Lewis and Clark - Tommy Emmanuel cover

Here's cover of beautifully haunting "Lewis and Clark" originally written by Tommy Emmanuel for his Mystery album. I hope I did it justice.
I used tabs from official Mystery book.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• tommy emmanuel
• lewis and clark
• acoustic guitar
• fingerstyle
• mystery album

[MrJasonHowse]

How did you do that background effect? looks good

[220volt74]

@MrJasonHowse It's done with a green screen. Then I substituted the green screen with that background effect in Sony Vegas Pro.

[MrFaulconbridge]

What do you think of alternate tunings and their uses in compositions? Tommy seems to be happy with standard tuning. I wonder why hes never explored alternate tunings as much as some of the other players (such as candyrat. aka the melody loopers. lol) Anyway nice cover.

[220volt74]

@MrFaulconbridge I think Tommy is all about melody and most musicians that Tommy likes are actually great melody makers and singers. Like Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, The Beatles, Chet Atkins etc... And most of them are using standard tuning.

[Jump2893]

If i have a long thumb nail, can i use that instead of a thumb pick?

[220volt74]

@Jump2893 You can use whatever feels comfortable to you. Lot of people use thumb nail. Although this song is played with flesh only. By Tommy as well.

[MrJasonHowse]

@220volt74 cheers

[Fingerpickerdude]

Nice job, working on this song and found some great tab for it. Love the melody, can see Lewis and Clark when playing it. Keep it up!

[MrFaulconbridge]

I wonder why CandyRat use alternate tunings so much. It's like they have something against standard tuning. Why can't they write anything in standard!!!

[MrFaulconbridge]

Do you believe great instrumental fingerstyle songs can be wrote in standard tuning?

[Jump2893]

@220volt74 thanks. I am having trouble playing with flesh. i cant get any decent volume and it makes my fingertips sore. Nails give me a nice loud tone although it can be very frustrating if one breaks...