Interview: Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel on concentration, grit, persistence and mastery

Australian musician Tommy Emmanuel is globally famous as a “Certified Guitar Player” - an honorary title which the great American country guitarist Chet Atkins bestowed on him in 1999. But his mastery of the guitar is living proof of another "CGP": his concentration, grit and persistence.

In an interview with Andrew McMillen, national music writer at The Australian, Emmanuel talks about those three qualities by demonstrating some of his hard-earned instrumental wizardry.

Tommy also demonstrates an aspect of his music that he believes is misunderstood; he explains his use of harmonics, and how he approaches the tricky task of arranging complex songs for a single guitar, such as his intricate, jaw-dropping solo covers of The Beatles songs such as Day Tripper and Lady Madonna.

To read more about Tommy Emmanuel and his remarkable life story, including his recovery from cocaine and alcohol addiction, click here to read The Weekend Australian Review's cover story, published February 25, 2023 (~14 minute read): https://theaustralian.com.au/news-sto...

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