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Tommy Emmanuel playing guitar how it should be done

posted by gnargnar 2 years 4 months 1 week ago • 3831 views
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even if you don't play guitar you'll most likely dig this just because of the sheer musicianship and showmanship
and if you DO play guitar well... as scar said, "be prepared"

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written by mlx  | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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plz dont upvote to the frontpage, i dont want the other kiddies to see real music, kthxbai


written by CaptainPlanet420  | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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aww sad. i wanna make it to the front page. i tried posting a video with real music in it once and it didn't make it by one vote. now this one is languishing already. i blame you captainplanet... or is your name ted turner...?


written by gnargnar  | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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well, it's to be expected...these kids just don't like teh good stuff lol...gl tho


written by CaptainPlanet420  | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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Expired in Queue - 4 day limit.


written by siftbot  | 2 years 4 months 1 week ago | CH
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*save


written by lunkwill  | 2 years 2 months ago | CH
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Saving this video from the discard pile and sending it back to the queue for one more try; last queued Sunday, July 22nd, 2007 9:56pm PDT - save requested by lunkwill.


written by siftbot  | 2 years 2 months ago | CH
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*livemusic


written by ant  | 2 years 2 months ago | CH
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Adding video to channels (Livemusic) - requested by ant.


written by siftbot  | 2 years 2 months ago | CH
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Awesome.


written by coreburn  | 2 years 2 months ago | CH
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I saw him play many times in Sydney during the 80's. I always walked out of his performances with a big smile.


written by dr20  | 2 years 2 months ago | CH
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he's good but i am bored.


written by MINK  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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real music.... u probaly have britney spears in your music collection


written by tbone8ty  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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Of course I do. I'm the one who bought 100,000 copies of her new single in Itunes just so it can be number 1.


written by BillOreilly  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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It's the same people that will say how great a guitarist Kurt Cobain was.


written by Goofball_Jones  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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incredible!


written by Laekroth  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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He's good but this isn't very entertaining, imo.


written by w0mbat  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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"It's the same people that will say how great a guitarist Kurt Cobain was."

He was a master of the power chord, a guitar giant if you will.


written by BillOreilly  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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About -2:08 is phenomenal and more.


written by silvercord  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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Despite adequate warning, I was not properly prepared. My head nearly exploded like that guy in Scanners. Absolutely wonderful guitar playing. Jealousy courses through my veins.


written by handmethekeysyou  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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Technically brilliant, but it lacks...soul.

Seems like an appropriate place to ask though, who're the Sift's favorite guitarists? I like Johnny Winter and Duane Allman myself.


written by nazdorovia  | 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago | CH
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Rex Carroll, Marty Friedman, Matt Slocum (of Sixpence), SRV

And of course, the greatest of them all, one Mr. Kurt Cobain


written by BillOreilly  | 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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I agree with some others. He's amazingly gifted, but it doesn't really draw me in. And while I can't play like this, I've known a number of studio guitarists who can play similar riffs. I'd like to see more of what he can do, though.


written by bhyphenlow  | 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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A wise man once said music is about the space between the notes as much as the notes themselves.

favorite guitarists?

If I had to pick one, probably Jerry Garcia, but the list of great guitarists I love to hear is way too long for this little box.


written by jonny  | 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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This wacko has more soul in his right hand pinky than most u musically stunted children could ever comprehend. You have been served, young haters.


written by CaptainPlanet420  | 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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like a redneck on crack


written by deathcow  | 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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Tommy Emmanuel's a great master who's not just technically brilliant but is great at entertaining the audience. And being him, this was probbabbly improvised as he went along...a lot of people can play difficult riffs and strokes but few can arrange and entertain like Tommy has done throughout his career both in a band and not.


written by lertad  | 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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his amazing technical skill is undeniable, his entertainment value is subjective.

I would compare him to a typist who is very fast and accurate but hasn't really got anything to type other than "i'm a great typist!"

I don't mean to sound so harsh though, i mean he is amazing. It's just i couldn't be arsed to watch it all. hence my decision not to vote up or down.


written by MINK  | 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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MINK, jonny, nazdorvia, deathcow, all hit it-to musicians, this guy lacks the quality that developing a sound of one's own produces, but plays the manic, wreckless noodling card off, quite well....like everyone fawning over a guy like buckethead, or Stanley Jordan who can make dreamy sounds, and has an initial presence appeal, but the technical grace can only carry you so far.

Cobain? His tortured, fast-burning flame of soul, wash a white-washed cry for help, and for me, that over-shadows any potential for greatness of merit....just look at the ilk that treat Kurt like a god-buncha manic-depression candidates, coffee addicted and screaming for help in their own way, 20-somethings, with a fried internal navigation system....

another one really gets me pissed-Dave Matthews and his College Cult Crooning, ....that man's shit, runs together like a Jackson Pollock mural-and the kids who worship him wouldn't know good music if it collided with their flavor-of-the-week, world views.....

Doc Watson, Django Reinhardt, Merle Travis-
Jeff Beck, Zappa, Ronnie Montrose, yes, the Winter Bros., hell....Angus Young....whaddya know, most of these guys are either still alive, or lived long lives with smiles on their faces...not needles in their arms, or booze in their livvers.....


written by choggie  | 2 years 1 month 3 weeks ago | CH
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*blues


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