Tommy Emmanuel @ CAAS 2009 - Guitar Rag

What an amazing opportunity to see Tommy play some great tunes up close ! Here he plays a Kirk Sand Steel String guitar that happened to be on display at the Kirk Sand booth.

[@moxy82]

This video embodies the most essential reason for KZbin to exist: immortalizing the best that humanity has to offer.

[@coachdoc49]

Jaw dropping. The more time I listen the more I'm flabbergasted. This performance is right out of his very being.

[@stevedrake604]

Oh, c'mon. It was really sloppy by Emmanuel standards.

[@TD_Romeo]

I like tommy better in this environment. A master no doubt... Sometimes he gets a little crazy for me.. But after watching several of the meet and greet videos, I see his hospitality as a mentor/teacher and a person is second to none!

[@HowardH2008]

Yeah Smokerblacker....I'd love to hang out with Tommy myself...Has a great attitude. Lots of fun!

[@SkumBanana]

I totally agree, this is my favorite register of his. But Tommy himself said somewhere he considers himself an entertainer above all. I prefer his more intimate moments, he does get a little too crazy for me on his live shows. But to each his own. A true master, a great musical inspiration for myself as an amateur guitar player. Cheers!

[@Manuscript4]

SkumBanana That is so sublimely written.

[@axeman2638]

Inspirational isn't he.

[@simpeable]

@@SkumBanana Yeah sometimes he does go crazy, but it is just his inner trigger that makes him goes off. I think he is great guitar man who is by the way great showman to, and he likes to stress it out (like , firstly I am entertainer) and than guitar player, which is kinda odd to the most of us guitar trill seekers as he sad but he knows what he talks about. Sometimes you have to bee little crazy to go somewhere and than to come back. Let's be honest most of solo performers are not that funny ..either they are dead serious which is boring in a way if you look at the same person for hour ( and I am like that boring when I am playing) which actually is not that cool. I mean if you are showman especially solo performer you got to know how to occasionally make a joke or two, to get connection with audience which is most important thing, to keep attention of audiences . It is special skill set almost stage science and from that point of view I really get him. It is not only about guitar but everything when you are up there on stage..it could be frustrating as hell.

[@KrisPrans]

Not only does he playy in a class of his own, he also seems like a really nice person

[@SMaamri78]

I’ve met him. He really is a nice, humble person who hasn’t forgotten his roots.

[@danradu9659]

Coming to Western Canada in May. Been waiting years to see this guy.

[@DwayneFweep]

Fantastic. Man, he makes that guitar talk!

[@dyoung411]

you r the best guiter player i've ever seen

[@davidhoffmann7467]

So good. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE GRAMMY !

[@joshuacash]

best guitarist alive today, period x2

[@iankyoko]

Too good! I love how he ended it!

[@markt158]

Tommy Emmanuel proves there is life on other planets, because no human can play a guitar like TE!!

[@TroppiSilente]

I love that man...

[@mondodave]

love this, man!!

[@backlash660]

The force is strong in this one !!

[@Abdullah2071]

The only best guitarist alive today

[@auburnmikeclark]

Who has more fun playing than Tommy? I say nobody.

[@unplugged89]

"He can make a deacon do the buck-and-wing". Still don't know exactly what that means, but I like it.

[@Debbies-art]

It's a dance.

[@unplugged89]

@@Debbies-art Thanks Debbie; I've been wondering about this for the decade since posting that comment.

[@Debbies-art]

@@unplugged89 oh, now that's hilarious! I didn't notice the date of your post... ha! We had a good laugh at that one! Thanks!

[@jimclarke1108]

Well the guys have heard it all before for many years, until now ))

[@danielepiazza2395]

Chitarrista immenso, riff bellissimo. Non capisco che problemi hanno quei 19 unlike.

[@SiggyMe]

Inspiring one of your best tunes.........

[@acousticguitarfan55]

genius!

[@wesleyevencio9461]

Simplesmente encantador! Toca muito,canta muito, e a Ginga para tocar? Esse é o cara...

[@rickynba]

the number one!

[@shinjiyoshizawa9355]

かっこいい！

[@PETTKY650]

I am splendid! It is strange! The ending is the best! I looked repeatedly many times. It is ... to a certain playfulness uncle

[@YerZippersDown]

He really does seem like a playful uncle

[@ignungg]

Cool finishing.

[@jamesd4110]

The Eddie Van Halen of Boom Chick!

[@jcpalmer6051]

I want a pup out of him!

[@EmilErnebroGuitar]

This IS why I play music! What guitar is that, anyone know?

[@noelmeehan]

@ZeldasDiner You get it wrong, It was in response to somebody who said that Tommy was spelling the lyrics in that way ^^

[@slennie]

super super super!

[@danielnradu]

Those dudes sitting around him probably all walked out with brand new Kirk Sand Steel guitars! That's good marketing.

[@xXAvatarofGuitarXx]

He's playing a Kirk Sand guitar. They're custom hand made guitars that don't go under like $5,000 soooo.....yeah I wouldn't worry about it lol!

[@longerthanalways]

Holy Smoke!

[@mkzdot]

haha nice ending x]~ !

[@Guitare_picking]

GOD

[@perrins57]

Soul with a Capital 'S'

[@mondodave]

if that doesn't sell a Kirk Sand guitar, nothin' will...

[@punishr36]

@longerthanalways Mars!

[@samiq]

@loveforsteelstrings description dude..

[@tjrugg]

Finally not a Maton, which only Tommy can play.

[@nreRagnaros]

He also plays Gibson, Martins, his Kalamazoo and a Taylor (not the big brand, a luthier named Taylor) and a Custom Larivee. Just not that often :)

[@thekev506]

you've left this comment on every one of these videos, we get the idea! The man can play a cardboard box with elastic bands for strings as far as I'm concerned, the guitar doesn't make the musician

[@vjohn82]

Where can I get tabs for this song?

[@mattyjayj]

He is plugged in.

[@galidune]

reminds me of Gamble Rogers.

[@akustikdelight7339]

davie 504 you see that? that's how he slap

[@stepitupandgo67]

@PinkFZeppelin who does the original??..merle travis?...(this is synesthesia67 btw...google acct screw up) ..but...ummm...I'm pretty sure he's using a thumb pick here....I can see it plain as day ...

[@markt158]

Great comment @napischu

[@geetarwanabe]

i dont believe in god, but i believe in that statement

[@PinkFZeppelin]

@synesthesia67 It's not that hard try learning the original song first. I just use my fingers like tommy does, he doesn't use a thumb pick in this, if he did it wouldn't sound as warm.

[@danielnradu]

Eddie Van Who???

[@Flatpickmastery]

My grandpa doc Watson could do that he played acoustic

[@LukasHoeimark]

@vjohn82 Inside your brain!

[@adrianscally]

Yoda his A-game better bring

[@francisvideotape]

ça swing :p

[@texbls]

this guitar sounds better than his manton, bass strings sound like nylon

[@tamarindodogs]

@XaXotyn Kirk Sand

[@joelkeeley793]

What does he say right at the beginning of the song?

[@jamesrichardson263]

Merle travis scotty moore ike everly opend alot of doors for guitar players god bless them guys

[@XaXotyn]

What kind of guitar is it?

[@Jago433]

uh, does he say F word at 0:32?

[@dashinggaspar8042]

9 years late, but he says "Buck and wing".

[@IvikHostrup]

@ZeldasDiner Wrong, he teaches god.

[@tjrugg]

great to see him play things unplugged. He could never play a Maton unplugged, they just do not have any sound

[@gummer1997]

Thomas Rugg you must be crazy a maton 808 has a beautiful sound especially with the deep body it has, now his may not sound off much because he has a feed back screen in but he often plays one unplugged. Now the Santa Cruz tommy is playing at this caas event is in fact plugged in. So you are double wrong mate

[@cpjds1]

Lol, you would troll here.

[@Proximo011]

I think that was what napischi meant, the "god is pretty cool, but he ain´t no Tommy"

[@napischu]

@mateuszacz U mad, bro? Forgot to take your pink pill this morning?

[@napischu]

@mateuszacz Feeling sorry for you, mate. Can't even start to imagine how damaged you must be to take offence from a comment like that. Hope you find more meaning in life. Take care.

[@noelmeehan]

The lyrics says "buck-and-wing", not "fucking wing" lol...

[@TheBanyanEmperor]

Chuck Norris then...

[@MadnessOfMarmots]

Sorry, but that's impossible.

[@JJ180]

i want to see him screw up just once! until then he's from outa space!

[@lucistired]

Listen to the album he did at the Ryman. There's a mistake as he goes into lady madonna in the beatles medley.

[@mateuszacz]

@napischu maybie it makes you a little bit happier when you see your comment at the top. Its ok. Kinda pathetic but.. if it makes you feel better. Its just sad seeing the same copy-paste shit on every video.

[@metallicaaaa1]

@napischu Lololololol

[@napischu]

I hate it when people compare Tommy to god. I mean he's pretty cool and all, but he's no Tommy Emmanuel.

[@ChrisHanline]

This guy's got nothing on Owl City