Topic: Tommy Emmanuel

[Nichi]

Initiation
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Australian virtuoso ... much acclaimed.

[Michael]

Tommy is a very good musician, and excellent guitarist. Much superior to his younger brother.

[Nichi]

Tommy is a very good musician, and excellent guitarist. Much superior to his younger brother.

I wasn't familiar with anything about his younger brother - had to look him up on Wikipedia to learn what you meant. Tommy certainly has moved on from his family!

For years, Larry has been recommending that I look him up on youtube, and I procrastinated that, just stumbling into this piece the other day. For Larry, it's about the "musician's musician", but for myself, I'm looking at all the soul in this performance. What a joy he exudes - I've played this clip multiple times since stumbling into it. It's about the best thing I've seen in years. Love it.

[Michael]

I've never been that into Tommy's music, although I do admit he is an excellent musician. There was hit of his going around some years ago, which was very good. For me it's not so much about appreciating him, but more about a direction I took away from western-style music.

As a guitar player, I understand Larry's interest, which I find very laudable.