Tommy Emmanuel - Classical Gas (Live)

[iamseph]

No matter how many times i watch this, i always have a feeling hes gonna mess up.

[maxsilver916]

well thats my guitars hitting the trash can...........bastard!!!! :)

[bonzomoon2]

Thank god im a drummer. This is amazing

[rogiecox]

We have a dvd of him and have played it to all the people we meet.. He is a GOD of the axe. Love it. He also seems such a nice man as well!

[LittleBillification]

wtf just happened at 00:26?

[ConstructEight]

@LittleBillification

your life was changed.

[vasagram]

How the F@#K can 78 people dislike this? Easily one of the best guitarists of all time!!!!

Well i know for sure there are 78 braind dead losers out there.

[lanefox]

@vasagram He´s definitely one of the best of all times! :)

[0Sune0]

@vasagram

I guess those 78 ppl lack Tommy's coordinative skills and missed the like button by accident! Happened to me once :p

[Dusty1698]

I feel like a mere turdling compared to him :(

[widehero]

i guess i could always use my guitar as a doorstop :/

[okseokseokseok]

@widehero If it gets colder, I'll use mine as firewood. :P

[MrMilhouse23]

I didnt know chuck norris had two identities?!?!?!?!?!?!

[Ceilx3]

@MrMilhouse23 no... chuck norris doesnt have 2 identities, Tommy has...

[selosindis]

he is like a 6 string jesus

[sbastrong]

holy shit.

[skullboy1990]

that harmonics thing he does is amazing and i cant stop listening to it

[2blew4U]

Been a musician for better than forty five and this stuns me everytime......I agree with the guy who said"there must be some magic in that old guitar"

[PoolSensation]

Tried to play like Tommy, and finally realized that I could by a triangle instead of playing guitar... THE BEST GUITARIST IN THE WORLD

[kgdx]

I just barfed rainbows from beginning to end

[bmj41]

Having the GREAT pleasure to be a part of the "Sierra Center Stage" crew, doing this series.... Tommy is with out a doubt, the greatest performer I have ever seen or worked with. Must have seen him perform about 20 times now... and never gets old!!!

[goodresonance]

a shitty noise

[RorHemi]

@goodresonance Someone please slap this person silly.

[TheOutriger]

Just watched the 90 minute Tommy Emmanuel concert from Sierra Nevada Brewery on our local PBS station in North Texas, KERA. An amazing acoustical guitar performance. Now have a Pandora One station dedicated to him.

[ColtonSaylor713]

my guitar gave me the finger after i watched this video

[SDupe44]

Okay Tommy, now in human terms so we mere mortals can comprehend. Sorta makes me glad I'm a drummer. Good Lord!!!

[elgitfiddler]

Holy SHIT!!!!

[pedalla]

whammy bar? with the guitar's freaking neck??? i thought extraterrestrials are illegal to walk the USA...

[lennoland]

My wife and I saw Tommy at the Liverpool Philharmonic on 4th Dec 2011.

He's the most fantastic guitarist we have ever seen.

If you ever get the chance to see him then do so you won't regret it

[HannesFury]

@lennoland Saw him in somewhere in 2006-2007 as a musical student in school. A deeply inspiring experience to say the least, I humbly forward that an opportunity of seeing him is something to seize.

[ultramegaman555]

how the heck is he doing that sound at 3:20 ?!?!?!?

thats just plain sick O_O

[FiakYiu]

@ultramegaman555 he´s bending the whole guitar to shorten the strings, like a tremolo but much cooler

[tiddosardus]

G O D.

[tiddosardus]

C'ho la tzudda rizza.

[EllBailz]

@gongusan wow aren't you an asshole and a half :P you feel offended by someone being creative with a guitar, he is an unbelievable talent, stop hating troll

[gabinja]

75 mistook the thumb up button!

[MrRichot]

come on man you,re not fhrom this planet playing like that !!!

[DidierLaurini]

Superbe, bravo ! Je suis fan, c'est trop beau.

[Jessiebrava1]

I thought Steve Cooney was good, this guyy is amaazing..I'd love to see them play together.Maybe tehy will..they're both in Ireland next week.

[MikeTheCoolMan007]

That was absoutely awesome! I really love his fun and upbeat style of play. Amazing!

[pelares666]

im seeing him in concert tomorrow in madrid :D

[diaylospana]

respect.

[gongusan]

its sooo fucking GAAAAAY

[jerryfinsternumber9]

@gongusan no one expects kids who play runescape all the time to appreciate music

[gongusan]

@jerryfinsternumber9 pretty sure my taste is impeccable i just don't like exaggerated tryhard crap like this where idiots treat their guitar like its a fucking percussive instrument and spam harmonics whilst pulling downie faces and herpderping.

[tryinhut]

@gongusan You are a fucking retard who obviously doesn't have the slightest idea about what music is or for that matter what respect is.

[gongusan]

@tryinhut m8 ur fkn new as fuck kid go listen to ur downie music

[SandmanTMB]

@gongusan Why?...cuz u cant do it?

[gongusan]

@SandmanTMB why the fuck would i want to

[SandmanTMB]

@gongusan "You are a fucking retard who obviously doesn't have the slightest idea about what music is or for that matter what respect is."............THE FOLLOWING TAKEN FROM WIKI: "Definitions vary as music, like art, is a subjectively perceived phenomenon.

RESPECT: esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of a person, a personal quality or ability, or something considered as a manifestation of a personal quality or ability." That concludes today's lesson...seems you needed it.

[gongusan]

@SandmanTMB fuck off m8 ill break ur nans jaw in 27 different places

[joe1969812]

@gongusan Over the internet? Or on those video games you play?

[lepretrival]

Ok, we know hes good at guitar, but you have to admit, hes kinda odd lookin when he plays.

[DeiseSkelly]

Amazing in all reality. Just love the bit at 3.22 (reminder to myself).

[trees1992]

Those fucking harmonics are so impulsive. This mother fucker has so much skill. I quit too

[cargin23boy]

that's something Ed Sheeran will never be able to do

[jesusalbv]

I  Q U I T !!!!!!!!

[dippinb217]

@jesusalbv lol. I feel you.

[tomcaat1]

@rbcrazyriderrb lol, i know what you mean. check out the keith urban/emmanuel videos, can't remember which one, where urban claims something like he has to run around behind tommy with a flashlight, it was so funny.

[MrDreadlocksman]

He´s like a guitar god!

[TheTobbe654]

He's always using that worn guitar. Must be some magic guitar!

[5ivepdx]

@TheTobbe654 -- as I understand it, he's had this same guitar for years, and is tantamount to his 'best friend' and knows every inch of that dreadnought and what it's capable of.

[fastrack73]

@TheTobbe654 yea its called a mtaon

[TheChocolateSoul]

@TheTobbe654 Doesn't matter if it's worn as time as it's used by tommy emmanuel ^^

[Cheerok]

@TheTobbe654 Well i gotta say i can still play best on my oldest guitar for sure !

[Xsevenmw2]

This is awesome!!!

[joeylodes]

Amazing!!!

[dan194theman]

72 people are deaf

[JeanClaudeVanHam]

72 people are freaking morons.

[relentingmite]

first time i heard this song was on the video game wild arms and i love it and every day for 10 years i have listen to this song at least once.

[delavey06]

is he on coke?

[colonelgdr]

i think i just came in my pants

[Leenja]

I just started playing guitar and found this guy.. WoW now I know what i am shooting for.. some day!!

[VK3CSJ]

yeah....pretty good!

[rbcrazyriderrb]

Im resting my chin on the body of my guitar watching this in amazment

[gangsterthomas1000]

He is a bit of a showoff, but with how awesome he is at guitar, he is allowed to be :D

[tresdave33]

@gangsterthomas1000 In what way is he a showoff? By getting entirely into what he is playing emotionally?

[gangsterthomas1000]

@tresdave33 you could say it that way, I just think he is showing off a bit.

[YourGuitarWorkshop]

@gangsterthomas1000 In an interview with Tommy I read that his goal is to entertain people, and that is exactly what he's doing. He makes it more theatrical so it's great to listen to and on top of that there is something to look at. That to me is the big difference between a musician and a performer. Tommy is a great artist and performer. Sometimes performing helps an artist to get more into the gig also.. .........................(just an opinion)

[gangsterthomas1000]

@YourGuitarWorkshop I see your point but I still think he is showing off a bit :P but you are right about being an entertainer and stuff

[SwordVids]

@gangsterthomas1000 He's not really showing off in my opinion, people paid to see him playing his guitar, so he's entitled to show 'em what he can do with that guitar, eh? :P

[gangsterthomas1000]

@SwordVids He is doing more than just playing the guitar, he is also making al kinds of unnecesarry movements, which is showing off a bit IMO, but I understand your point. :D

[SwordVids]

@gangsterthomas1000 :P In my opinion, I think he's just really into the music. When I'm playing guitar, whilst I may not do it as well as Tommy, I still move to the music. If your referring to him using the guitar as a drum (almost) then I can understand what you mean.

[zeetek007]

I love that harmonic thing he does, it's awesome.

[MikeHRS]

He's happy to play his guitar like a baby playing with his first playstation

[charles4hl]

THIS IS CRAZY GOOD

[TheTamarindTwo]

his nails must be the hardest in the planet!

[alzagrad11]

I'll start practicing!

[7Bad7Horsie7]

It is appropriate that one of the tags for thus is,"master." I saw him play last night and I swear I have never seen ANYONE with as much command of his instrument as Tommy does!

[genesiswave117]

tabs? Please?

[Deater90]

@genesiswave117 HAHAHAHAHAHAH xD good one

[GryfinX10]

@genesiswave117 yes of course :D:D:D

[Bungordi]

he CAN play the guitar

[MrPocketGuitar]

@usagora Dude it was a joke cool it :) I'm perfectly aware that Tommy Emmanuel and Yngwie Malmsteen are different genres  . . .

[VertexEdgeFace]

Those strings must be adamantium coated

[Mark30344]

обажаю его =)



[MemorymanDL]

Better step up Clapton, he's got you here.

[5ivepdx]

I've been able to play Classical Gas in the style of Mason Williams for over 10 years now -- but I wouldn't know WHERE to begin learning this version. Kudos!

[Iguardt]

Удивительно: 70 не понравилось! Видать лучше могут...

[johntobz]

I'm not sure his guitar only has 6 strings... There must be at least 1000 of them...

[glenster97]

he practiced for 12 hours a day when he was a kid.

[vincenuar]

оййёё!!!опасный типочек. ничего себе мочит!!!

[DADDYnick007]

BEST GUITAR SOLO I'VE SEEN IN A WHILE

[SuperGurkan1337]

240p we meet again -.-

[bsothefirst]

@SuperGurkan1337 Cry,.... its an old video

[js100serch]

@SuperGurkan1337 yea my computer also only play's 240p videos =/

[coffeefusion]

Ow, my neck!

[thebird55]

Saturday night's alright for fighting....get a little action in.............  What else is in there?

[thebird55]

Saturday night's alright for fighting....get a little action in.............  What else is in there?

[garryacton]

HE INSPIRES ANYONE WHO PLAYS A GUITAR. NOBODY PLAY WITH HIS PASSION.

[robtheAMBULANCE]

your grammar is mothufOckiN R3Tard3d bR0

[VitorVitoriaBaia]

he doesn't hide behind distrotion.

[CHURCHILLSTAN723]

TOMMY,IS TOTALLY ''A W E S O M E''...BESIDE HIS ''GREAT''PLAYING,HE WORKS

THE STAGE,HAS INCREDIBLE ENERGY &,THE ''VIBE''HE SENDS OUT IS NOTHING

SHORT OF,''UN-REAL''...I'VE BEEN IN THE MU$IC BIZ. FOR 40+ Yrs.I HAVE WORKED WITH &,/OR SEEN THE BEST JIMI(R.I.P.-CLAPTON &,A SLEW OF GREAT PLAYERS...NOT ONLY, IS TOMMY A GREAT PLAYER...HE'S VERY SPECIAL!!!(He's Got A Certain Something,That You Can't Put Your Finger On!)

[simplethunder]

Had the priviledge of watching Tommy live twice. Definately more than worth it; I'll take any chance to go watch him again for a 3rd time.

[garryacton]

Nobody can play like our Tommy. Go Aussie.

[jonathannilsson15]

69 peoples thought it was eric clapton's song ^^

[JWPMinnesota]

Just saw him a few days ago in Minnesota, Wow! There's not enough words to describe what he did. He obviously loves what he does, and the crowd does too. He's probably one of the finest examples of great acoustic guitar players out there today. I think in general, people regard him highly and his lack of arrogance is a huge plus. What a great example for young people.

[Imtheiceman671]

I gotta admit that pitch harmonic in the beggining was sick... ive seen people who have been playing for 10 years and can barely do a pitch harmonic

[deathbforgot]

impressive? yes, very... however its so different from the original classical gas that i reckon it should be classified as a different song with inspiration from classical gas...

[GasserVsGoodyball]

it inspires me so much that he doesnt have a god damn clue as to reading music, makes me feel good about myself :)

[alanbates2637]

@GasserVsGoodyball I am a musician who took seven years to learn to read music properly; you can always be a musician without knowing the theory, but youll always be a better driver if you know how the car works.

[GasserVsGoodyball]

@alanbates2637 yeah i get you,but its so convenient how you can relate shapes with certain modes and scales and then move them everywhere according to appropriate key....its just so cool, andi actually I can read music...it just takes me forever to decipher it much longer to write it down haha

[BryanRason]

@alanbates2637 very well said....:D

[flashpro62]

69 people can't play guitar and are ashamed they can't.

[Analist]

How talented must you be to get the harmonics 0:41 right everytime, one little bit off and you get no sound. And doing that at the speed he is doing it.

This must be god playing

[RogerC53]

That little move of bending the neck at 3:20 is totally sweet!

[floydiandragoon]

69 people like oral sex.

[TheBackwardsMan321]

the man :D

[kennethfuman]

when my guitar watched this video

it started to ask me:what the fuck i'm doing with you?

[lyuboslavilov]

@kennethfuman Ahahahahah - you are right! Now I understand why my guitar stop talking to me :)

[DaPeople312]

HOW DID HE DO THIS 0:40 - 0:44

[Jaschlueter]

@DaPeople312 It is called guitar harmonics. Guitar harmonics are created when you lightly touch the string with your finger at specific positions and then pluck the string. This causes both sections of the string, to the right and left of the spot you're touching, to vibrate simultaneously, giving a bell like quality to the note.

[DaPeople312]

@Jaschlueter is it really hard to do?? and do you need a specific string?

[Jaschlueter]

@DaPeople312 Here is a link to a lesson that covers guitar harmonics. It is a fairly simple things to learn and it can be done with any type of strings. .youtube.com/watch?v=3_rDOR0dm­Po

[DaPeople312]

@Jaschlueter sorry but why did the link not work???

[Jaschlueter]

@DaPeople312

youtube.com/watch?v=3_rDOR0dmP­o

Sorry, try this one. If it does not work just look up 'acoustic guitar harmonics' on youtube and yiou can find several lessons on it.

[Appelo]

It´s just like he is having sex with his guitar, if you look at his face, and he seems to please her/him/it.

[wizholt7]

68 Dislikes....what is wrong with you people?????

[scfd524]

@wizholt7 Jealousy...

[badnewsBH]

@wizholt7 I suspect those are fans of the original by Mason Williams. I like both versions, myself, but I'm guessing they prefer Mason's. *shrug*

[vs800rider]

I love how he appears to be playing for himself, not for the audience and certainly not for money. He could be alone in his living room playing and we just happen by and see him playing.

[jjmatashi]

@vs800rider Yeah...! He's just tripping and having a lot of fun. He just happens to be sharing it, that's all.

[thrasharoony]

By the end of this video I had tears in my ears.

[FagsLoveCountrymusic]

Mason Williams Ventures MASHUP

[gaiolinn]

Motherfucker playing through pretty much the whole song with his eyes damn closed.

-Breaks guitar in a billion pieces-

[kirbster]

His downpicking is more brutal than most metal guitarists... holy shit.

[olemunati]

@kirbster drop most. ALL!!!!!

[thrasharoony]

You put the man in the Emmanuel.

[MrJosephTribbiani]

3:19

[tboogiesyndrm]

can i get a

tab please???

[septtau]

@tboogiesyndrm God, give me the tabs for Classical Gas please........ OH MY GOD, what the hell is this? oO (yea, i know, it's already on the guitar boogie video)

[acoustictunes69]

when eveyone else cruises at 65, tommy is warming up at 200mph. Awesome energy.

[RedBurn4]

GOOOOD

[REVIEWTOOB]

my grandma has some crazy classical gas of a different kind ;)

[TheLivingMusic82]

Simply, the, best.... Wish he'd team up with Igor Presnyakov - would be epic!!!!

[thechurchac]

you are out of this world. I expect to hear this in Cork in December

[plnckrsn]

I would rather see anyone else but this man play Classical Gas. He overplays ALL THE TIME.

[Schleipa]

wow........

[Mr1337Sauce]

69 people are mad that this isn't in HD.

[blueeyedcloud]

@otsegoflake Funny. Listening to him makes me really WANT to pick up a guitar.

[BeingRob]

if i could ever play something half as cool as that I would proper Jizz!

[TomBrooklyn]

He bought it. He owned it. He sold it.

[Lupus665]

No one can Show his Soul like that...

sry i have to go now, must mustorbate after this song :D

[Sunnyfizz]

That was immense!



[bragybhoy]

0:26 da fuck was daT?!?! :O

[antman4400]

this is like the Mario theme on steroids