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Tommy Emmanuel by Nelson Onofre
What's up my fellow Blues fans! This week I am going to feature an artist that is not exactly a Blues player but is an extraordinary talent nonetheless. That man is Tommy Emmanuel. Just like I recently got hip to Tommy maybe there are some of you out there that are not familiar with Tommy's work. Hopefully my images will inspire you to check out some of his music. Some of the people I know from BB King's told me how good Tommy was and that I should check him out when he played BB's. I took their advice and I'm glad I did. Tommy blew me away with his amazing skills on the acoustic guitar.
I'm used to seeing multiple amps, speaker cabinets and drums on BB's stage but there was none of that for Tommy's show. He came out with an acoustic guitar that showed signs of heavy use and he proceeded to play the heck out of it. After a few minutes it was clear that he did not need any other instrumentation onstage with him. Not only is Tommy a great musician he is also a veteran performer that interacts beautifully with the audience. This was a fun show.
In between taking my photos I found myself just sitting there and marveling at his great skill on the acoustic guitar. Towards the end of the show he brought out a few other acoustic players and played duets with them and that was also very entertaining. I wish I had gotten their names but I didn't. Needless to say they were all very good. I highly recommend to everyone to go and see this great talent when he's in your town. He'll do things on the acoustic that will amaze you.
Thanks again to Laura Becker of Big Machine Media for the guest list/photo pass credentials at BB King's.
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Tommy EmmanuelBB King Blues Club, NY, July 2010
http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/
Tommy EmmanuelBB King Blues Club, NY, July 2010
http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/
Tommy EmmanuelBB King Blues Club, NY, July 2010
http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/
Tommy EmmanuelBB King Blues Club, NY, July 2010
http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/
Tommy EmmanuelBB King Blues Club, NY, July 2010
http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/
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