommy Emmanuel is one of only four C.G.P.'s!!
badfinger848 1 year ago
If I close my eyes,I don't even know I'm listening to a guitar...It's the most amazing thing I've ever heard from one instrument....raw talent,genius....Thanks Tommy!!
rukiddin1 1 year ago 2
He did a realy good(if not the best) version of this song a sommer night in Sweden this year(2010), i'm so glad i have seen him live. It's something you never forgett...
mediakvarteret 1 year ago
O.O awe
Carosilveimar 1 year ago
Sounds like the sound track for an acid trip. This guy is amazing, a bit out there... but still amazing.
woodengamer 1 year ago
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I think this is boring...!
HeckTo 1 year ago
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HeckTo 1 year ago
unbelievable fresh, inspiring style!!
jimmyss75 1 year ago
I always liked the way Jimi Hendrix tested the boundary of a guitar, but Tommy does everything to it short of impregnate it.
Demikemann 1 year ago 2
I once played this just as well as Tommy does in front of a huge audience. Then I woke up.
ErnilEnNaur 1 year ago 140
@ErnilEnNaur I think I had the very same dream. lol : )
MusicEd1 11 months ago
How in the fucking hell could anybody - no matter what you like and what you listen to - dislike this amazing, unique and incredible piece?
bartholomew313 1 year ago
he maybe went to the crossroads and make deal with the devil.
ManOfMagic1412 1 year ago
class, I saw him 'play' this at Southport in England a few years back. I had never heard him play before and in a live venue this blows your socks off.
davethawley1 1 year ago
感服しました
guitarBUNP 1 year ago
Don't forget his brother Phil,they are both unbelievable guitarists.
grayray67 1 year ago
Mind blowing
fottballkid11 1 year ago
There will never be another man like him musically. The phone must have rung when God was pouring in the music and said to one of the angels...."Here, hold this"...and the angel just kept pouring...and pouring...
JudyismToday 1 year ago
O_O I can't believe my ears......i'm left speachless.....
4thspeedster 1 year ago
genius......
absolute genius......
haman90 1 year ago 59
History will oneday look back and they will be talking about how great Tommy Emmanuel was, so lucky that we can see him live now, if you ever get a chnace folks go see him live because seeing him here TRUELY does not do him any justice.
Dreama40 1 year ago
Btw tommy uses a reverb unit and sends out a loop and then plays back over and against it as he plays, thats why he gets that amazing effect , thats why you see him reach down and make slight adjustments during the performance, totally brilliant !!
Dreama40 1 year ago
I'm an aussie and grew up watching tommy play live, i have been to 8 of his australian concerts going back to the 80's, i've met him 3 times, i'm so glad the world is now getting to see what us aussies have always known, that tommy emmanuel is simply the best ever !!!!
Dreama40 1 year ago
There is no such thing as "Just a Guitar"..
That's why he manages to provoke these amazing sounds
Burbah 1 year ago
He could tell a goodnight story with that guitar, he is so freaking unbelievable good at playing his guitar. (in every single way,that is!)
Before i die, i wanna meet him!
TehRsPlayer 1 year ago
if a blind guy listened to this he'd think there is a hole band playing this
xandekocsi 1 year ago
Ok, I'm sure there are plenty of young Asian dudes already copying Tommys work here so they can post it on YouTube and show us how easy it is for them, but hey, the genius in people like Tommy and Andy Mkee is not just their technical proficiency its their incredible IMAGINATION. Tommy could copy Andy's solo's and play it just as well as Andy and vise versa.The reason they are two of the best is because their incredible imaginations, technical ability and their passion for people and music.
kevinleverne 1 year ago
I met Tommy in a country town called Shepparton. Waiting patiently in line for what was my first feeling of infinity, with guitar in case and a smile ear to ear I asked politely 'can you sign my guitar please Mr Emmanuel?'
He opened the case and upon seeing the layer of dust on the guitar, responded:
'You must love your guitar, sorry I can't sign it'. What was disappointment then, is now that smile ear to ear again! Thx Tommy!
eliptoid 1 year ago
LOOKS LIKE HE IS >WANKING< !!!
SquidgyMcGee 1 year ago
When did Dwight get so good at guitar?
Pkerce 1 year ago
I will see him live this atumn! :)
JohannesA0Gillis 1 year ago
It seems that the guiter has life !! I love his facevery enjoy playing it !
asuka6931 1 year ago
No I'm not scared Tommy, definetly not of you, you are excellent!!!! :-)))
rainbflow 1 year ago
That was some awesome effects! I have never heard guitar like that!
22wolfsong 1 year ago
Did I just saw tht! I still can't believe it! :-O
abhi1048 1 year ago
been to a concert of his in Debrecen, Hungary. Man, was that MUSIC! He played this tune too, magical! And the ticket wan't even expensive 'cuz he doesn't have a manager to pay. What more can you ask for? He's also one helluva showman!
Ghraladean 1 year ago
♥
MrMLD72MLD 1 year ago
i've seen this live at Vilnius ( capital of Lithuania - Europe). jesus christ... OSOM
operatorius 1 year ago
Tommy & brother Phil spent years perfecting their craft & both brothers are amazing on the guitar.
bullnbarley 1 year ago
this guy could say "fuck you hendrix, im god" and get away with it
oppai182 1 year ago
@oppai182 nonsens, compare the comparable.... my dady said me someday: "if you haven't got anyting to to say, then shut up"
o0tortue0o 1 year ago
@o0tortue0o wow you take shit to seriously and reply with shit i dont care about
oppai182 1 year ago
Tommy gets so into his music! You can see it in his face and movements. You have to admire someone who can have so much fun with their music.
DavidAndrewSingleton 1 year ago
i envy those in the audience
jaycedog005 1 year ago
@jaycedog005 sup dawg
maccrazyg5 1 year ago
Can someone tell me what this performance is off of? The vid information says 2002 but the only information about Tommy Emmanuel doing a Center Stage show I can find is in 2008.
cursedlemon 1 year ago
RENVESANT
BOULEVERSANT
A chaque concert live je suis scotchées.
Une française conquise
RainbowForMyFriend 1 year ago
this is wierdly amazing
fishingtrojan 1 year ago
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