Tommy Emmanuel plays Struttin' on my guitar!

[@Deathblow85]

I'm someone who listened to deathmetal all my life. Too see this enthousiasm in playing on stage as well beeing a super cool dude with fans and just keeps signing guitars like he has got all day...I'm a new fan.

[@Biggus63]

Tommy makes we Australians proud, he's just the best ambassador and a wonderful example of the very best of the Australian character, friendly and down to earth. Oh, and he can play a bit as well.........

[@wheelie63]

you certainly should be ...........he is really something special.......how you say.?.....good on ya, mate !..........wb

[@biggfingger5]

what a person. A true genius with immesurable talent,and the kindness of the ages in his heart. I'd love to play like him,but would be even more proud to have such a man as a friend.

[@mamachip]

Such s nice, accomodating, gracious man. Nice to se these days. Still makes an effort to be the guitar hero he would want to meet as a kid.

[@damonprince8673]

intended to watch a particular song of Tommy's 2 hours later still watching Tommy.

[@coryCuc]

The story of my life lol

[@erikjbrown]

same!

[@cocolossal69]

Happens to me all the time 😆

[@aloefgren]

he is so down to earth. when i watched him he told us he had like 280 concerts that year. how does he manage to stay so polite to everyone he meets and be that into it everytime he plays.

[@ThrashRoC]

Great Guy ..Tommy Emmanuel...

[@Jamesdylandean]

What an awesome ambassador for Australia!!!!

[@BoatmanCalling]

Hiya, Great video. Thats me who got the guitar signed after you. Thanks very much for posting, it was such a great night!

[@spoiledrottenonlykid]

i too was luckey to meet tommy in knoxville,tenn last year and i was star struck at first but was soon put somewhat at ease by his easy manner. i agree he is the best guitarist around today

[@matthewcross]

I love the mom whispers. My mom would be doing the same thing :)

[@WaitDer]

So nice of him to be like this with fans, it's great to see.

[@davidmcgilligan1176]

Totally agree. my favourite guitarist, (and in my opinion the best) and has written some of the most haunting and beautiful modern acoustic guitar songs out there. Gives away and shares his knowledge with the world, is not up himself and just loves music. What a great role model and truly gifted man!

[@coryCuc]

2:41 just shows you how much TE absolutely loves to share his love for music and the guitar. He loves what he does and loves putting smiles on peoples' faces. He's truly one of a kind.

[@RonRivet]

Unbelievable!!! Man can he ever play!! Cool that you got to spend some time with him.

[@kraidenb.226]

Aaah, he's wholesome.

[@ECKTEastCoastKISSTribute]

Such a generous man.......sincere. I would cherish that guitar.

[@hismaster100]

our world needs more champions like Tommy E.

[@IndraSinha]

This is such a lovely story. Just grinning ear to ear. Good on Tommy, and you too.

[@Artisticer]

What an incredible experience to meet and have Tommy Emmanuel sign and play your guitar!

[@jamesrobinson1624]

Tommy, you are doing what I always dreamed of doing myself. You talent makes me see what I've missed. Great job tommy keep it up.

[@chantalvigneau475]

This video proves one thing: TOM The Only Musician capable of hearing the piece going with the instrument in a second, Well done

[@specialcrunch]

Incredible. Thanks for sharing this special moment.

[@Billbobaker]

Tommy sure seems like a great guy. Simply amazing musician. Best ever

[@Guitarmike]

Wow, it don't get much better than that! Congrats!

[@crlguitar1]

Tommy is the most amazing performer I've ever seen play a guitar! He'd make an old Stella sound like a $5000 guitar. I learned long ago that just playing a famous guitarist's model that it doesn't make ME sound like them! Wish I could sound half as good as this guy!

[@sriabster]

A gentlemen's gentlemen .. what an awesome human being!

[@thechetpicker]

What a great guitarist and a great man too. Brilliant upload

[@bigdood]

I have been fortunate enough to meet Tommy twice - before concerts - the first time I brought an OLD OLD 1960's (Sears and Roebuck) guitar, and he was gracious enough to sign it... however, he didn't play it -- he told me he would need a tetnus shot to play it! :-) The second time I met him in Nashville, TN, I got both TE and Dr. John Knowles to sign my NEW guitar (Taylor 314CE). Tommy said, "Nice guitar..." and that just made my day. Tommy IS music. Watch closely when he plays... :-D

[@stellbo]

What a class act, gentelman and artist.

[@KS622]

what a beautiful sound your guitar has! And what a great song that struttin' is, this video made me want to learn this song!

[@midnightaustin9287]

How did you learn the pinky bar back then sir? i struggle doing a pinky bar on accoustic with thick string, i can do it on nylon strings. but doing it on accoustic is just really difficult

[@KS622]

@@midnightaustin9287 get a good setup and get the neck as straight as possible (almost no relief), it shouldn't be too hard. The song is tricky, but the barring shouldn't be too difficult.

[@JMCSD]

Dude.... I am sooooo jealous of you. He seems like a real down to earth guy. Loved watching this. I'm pretty sure the 1 dislike was someone as jealous as I :P. Thanks for uploading.

[@MrJackchap]

Gods ambassador to music

[@dwayneguydammit]

thats one good way to tripple the value of a guitar!

[@gooman989898]

what a humble man... proud to be an aussie like him ;)

[@thelonious1234]

Congrats man. Tommy's a cool dude for sure.

[@Sinobe1]

Love it how he hears the sound in the Guitar.

[@hubertarcese7769]

ce n'est pas un musicien ordinaire mais un homme extraordinaire....................b612

[@rebelcanoneer]

No problem! I worked this song out a few years ago,it defiantly takes time to get but not impossible.Good luck!

[@steeler3258]

what an awesome guy!!

[@Roger49-x71]

Son..... Jerry'd have a big smile all over his face :-)

[@jeff.alive09]

Great master

[@BoatmanCalling]

@MotherPluckr Cool, It's a lovely guitar. Thanks, I love that wood too. Sound on it is great. It was €500 when I bought it last year. It was only my second acoustic. All the best man!

[@World-as-i-c-it]

Very cool Tommy!

[@nikhildorai]

Tommy rocks..PERIOD!!

[@eveofthecity]

Pure class.

[@silnetofsn]

you've got a blessed guitar, mate..!

[@johndoe2]

I love how it's all very very quiet!

[@MusicBenForte]

You’re toy story arrangements are class mate well done. (fellow Irish man)

[@thewatchman6074]

Gerry Reed was a vastly underrated guitar great. I guess a lot of the public saw him as a bit of a clown, but he was an absolute musical genius at composing new guitar tunes.

[@markspencer171]

unbelievable

[@hohaia01]

More proof that Jerry was a great composer and musician.

[@doctorcamargo]

Joshfinz, you're right... I never did and I just learned what is a Drop D tuning... anyway, never is late to start to play guitar. Thanks for the reply!

[@TheDecidingBullet]

MY DREAM: buy a seagull artist series and get it signed by amazing Tommy Emmanuel :/D

[@erikj425]

what a nice dude!

[@anomerically]

Seems like a legend guy too :)

[@jrusselllazlo]

Wow, You've good a real memento to treasure.

[@paxomatic]

I think Tommy is our greatest Australian export. More power to him I say. Don't come back to Australia, there's no future here for someone that talented.

[@byronevans8278]

He's playing a Jerry Reed tune called "Struttin" at 6 min and again at 7 min. Jerry wrote it and Chet Atkins put it on his album "Me and My Guitar".

[@guitar78ish]

+Byron Evans Yeah I was surprised he gave credit to Chet, saying "how on earth did he come up with it" but at 6:52 he does say "I stole so many ideas from Jerry Reed"

[@ibanezshredder1]

Great video! thanks for uploading, thats my record hes looking at, at 8:10 :D

[@kriblerz1]

he is soooo damn nice!

[@JohnSmith-yi9yt]

My buddys dad took me to see you. It changed my outlook on guitar

[@Deebemc]

this is like Tiger Woods borrowing your clubs and smashing in a couple of birdies. Effortless! What a nice talented bloke!!

[@brunobueno1989]

maravilhoso!

[@jameshem]

Wow, was Tommy even warmed up? Amazing.

[@JohnSmith-yi9yt]

I promise I will play with Tommy one day.

[@JohnSmith-yi9yt]

Its hard to emulate the best guitfiddle player in the world.

[@MrDizzyvonclutch]

sweet!!!

[@henymen]

thank you!

[@PNgaia33859]

any guitar whaaaa heheh Tom is The Man

[@petestrat07]

haha i bet you've never heard your guitar sound like that before!

[@GameLevelEditor]

Back then you had to have an exceptional ear to pickup a riff like struttin with a tape recorder or record player. Now you just download a tab and anyone can play it if they're motivated enough lol! Awesome Tommy does that piece well!

[@dinoamous9031]

1:28 man cant believe the sound is coming from his guitar.

[@doctorcamargo]

Rebelcanoneer, thank you very much for the reply... I'm working hard on this kind of tunning!

[@AuraStudios]

can you just go early and approach him like that?! im trying to go see him in june and get him to sign my martin! :)

[@trungtin135]

seems like Tommy E really liked your guitar man!

[@bigdood]

LOL... the song "Struttin'" was a signature piece of the fourth c.g.p. (Certified Guitar Player), Jerry Reed. The three c.g.p.'s still "Struttin" are Tommy, Dr. John Knowles, and Steve Wariner. I am trying hard to find Steve to sign my guitar so I will have all three living c.g.p. signatures on my Taylor. Then I will keep it forever. TE inspires me to do one of two things -- to practice, practice practice -- or to just give up and burn the damned thing. So far, I'm practicing. :-)

[@revedmusic]

I have Takamines. I was pleased to hear tommy say he has Takamines at home. He uses Matons on the road. I wonder which he prefers. I'm sure his Takamines are from the Pro Shop in Japan not the G series or Jasmine ones. that are made everywhere from Indonesia to China.

[@MultiSteini]

he sings the name of the song, your own personal jesus

[@eslmc]

What a cool guy. Not a bad picker either.

[@JohnSmith-yi9yt]

Here just do this. Be awesome.

[@midnightaustin9287]

i guess all musician have difficulties to immediately jump into a section which we wanna show or talk about haha 5:58

[@MemeNatorius]

OH MY GOD He plays Johnny Cash Personal Jesus, I love that song and I love Cash, I dont even know that Tommy is listening Cash too :D

[@sarawutpiyasakulchaichan2906]

Excuse me , what's Takamine model? ...sound great ...Thanks in advance

[@fritsingenkamp8021]

Windy and warm

[@BoatmanCalling]

@MotherPluckr Thats great. I did it months ago when I got the ticket. It was brilliant that he does that. By the way your playing is great in your videos! That guitar has a really lovely sound, How much was it?

[@10118516]

could anyone please tell what s the song tommy playing at 7:14?

[@MotherPluckr]

溫翰文 Borsalino

[@doctorcamargo]

Śomebody can tell me what he does with the E string? He changes the tune? If positive,he changes to wich key? I'll be grateful if somebody answer me!!

[@kingrobert1st]

Strange dark place...where were they?

[@henymen]

i have the possibility to buy a en25c from 1992 for 500€, is it a good choice too?

[@DC180]

how did you manage to get to meet him before the gig? wow

[@shakeshaftthomas]

What was the song Tommy was playing at 6minsish?

[@JaoART1]

Takamine EN-25C ?

[@MotherPluckr]

Yup!

[@marie-josehoppenbrouwers6300]

@@MotherPluckr awesome guitar !!!just bought one too!!! 1987... happy to hear it playing by Tommy Emmanuel..

[@olivierjaquet]

hi there, what guitar is that ? It is one of the greatest guitar I ever heard, and I sounds as if it is so comfortable to play !

[@MrHahn94]

dude I'm gonna steal ur guitar XD

[@margaretbrown5428]

I like this version even better the Jerry Reeds version

[@tutatos]

the name of the first song please!

[@henymen]

what takamine model is that?

[@danyoe]

what takamine do you have there?

[@dwebster50]

Quite a bit of respect here... Jerry Reed writes a great song and TE respects it by playing it a bit better.. I prefer to hear him play it on the nylon Kirk Sand Thanks for posting and a very nice sounding Takamene

[@surfstomp]

@rickstoneybroke yeh, I was going to have sign my grand piano but she said give me the spray can---pass