Tommy Emmanuel - American Song (Paul Simon)

Speaking of guitar . . . .wot? pretty sure we were! Tommy Emmanuel American Song (Paul Simon)

Happy birthday Paul Simon! Thank you for your lifetime of great music, hope you’re still crazy after all these years! Tommy Emmanuel

ALBERT LEE (& TOMMY EMMANUEL) “One Way Rider”

Someone asked t’other day if I knew where the legendary Tommy Emmanuel came from and the answer is of course Australia and here he is with our very own Albert Lee [Manchester UK!]

This was where I found this great track and thanks to them I post this Telecaster Group post with text from Fred Bordeneuve’s page who I don’t happen to agree with but hey, each to their own!  

JUST TURN IT UP!

ALBERT LEE & TOMMY EMMANUEL “One Way Rider”

Australian TV (1990)

Fred says: Alright, granted : Albert Lee was already deep into his Music Man by then. But don’t touch that dial: there are still two Telecasters on that stage, and around here, that counts for something.

1990... not that long ago, you might say. Except when this footage was shot, the internet was still science fiction and VHS tapes were considered high technology. Welcome to the vault.

Right off the bat: Albert Lee, same face, same grin, same stance. Not a gray hair in sight, sure, but everything else ? That’s exactly him. Already that unmistakable style, that crystal-clear picking that hits you like a statement of fact. Nothing changed because nothing needed to change.

Tommy Emmanuel is a whole different story. The hair, the look, the young-gun energy, you’d do a double-take before you place him. And then there’s an Telecaster in his hands, which, let’s be honest, is rare enough to be worth calling out. We know the man can play anything, but seeing him in this setting adds a whole different color to the picture. Alongside Dan Johnson, the two legends tear through “One Way Rider,” the Ricky Skaggs classic.

“One Way Rider”? More like two riders not quite at the top of their game yet, and already nobody near the ditch. Thirty-six years later, they’re both still standing. That’s usually how real class gets measured ...

Billy ‘Strings’ and Tommy Emmanuel ‘Guitar Boogie’

To celebrate Billy’s eight years sober medal (he is in active recovery)  there comes this with Aussie guitar legend (voted best guitarist in the world  . . . . In Australia!?) 

A clip from Guitar Boogie we played in its entirety before (see link) 

GEETARS! | Tommy Emmanuel and Billy Strings - Guitar Boogie & Working Man’s Blues live NY 2020

 

This is from Tommy Emmanuel’s set from The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in upstate New York. It was on July 20, 2020. He plays Guitar Boogie & Working Man Blues with Billy Strings. Make sure you follow Billy Strings, and go the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival! [Official Web Site] http://www.tommyemmanuel.com [Subscribe] http://goo.gl/nkSgxf [Spotify] https://open.spotify.com/artist/6HjfV... [Facebook]   / tommyemmanuel   [Instagram]   / tommyemmanu.  . [Twitter]   / tommyemmanuel   [FanClub] https://tommyemmanuel.com/fan-club/

Doc’s Guitar/Black Mountain Rag | Collaborations | Tommy Emmanuel & Billy Strings

Another thanks to Diamond Dave  for introducing me to another site ( and appreciating the Tommy Emmanuel) such that he posted me in the direct of an album of Tony playing with a range of heroes (his and mine I assume) Here with a Doc Watson classic both Accomplice One and Two are still available but check out 

 

EXYSTENCE

Boy that good ole country boy could play . . . . . . . .

as always with Doc Watson numbers,  I dedicate this to the memory of my brother Steve who LOVED Doc Watson and sadly didn’t live to hear bluegrass wonders like Billy and wonderful all rounders like Tommy

Thanks Dave!

Tommy Emmanuel (feat. Joshco Stevens) - Caravan

 More from the extraordinary Tommy Emmanuel (here with Joshco Stevens) . . . . . . . . thanks to the wonderful Twilight Zone

CARAVAN - LIVE!

Stone me this’ll wake ya up! I couldn’t keep up with these guys on me washboard!

Is this a standard featured by Django Reinhardt?