Somewhere Over The Rainbow | Tommy Emmanuel | Zarek Silberschmidt

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open.spotify.com/track/4VFg8C...
'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' , a song made famous by Judy Garland, is for so many a special song. For me, it's a remembrance of the first time I could meet ‪@tommyemmanuel‬ in person for the first time in 2015 at the Auckland live Civic Theatre, New Zealand. I waited all day outside of the venue in hopes to catch a moment with one of my greatest guitar hero's. Luck was on my side as I got the opportunity. When I met him I asked he we would be so kind as to play his arrangement of 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' and he said "I'll see what I can do Zarek, enjoy the show". That concert that followed filled me with so much inspiration. Half way though the show, he said "this next tune is for a young guitar player here tonight" and he proceeded to perform this song. I now perform this song at my shows as a tribute to one of the great guitarists of Generation and I share the story of the first time I met Tommy. Many years later I met Tommy again and shared a dinner with him and a great guitarist Clive Carrol, but that's a story for another time.
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Guitar:
Custom Made 'Sumo' from Bodio Guitars
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[@MennoJHvanderReijden]

Beautiful, you know your stuff and bring it to lightin a modest way. Thank you…

[@ZarekSilberschmidt]

Thanks a lot, Menno.

[@claudemuller3279]

Du bist der BESTE👋

[@eternacadencia6637]

Beautiful arrangements!! Congrats from Argentina!

[@ZarekSilberschmidt]

Thank you! The arrangement is from the great Tommy Emmanuel!

[@fidelpeugeot721]

❤ bodio guitar

[@ZarekSilberschmidt]

Correct!

[@jayheinz4624]

Very nicely done,!! 👍👏👏especially those cascading harmonics have Tommys style!! Those must have taken a lot of work for you to learn? I still can't quite do them right! Hahaha! And I enjoyed your story about meeting Tommy..!👍🤠 I met Tommy as well a couple years ago along with Joe Robinson,at their In Bismarck ND . And meeting Tommy was quite a surprise. It's a story also..We thought he had gone,,,, I went into the bathroom and when I came out he was standing in the lobby by the cd table visiting!!my jaw dropped! and there was only about five people there. I had an anxiety attack visiting with him,lol, he seemed in a hurry but did sign CDs for people,,I did get a picture and visited with him a bit. I Wish I could have jammed with him.. 😁🐦

[@ZarekSilberschmidt]

Thanks Jay - I have a free lesson on how to play these har harmonics, maybe it's cool for you? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3fUn6WQqpqLe5I

[@jayheinz4624]

@@ZarekSilberschmidt oh really? That's nice of you!, I will have to check that out, Thanks! And do you mind if I ask? Where are you from?🐦

[@TRGuitar]

Great playing! Sounds really nice on the hollow body as well! Enjoyed listening 🎶 👍

[@ZarekSilberschmidt]

@Thomas Ramsay, Thank you so much for listen and writing in. Your channel is awesome man. Regards from Switzerland.

[@jazzmarkus]

Beautiful!

[@ZarekSilberschmidt]

Thanks Markus, if you are ever close to Basel, get in touch lets play some guitar over coffee.

[@jazzmarkus]

@@ZarekSilberschmidt Great idea!!!! Let me know when you are close to Frankfurt.

[@jazzmarkus]

You have really a great way of using harp harmonics!

[@ZarekSilberschmidt]

Thanks a lot!

[@AlanKRiley]

Very nice playing Zarek, lovely tune

[@ZarekSilberschmidt]

Thank you Alan! Warm regards from Switzerland.