Tommy Emmanuel on endless experimenting, genre non-conforming, and stage craft.

Tommy Emmanuel is a legendary acoustic guitar player from Australia, where he has received some of the nation's highest honors, won Grammy, ARIA, and IBMA awards (amongst others), released 27+ records on labels such as Sony and Columbia, and began touring at the age of 6. We talk to Tommy about his endless enthusiasm and drive to experiment that has kept him inspired and learning through his almost 65 year career, how he bucks genre traditions (and because of that, label constraints), being vulnerable with your audience, studying the art of stagecraft, and a whole lot more.

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Links:

• Tommy Emmanuel
• Cayamo
• Ep 50 - Sierra Hull
• Massey Hall
• Groucho Marx
• Ep 53 - Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
• ‘Classical Gas’ album
• Randy Goodrum
• Barry Gibb
• Dave Cobb
• RCA Studio A
• Ep 51 - Steve Poltz
• Ep 83 - Kevn Kinney

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