Legendary Les Paul and living legend Tommy Emmanuel gather at Iridium Jazz Club / NY on 12.01.2009
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@rico3872 жыл бұрын
To play for Les Paul, and to see him enjoying your music, must have been humbling. Even for the likes of Tommy Emanuel.
@aaronmunro58182 жыл бұрын
I don't see how this is humanly possible. The skill is otherworldly. Astonishing and so flawlessly beautiful, at times sounding like a harp. Great showman too. Just incredible on so many levels. Thank you for sharing.
@raymondvaughan62622 жыл бұрын
@@danyy8000 hell of a lot of practice years
@93243badger2 жыл бұрын
B
@danyy80002 жыл бұрын
@@raymondvaughan6262 yah 👍
@aaronmunro58182 жыл бұрын
@@danyy8000 I could practice for 100 years, locked in a room with Tommy himself, and not be able to play like this. And that’s OK.
@danyy80002 жыл бұрын
@@aaronmunro5818 bro stop the cap 🧢…y’all just overhyping at this point respectfully 😊
@sabyegrp2 жыл бұрын
I've played guitar for over 50 years. When I listen to this I cry, for a whole variety of reasons.
@Jointlock2 жыл бұрын
me too
@nicolomacale19472 жыл бұрын
❤️
@maslyndoorco2 жыл бұрын
I just did the same ..
@jackdrury182 жыл бұрын
same
@gregd7779 Жыл бұрын
same for me ...I saw him play this live last year and it indeed brought me to tears as well
@chasphilpotts12016 күн бұрын
I have seen Tommy play this live a couple of times and still marvel at how good he is. Even the professional musicians on stage are in awe of his playing. A warm and genuine person as well.
@kevindowney1292 жыл бұрын
20 years ago my guitar teacher in school told me, "check out Tommy Emmanuel" I thank him to this day
@williamcole90402 жыл бұрын
This bloke isn’t a guitarist….he is a bloody magician ! Magnificent.
@jerrynkathy2 жыл бұрын
It's over. Tommy has ascended to a place among musicians in that he sees over them. Short of Mozart composing on the piano, I just don't know anybody else with this sense of interpretation and skill set. The angels themselves are in awe of him.
@eeboy17782 жыл бұрын
I actually believe that there is magic in the world, and things like this are some of it. Incredible……
@mariotisso2 жыл бұрын
Agree!
@phillipmoore16972 жыл бұрын
@@mariotisso is going to be nice to ere
@proculusjulius70352 жыл бұрын
Even after passing my O.W.L.S at Hogwarts, I can't get to Tommy's level of enchantment on this muggle musical instrument.
@mosin91052 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@Grandpa1012 жыл бұрын
I’m sure Tommy is an Alien,,sent to Earth to show us how the guitar should be played,,
@michaeltrombino38882 жыл бұрын
I am 63 years young, have been playing acoustic guitar and electric guitar since I was 4..... am blessed to have had a guitar teacher who was a student of Segovia, and the best that I ever was, was poor to fair compared to some of the great guitar players. I have heard many of the greats play, and I know that there are hundreds, to numerous to mention..... but my major desire is to hear you play live. I consider you, if not the best guitar player... because you are so humble and respected, one of the best that I have ever heard! ☺️
@chokysenge2 жыл бұрын
There is no single note this gentelman is doing without a deep sense of presence and beauty. Bravo
@nedflanders59942 жыл бұрын
Half a century old. Unquestionably the most beautiful performance I've had the absolute pleasure of enjoying.
@MichaelMontague3 жыл бұрын
Priceless! Tommy Emmanuel raises the bar for ALL musicians, but especially for Guitarists!
@jeffreysimmons10842 жыл бұрын
Les Paul seems as impressed as I am. What a master player
@rustyshimstock8653 Жыл бұрын
Not a dry eye on the Internet! The expression on the face of the Bass player is something to watch. I had no idea that this classic was composed by Les Paul. Wow on so many dimensions!
@petersena47732 жыл бұрын
He's the greatest guitarist for me.
@Yngsatchvai Жыл бұрын
He reminds me of a neighborhood buddy of mine. We all played guitar but that MF was always 20 steps ahead of everyone. Those harmonics he pulls off at the start are jaw dropping
@davebrown32305 жыл бұрын
That performance leaves me frozen in awe . I think even Les was just amazed .
@nkdenton622 жыл бұрын
Les Paul at the Iridium was one of the hidden treasures of NYC. Saw two shows. He was both entertaining and generous with showcasing other pickers. How intimidating must it have been to play with him sitting there watching. Now I’ve seen Tommy in concert twice as well and he’s a gem as well. I feel fortunate to have been in the presence of such incredible talent.
@bendover34752 жыл бұрын
Born in 1942, so as a child I can say that this music was playing in the background of my early childhood. I guess most of it made an impact on my inner being,because I never deliberately made a decision to tune in to Les and Mary at the age of 6-7-8. At any rate, on those rare occasions,whenever I hear that music I can sing along . “Somewhere there’s music” indeed.Thanks for the beautiful gift from you and especially Les Paul. I have to say that I’m awaiting the arrival of several C. D’s from AMAZON. My family, great grandkids included, will be a captive audience for sure.
@fingerpickersmith12 жыл бұрын
You know it's special when you can make every other musician in the room--including another guitar immortal--put their chins on their hands with a look of sheer bliss on their faces and just let the performance take them away.
@ikkenhisatsu71702 жыл бұрын
What a great tribute to Les Paul. Tommy Emmanuel is legend. Maybe the best acoustic guitarist on the planet.
@williamwilliam7282 жыл бұрын
WOW, I got teary-eyed watching him feel it and the sound was mindboggling! Isn't the internet wonderful? We get to listen to a work of beauty like we were right there. Thank you for this magical musical journey.
@muppetbrother2 жыл бұрын
Les Paul: no one can embellish this piece of music Tommy: hold my beer
@jeanriff79545 ай бұрын
J découvre ce gars là semaine dernière, fantastique il fait comment? ❤❤❤ bravo le poète, bravo l artiste bravo le musicien .❤❤❤ bravo tommy j espèreque vous aller jouer pour Emmanuel.au ciel.
@catkeys69114 жыл бұрын
He casts a spell with his playing; you can see it on the bass players face (as an example); she is just entranced- her facial expressions closely matched my own emotional response to that beautiful song played so beautifully.
@7884golfguru4 жыл бұрын
Cat Keys she’s an Aussie
@catkeys69114 жыл бұрын
@@7884golfguru Maybe. Maybe not. I love Aussies. What's your point?
@7884golfguru4 жыл бұрын
Cat Keys no point
@CosmosMarinerDU Жыл бұрын
Her name is Nicki Parrott - from Australia
@dominadoramor77672 жыл бұрын
This tune is already a timeless masterpiece, so it’s very fitting that Tommy gives it a timeless cover - absolutely mesmerizing to watch, and just sheer pleasure to isten to.
@davewilson49292 жыл бұрын
Amen. He's playing that guitar with his whole body. Not to mention his brain I guess!
@roydedwards2 жыл бұрын
To impress a legend like Les Paul speaks volumes.
@bbblacksmith2 жыл бұрын
The double bass guitar chick behind suns it up. She is mesmerised and in tears by the end at how beautiful it is. Les just stares in awe. A great Aussie guitarist. His brother is as good and prefers electric. The two together, the absolute knowledge of each other, the guitar and what it can do is amazing. Look for Emmanuel brothers or Tommy and Tony Emmanuel.
@duellingscarguevara2 жыл бұрын
Phil was Tommy’s brother.
@andrewoshea352 жыл бұрын
Phil has joined the band in the eternal realm. Sadly missed. Tommy is absolutely amazing.
@CosmosMarinerDU Жыл бұрын
Her name is Nicki Parrott - from Australia
@Masaaki5922 жыл бұрын
Ive seen Tommy play this before many times in various videos. THIS one made me cry. Playing the song to the man himself. I love how much the Double Bass player in the background loves this. Peace and Love
@CosmosMarinerDU Жыл бұрын
Her name is Nicki Parrott - from Australia
@bessiebraveheart2 жыл бұрын
Love Tommy, one of the best accoustic players of all time.
@NickNicometi2 жыл бұрын
This is the BEST acoustic performance I've ever seen! Beyond excellent. Damn, did he set The Fret Board high! I need to play this well one day.
@philcorymusic8 ай бұрын
Staggeringly beautiful, go and see Tommy live!
@BirdYoumans2 жыл бұрын
On an acoustic no less. Most of us who claim to be musicians are just mere mortals. A very few aren't.
@oaguilera812 жыл бұрын
What a performance in front of a legend. Tommy’s talent is truly out of this world. His dynamics are just unbelievable.
@johnpappas8553 Жыл бұрын
Tommy never ceases to amaze me and all those mesmerized by his spectacular artistry on the guitar. Have never seen or heard anything like it. When you hypnotize a whole room with your virtuosity and you leave the great Les Paul, only feet away from you, stunned and awe-struck by your talent, well it doesn't get any better than that! Tommy, you show everyone just how beautiful the guitar can sound. Nobody comes close to you on the 6-string. You ARE the man!!
@R.L.KRANESCHRADTT3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting. I think it's possibly the best rendition of Tommy's version ever recorded... so intimate. The Iridium only sat about 180 people. What an experience to have been there that night it would have been.... Everyone was obviously in awe of his amazing talent, and rightly so.
@daevaskye2 жыл бұрын
Not only does Tommy dazzle with the shear brilliance of his amazing rendition of this classic song in front of the composer but his performance is full of charm and effortless to the point he can fully enjoy the experience.
@callmejeffbob2 жыл бұрын
Les Paul did not write "Somewhere over the Rainbow". The tune was written by the great Harold Arlen and the lyrics were by Yip Harburg. Arlen died in 1986 and Harburg died in 1981 so they weren't in the audience either. When Les calls it his song, he is just implying that he does a masterful version, which is undoubtedly true.
@davidlord92172 жыл бұрын
A solo of decoration rather than improvisation
@jean-lucbersou7582 жыл бұрын
you say " n'importe quoi ! " ....and forget the first time LES PAUL met TOMMY EMMANUEL . LES was absolutely insane and odious . Probably jealous . This song was composed by HAROLD ARLEN . I don't care LES PAUL ' limited guitar playing with terrible tasteless effects .
@The_Philosopher_King7015 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting the song alone without all the banter before hand. Half the fun is watching the bass player, Nicki Parrot's reaction.
@kimcarignan71543 жыл бұрын
Lenny breu
@dicklindell9482 жыл бұрын
When you can mesmerize Led Paul, you might be good! :-)
@shazam6274Ай бұрын
And got the Bass player to climactic ecstasy! 😄
@enricopav2 жыл бұрын
One of the best performance of Tommy Emmanuel
@DeanoPiano2 жыл бұрын
Both pioneers and virtuosos on their instruments when in their prime, it’s come full circle and it’s so so beautiful to see.
@loucontino48042 жыл бұрын
I've seen Tommy perform as a one man show and left with my jaw hung open. The man is a master on the guitar. And emotes some of the greatest feelings I have known through his playing. Awesome!
@DjNikGnashers Жыл бұрын
Me too, lucky enough to see him live last year. Not only a nice bloke, great performer, but literally the greatest living guitar player currently alive. I felt blessed to have witnessed him.
@michaelmccoy32842 жыл бұрын
I can feel his love and respect for the song Les and his audience! His heart and soul in it all!
@joecheshul93252 жыл бұрын
Tommy Emmanuel is otherworldly . His creative choices are beautifully mind-boggling yet as they embrace one’s heart and soul they are so intimately familiar as if returning to some heretofore unimaginable paradise .
@XENONEZZ22 жыл бұрын
The purity of this performance will live on forever !!
@josbruls2 жыл бұрын
Tommy Emmanuel is in a league of his own. Chet Atkins comes close, but the student has outmastered the master.
@midwesterner20232 жыл бұрын
TM had the great opportunity to have CA as an influence and the gifts few people ever receive…….incredible talent. Both are true artists with their instruments!
@willscoolmusiclist2 жыл бұрын
Tommy is this world's last living wonder. These words will hold true and there is a lasting sadness to that statement. I sat in a music hall in Brisbane and you played songs and then a song for your daughter who was there and it was something. Thanks mate
@mikeroullier68752 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful!!! Excellent job Tommy!!! Not very many people can play with that magnitude of feeling!!
@user-ml1je9gv9o3 ай бұрын
What a superb guitarist. A true artist!
@vls37712 жыл бұрын
When stunning melody meets the most expressive musician on guitar in the world the master .... Tommy....
@peterpowder85462 жыл бұрын
Yep. I will be attending his guitar camp this September in Nashville. Went last year. Fantastic time! Tommy is the nicest guy too. His music keeps me busy on the guitar
@miamiracer2 жыл бұрын
Magnificent. The lady playing the bass could not stop admiring his beautiful playing!
@CosmosMarinerDU Жыл бұрын
Her name is Nicki Parrott - from Australia
@gregscupholm2544 жыл бұрын
Holy crap, this guy is good. Beyond good. He "gets it'. Not that "shredding" the guitar is bad. It can be fun to listen to. But it is far from how you measure a great guitarist. Tommy is the proverbial proof in the pudding.
@jimmrockford94072 жыл бұрын
He can shred too. What non musicians don't understand about this guy is his ability to put his fingers in places not many others on the planet can...and make it look effortless and easy. He has so many thousands of hours sitting alone in a room,as all the greats do,we can never catch up.
@folez2 жыл бұрын
A self taught, (by ear) playing musical freight train hurtling down the tracks. You can’t learn this stuff. This is musical genius at its absolute finest. From all of us here in Australia to the rest of the world. Here’s Tommy, and you’re welcome.
@JoeandAngie2 жыл бұрын
Have seen him 2x...not enough!!! Once was at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN, where Doc would play a lot and he did Deep Water Blues in honor. He also told a guy on phone to either get off his phone or get out! It. Was. Awesome. (He later apologized...a gentlemen; the phone guy was a selfish, unaware millennial)
@willywilz2 жыл бұрын
Completely flawless and simply truly amazing .. my jaw will require retrieving from the floor .. I’m humbled to see and hear such a virtuoso at the top of his game .. thank you 🙏
@faronroyals3212 Жыл бұрын
That is the BEST guitar work I've ever heard. THANK YOU SIR...
@robinpearce50427 күн бұрын
Wonderful wonderful music a true maestro
@GregoriousGregori9 Жыл бұрын
As it would sadly & Beautifully turn out, this was also the last song he performed for Les .. What a beautiful memory to have paying tribute to Les by playing his song for him while he was still with us
@AS-zk6hz2 жыл бұрын
Truely gifted wonderful musicians. Artists
@emintezjan1724 жыл бұрын
Tommy, thanks for doing this piece of music an impossible level of justice. I'm flawed, totally heart struck with delight. Thank you
@scottym32 жыл бұрын
one of the most beautiful renditions I've ever heard. THAT is how to play guitar. I'm 69 YO, got my first guitar at 14, still have about 6 or 7 of them. I will never again tell anyone I play guitar. I will now say i mess around with them. Even a simple E chord played by either of them is far better than I can do. Simply beautiful. Thank you Les and Tommy.
@ionageman2 жыл бұрын
I am constantly reminded no matter how many hours a day I practice I will not reach this level of virtuosity in 1 lifetime
@jamespennington58082 жыл бұрын
I never could have imagined how much I needed that.
@jimtalltheislandbrothers66392 жыл бұрын
Years and years of practice and dedication right there. Wow!
@liamogrady22772 жыл бұрын
Brings a response from my eyes such a beautiful piece , God Bless Y’all hope we all can get along better in 2022 we are all humans let’s do the right thing and get along I love everybody peace out
@clementreid9072 ай бұрын
Tommy Emmanuel is beyond extraordinary! What a nice thing to play for Les Paul, too.
@BlackFoxProduc2 жыл бұрын
Fantabulous! I saw Tommy in Atlanta ga a few years back...all i can say is wow!
@JuxChi4 ай бұрын
the guitar goes for a smoke break after each song. The one only guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel ❤
@Fuff632 жыл бұрын
Gave me goose bumps. Bravo!
@thedolphin54282 жыл бұрын
I've watched several of Les and Tommy's versions of SOTR. It's really hard NOT to compare the versions or the skill. They each have vastly different styles and sounds; are of different generations. Still, I find Tommy a far greater technician and feeling player than The Great Les Paul. Heaven help us if, when Tommy is 80, some young whipper-snapper comes along and blows HIM away.!
@MrRbuxton2 жыл бұрын
Both are truely greats, and in the rear view mirror comes Billy Strings and he's coming fast.
@mikecrook84342 жыл бұрын
Made my eyes water. And very few things do that. Thank you, Tommy.
@damonhines81872 жыл бұрын
Extraordinary, astounding. From a guitar player who once aspired to such fluid and well-articulated melodicism, restrained yet rhapsodic expressivity, Thank you for this.
@MrJdsenior2 жыл бұрын
There aren't that many people in the world that can actually make a guitar sing. Tommy is one of them. And for anyone that hasn't seen it, if you want to see Tommy, all the stops pulled, look up his classical gas. It is insane.
@gerrymcguire7521 Жыл бұрын
That was mesmerizing
@malcarrasco41532 жыл бұрын
Wow that's so amazing and so beautifully played! Love it Tommy Emmanuel!!
@pedrogustavodeandrade96652 жыл бұрын
Que maravilha! Que arranjo! Transformou sua guitarra numa harpa!
@martypaxton76684 жыл бұрын
Can't find the words . So good
@michaelgoodpaster58752 жыл бұрын
The worlds greatest living guitar master
@robertwynkoop71122 жыл бұрын
Without doubt. Most of the important artists, of the last few hundred years certainly, are under appreciated and unknown during their lifetimes
@tomvera102 жыл бұрын
Tommy is a genius with composing notes and phrases.
@robbiepoulin9204 жыл бұрын
I have chills listening to this and can only imagine Les saying "I'm passing the baton"
@markrogers75462 жыл бұрын
This arrangement transforms the song into a very emotive ballad. Nobody plays like Tommy Emmanuel.
@plod96452 жыл бұрын
There's Tommy and there's Phil , then there's Tommy n Phill , privileged to see them individually and together , Bilambil and the Port of Call :)
@zedwolf1589 Жыл бұрын
If you're going to have someone play your song and have it come out way better then you ever thought it was probably Tommy Emmanuel
@sandraevans4082 Жыл бұрын
wonderful, would like to see the face of Les Paul
@paulofreire7520 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Txs for sharing this. Priceless 👍🏻
@DWilliams-ce8nb2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performance. But I am still baffled by the magnificent chord choices Eva Cassidy makes in her version of Over the Rainbow.
@DuncanEduardo2 жыл бұрын
Me too. She was incredibly original
@diosdadolacorteofboracayis27882 жыл бұрын
Incredibly magical! ❤
@owenmcgee84965 жыл бұрын
Nice. I have a dvd of a Emmanuel concert that I never think of watching, but this video reminds me that I probably should. I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it more than the little I've heard of him on record. He's a great live performer.
@7884golfguru4 жыл бұрын
Owen McGee go see him live,Tommy is awesome
@annmayor24422 жыл бұрын
Supreme technique and wonderful musical taste
@tazzarman2 жыл бұрын
ON ANOTHER LEVEL,BEST EVER,NO ONE CAN SAY HE AINT THE BEST ,I WISH I HAD THE SKILL OF TOMMY.
9 ай бұрын
I Cry! TOO!
9 ай бұрын
INCREDIBLE !!Only! A GOD!! GIVEN ANGEL COULD PLAY LIKE THIS!!
@colinchristensen660311 ай бұрын
Sharing the stage with Les made guitar gods like Brian May (my favourite) and Ritchie Sambora so nervous they could barely play. Tommy paid tribute to LP with this song but did it his own way, and that was a truly spellbinding performance.
@davidduke97714 ай бұрын
Les Paul thinks.." why do I even bother?"... welcome to the club Les😂😂
@4brens2 жыл бұрын
Truly phenomenal
@phyleneamuso10512 жыл бұрын
Mastery wears a smile. Just perfect!
@arlos212 жыл бұрын
Bravo Maestro ,❤️
@davidbarker25663 жыл бұрын
He even makes it sound like a harp at one point
@timflynn21362 жыл бұрын
Tommy was Bestman for my friends Steve and Lori. Got to play a little guitar for him at a BB que . Very nice guy.
@s.n9652 жыл бұрын
Congratulations
@jamesbaskerville98002 жыл бұрын
Even the other musicians are shaking their heads at this performance wondering how this is possible!