Tommy Emmanuel Boogie Woogie

[@tuxguys]

(A gracious acknowledgement to the sound crew, before History is made.) If this is not the greatest unaccompanied Blues guitar performance of all time, it is certainly among the Top Two. (I can't begin to guess what the other one might be, but I'm trying to be non-hyperbolic.) It starts in E, which makes perfect sense, as that key affords lots of open strings... ...and then after a dozen or so faultless and varied choruses, he does the (except for him) unthinkable: He alters the breakneck tempo to a John Lee Hooker groove, and then, at 4:59, he begins to ascend, one 12-bar chorus at a time, through the other 11 keys in our Western Harmonic System... sometimes, open strings are still available, more often, they are not, and does Tommy care? This is Tommy... He doesn't have a care in the world. And he finishes with a couple of choruses back in the original key, at twice the tempo with which he started this off-the-cuff Blessing for those of us with ears to hear it. Listening to music, at its best, should ennoble the listener: In this performance, certainly, Mission Accomplished.

[@tuxguys]

I completely agree... Bad choice of words, I should have said "seemingly effortless." He has the rare gift of being able to do the apparently impossible on the instrument, without (in his presentation) working "too hard..." ...as the Hard Work went into the thousands of hours of practice that got him to this point.

[@rabokel]

The man knows how to entertain an audience. Great stuff

[@jimmyjennings4089]

Some people don't need a band to get across what they want to express, and you've just watched one that needs no one else ever at all.

[@Yannick1947]

The best guitar player in the world.

[@qldu13780]

Yannick Georges Y a pas photo Le best des best

[@marqy007]

Absolutely the best by far!

[@chenbouman9560]

Yannick Georges No, no he isn't..... But he is the best acoustic guitar player !

[@marqy007]

Chen Bouman: maybe you've never heard/seen him play electric guitar...he's just as amazing on electric as he is on acoustic. Please do your research.

[@chenbouman9560]

marqy007 I did it !

[@wingchunelsner]

At first - everyone clapped and danced and then .... Jaws dropping .... everyone stood in pure amazement of this guitar grandmaster. Tommy Emmanuel!

[@epipick]

Speed without shredding. That's real skill.

[@GianniPireddu]

Premetto che ascolto, come molti del resto, tantissimi chitarristi davvero bravi, ma Mr. Tommy e' insuperabile! completo in tutto, ricchissimo di fantasia ineguagliabile, e non da ultimo travolgente con il suo modo divertito di esibirsi. Bravo, complimenti tantissimi ++++++++

[@warbseven8613]

Not only a brilliant guitar player and musician but a fantastic entertainer .The whole deal.

[@scottmclennan6114]

Dude is playing some of the most complex guitar in the world and smiling and laughing and having fun at the same time!!

[@pabloperez4063]

and thinking about who knows what !

[@punishr36]

@@pabloperez4063 He's thinking about what color to paint his fence.

[@punishr36]

@Name I'm guessing you don't know who Tommy Emmanuel is. Don't let this be and means to calibrate this guitar god. Vai/Satriani both say he's the best on earth. Go check out some more of this guy and you'll love it. Cheers from Canada.

[@punishr36]

@Name 10-4

[@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504]

Name So what do YOU consider to be complex then?

[@graemej2599]

The Best Guitar Player in the World.......and he doesn't read music ! True Genius.

[@dennisjohndreher7258]

The thing about Tommy, he plays great ballads to. The whole package.

[@DocAppalachia]

In many ways, this is the best angle to watch Tommy play from. It shows just how gifted he his and how much he has worked to improve his God-given abilities. First, his hands are HUGE ! He seldom puts his thumb behind the neck to reach a string or execute a chord shape. Secondly, this also means that his hands are very strong, as he doesn't need the thumb's leverage. Third, this shows how very nimble his fingers are, not needing the thumb to give him room to navigate the fretboard. 🤯🤯🤯

[@siwilson9341]

What am I watching, this man is amazing. Genius.

[@vanguard4065]

so good! God bless TE.

[@markstrain7021]

Crikey .... I'm totalled by Tommy's brilliance. All you lucky dudes at this session must have been blown away.

[@humblegeorge]

I never herd him before,and I never herd anything like him eather ! Truly amazing.

[@jackmehoff2312]

WTF!?! That was freaking amazing!! Wow.... Love it.

[@transcendentrock6551]

11 minutes non stop wow! 🙏👏

[@ScottWorsnop]

Unreal! One of the best I've seen of him going off on one. I've watched and played countless hours of Tommy. I've had the pleasure of meeting and playing with him a few times. A true gem of the music world.

[@johnzaikowski3134]

HEY SCOTT!!...WAKE UP...!! I also was on the stage with led zeplin...that is after i finished my gig with Ringo...of course after the Ringo gig i had to head to the airport in order to make sure i wasn't late for my next gig with Clapton...

[@johnzaikowski3134]

scott....get a life! you sound like Donald trump!!!

[@barbarasalisbury4023]

When I lived Deering,GA.,many folks told me about the amazing Tommy Emanuel,then these truly seniors said I reminded them of little Jimmy Dickens and the greats as a magician! However one woman who saw me perform in Harlem,Ga,b place of Oliver Hardy,Thom Waller Brunswick,GA.,and this woman told me,and came to me,that there are 20 variants of MCTier,inc Mcteer,McTear,and many ,many more! I wish Louisiana was the free market labor hub of reforestation in The Great or Deep Southeast!!Do it Mr ACOUSTICIAN,TOMMY EMANUEL!Chris Young fiddler,Appalachian,

[@quentinfernandez4673]

This is truly a gift from God and blessed with talent too. Does things with such ease. Superb changes too.

[@markrodgers2976]

I just noticed the landscape in the background, to the upper left. Cool venue !!!

[@MrDavegoodger]

yeah............see what practice and devotion can do....great mate.....

[@kennylee9959]

He is God of Guitar

[@stevelongobardi6870]

The complete guitar player without compare - just incredible.

[@ryanmosher8445]

That was absolutely insane

[@davidlodiemyer5698]

That called being too damn polished.

[@Bobma0421]

Starting at 5:00.... what the heck did I just hear?? It really shows tommy's musical fluidity and how he is not bound or limited by any certain key cuz he literally plays all of them HAHA

[@charlieboy1999]

Tommy rocks!

[@bengtjohansson5221]

you are the Best Tommy. I saw you in sweden when you did play in Gävle. Super.

[@ME-dg5np]

Yuuuuuuuu my god !! Fantastic Tom !@

[@gitarolaola-ola9737]

Лучший из лучших!Браво!Браво!Браво!!!!!!!Попала на его выступление два раза в моей жизни-это было не забываемо!!!!!!!

[@gdfggggg]

I’ve got to play this at my grans birthday party.

[@rogerjames6956]

Tell me why that every time I see Tommy Emmanuel I cry ,He is the mutts,Live forever Tommy!!!

[@rickb9238]

Amazing guitar player. If not the best he certainly has to be in the top two or three.

[@bobdeluxeandtheideals1356]

This is great ✊

[@Vinicius-fg6md]

Simply awesome, excellent, I think that maybe he's the world's best guitar player ever. I've never seen/heard anyone playing guitar like he does.

[@AndyZach]

Listen to Chet Akins. Tommy copied him as a young player. Of course, he was the only one who could!

[@andyzhang6534]

Because Tommy was very talented back to his childhood. When he was very young he can played lot of song by just listening to media and copied all the notes in the guitar even he was not even learn about how to play guitar .however when he really learned about guitar and was studied by master Chet akins as his teacher, then Tommy became awesome ,amazing and fantastic with his crazy skills that no one could be really copy his style.

[@AndyZach]

@elissa f I'm sure Tommy would agree. Chet mentored him and he copied Chet.

[@johnzaikowski3134]

HEY! .... I do a pretty good rendition of "Aura lee" Mel Bey...Book one...

[@patrickyoung3503]

I might be a Jonny come lately but Tommy just gets better & better

[@zeeshankhan-yy6sf]

Great sir God bless you

[@charlesputnam9370]

Guitar gonna catch on 🔥

[@paulmckeown8840]

Jesus what a player and of course a good guy

[@fauziwibowo]

4:31 the guy sitting on the stage has the best spot ever.. more than VIP

[@cgitar]

Nincs mese a világ legjobb gitárosa Tommy!!

[@Thomas0661]

The guy on the left with a denim vest... That's just like me when I see Tommy. Feeling and studying every single finger movement. Passioned about a true artist. Best Regards Thomas

[@chanterry1346]

Insanely good

[@DennisDaNo1Man]

What do you learn from studying a blur?

[@imasubtech6389]

CGP indeed!! Thanks for sharing!

[@jimihendrix3144]

the king of six string,super tommy

[@MsMojoworks]

Jazz, Blues, Folk, Country and RocknRoll rolled into less than 12 minutes! Any questions? Class dismissed.

[@grrakkh4459]

the thoughts of every true lover of the instrument: "I wish the camera was filming from the opposite side..."

[@TA-SEN]

All the guys think by watching his fingers they can do it. lol

[@TA-SEN]

acoustic is such a dynamic instrument.

[@jeffdunlap2754]

That's Genuis!!!!

[@LingXiao.Z]

完美的演出，精彩绝伦，无与伦比。

[@marqy007]

The MAN is in free form and playin' for himself and the knowers!

[@warbseven8613]

He once asked his audience if there were any guitar players in.Somebody shouted back "not anymore there isn't!"

[@alessandrorossini8704]

ha! ha!

[@mokitaservis3198]

The best. Wow amazing...

[@jayden4717]

The godfather himself 👌.

[@tomlouis5914]

The absolute greatest ever.

[@pawelvono]

007 of guitar!

[@aaronthomas8834]

Connery, not Brosnan though... haha

[@SFCB1954]

Tommy E. = LEGEND!

[@tlgtlg3803]

This dude is CRAZY GOOD! ALLRIGHT

[@klauswhitedreamer]

TOMMY , YOU are the best , EVER !

[@funguy4utube]

tommy takes it all the way up the neck 1:55 without the benefit of a cutaway ... what a Master ! Me thinks he made it all the way through the Mel Bay books ... LoL

[@pzdipuing]

No guitar from any genre play ever like this its jusss incredible wowwwwwwwwwqwqqwwwqqqqqqqqqqw

[@alexloweh1]

Genius

[@BaktaBak3]

Is Tommy Emmanuel the best or freakin what ! ! ! ! ! ! Tommy Emmanuel ..... ! ! ! !

[@DigitalLoom]

dang he has THE GAS

[@rabinable]

Insane

[@dreambeliever3652]

Tommy, you are by the best player in the world

[@garrisonic]

But he's playing solo

[@leonardogallotta8086]

nice very work Good music

[@adityamishraGTR]

King of All ❤️

[@johngeorge2285]

Tommy you are too good, nobody can play better.

[@LadyCroMag]

Robbie O’Brien and Tommy Emmanuel!!! Sweeeeeeeet!!!

[@СергейЛебедев-г7т]

Спасибо!!!!! огромное Спасибо!!!!! классный гитарист!!!!!💞🎼💞🎶🎼🎸💞🎸

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

This IS how its done! No fuzzy overload!

[@yurinilov6636]

Неподражаемый, великий гитарист!!! Могу слушать его круглосуточно!!!

[@alexkos402]

Yuri Nilov тоже самое

[@АлексейПетров-щ6е9ъ]

Точно душу дьяволу продал.

[@paulbissonnette9899]

Yuri Nilov i agree

[@warrenbartholomeo933]

😶 speechless I need to pick my jaw up off the ground

[@МикроАрт-е7ж]

Лучший из лучших! Обожаю Томми!

[@garysmith2983]

No, best guitar player full stop. Love Page, Clapton, Hendrix, Vai, Satriani. But Tommy has it, feel, technique,,,,,,,,,,, etc.

[@michaelwhite6110]

The master!

[@petrsemenenko1987]

Бесподобно! Браво!!!

[@paulbissonnette9899]

Petr Semenenko i agree

[@thingoclien]

Great!

[@pzdipuing]

Beyond master he is the only acceptance to b call it

[@toamataafa9463]

Tommy’s rocking...best there is👈👊🏿👊🏿👍

[@bertilforsberg608]

Fantastisk music..njuter.

[@MrStevie777]

I have a guitar similar to Tommy's but I think mine is broken, It doesn't appear to have the same amount of notes as Tommy's.

[@alessandrorossini8704]

Yes, it's broken, check it out.... ha! ha! by the way, probably ALL my guitars are broken as well...

[@punishr36]

I went on after him and played the coffee table.

[@brunoadonis1980]

a melhor performance q eu ja vi dele...

[@Добрубыть-ы5р]

СУПЕР !!! Лучший !!!

[@dezsylukas7178]

Live legeng,guitar fenomen👍👍👍👍

[@dennisjohndreher7258]

But folks, he also plays beautiful ballads, the sign of a great player. Al Dimeola is also a guy that can tear it up, but also plays wonderful ballads.

[@marclaw4511]

F*cking awesome.

[@basselkh8082]

GOAT

[@sody2000]

WHOA!!! yeah man.

[@joyhantid6521]

Crazy Guy :D I just imagine a possible cartoon in which Tommy plays his guitar like in here with closing his eyes. After he plays his last cord, he open up his eyes but everybody left already :D A true master but not everybody understands his art.

[@scottdawkins7667]

So much for those people who said that Tommy can only play in E!! :-)

[@Tony-px6oo]

Esse cara é foda

[@edazhang4679]

太令人不可思议了，世界上吉他弹得最棒的人。

[@skopox]

If Stevie Ray Vaughan was still alive, I'm sure those two masters of guitar would have love to play this music together

[@dan-zq4kr]

stevie is different level to this guy!

[@DennisDaNo1Man]

Every guitarist is on a different level from Tommy...they are all subordinate. Only Chet Atkins could have cut heads with Tommy but Tommy idolized Chet, didn't he?

[@punishr36]

@@DennisDaNo1Man Yes he did but he surpassed Chet's ability and Chet even stated that many times. Stevie Was a great blues player on electric and surely wrote great music and also sang fantastically. As an accomplished guitarist myself ( not like these guys ) I can say with confidence that Tommy's skills surpass SRV by leaps and bounds and unless you're a guitarist it's hard to grasp some of the extremely complex things he does and there is so so much. But if SRV was alive I'm sure they would enjoy and appreciate each others love to play.

[@johnzaikowski3134]

no comparison between the two greats...Stevie was a master in his particular genre ,....Mainly because everything he did came from his soul. he was one with his music.. which was limited to the blues..masterful...but if you took Stevie out of that music idiom he would probably be lost,( maybe) whereas if you take Tommy's abilities, I feel he would have absolutely no issue fitting into any musical genre.. which in my mind, makes him a genius. Love them both.

[@johnzaikowski3134]

Stevie wouldn't be able to keep up with Tommie. from what i know of Tommie, he would probably work out something with Stevie that was more in line with his music...not the other way around...I'm sure it would sound great!

[@lesiowoloszyk5304]

Panie Jurku Owsiak , zaproś go pan, to legenda i na pewno przyjedzie

[@МихаилГлинский-в7ю]

Томми мастер на все сто не играет так никто.А нам игра его в пример хоть и я пенсионер.

[@mardishores4016]

Thousands of 'best'guitar artists in this world... subjective to the listener,😆

[@1101964]

are you kiddin me...lol tommy is just the Boss....