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by UG Team on October 27, 2008

(9.5, 22 votes)

Recognized as the elite of the elite and arguably the greatest living acoustic guitar player, two-time Grammy nominee Tommy Emmanuel has mesmerized both fellow musicians and audiences alike with a professional career that spans over four decades. Recently voted Best Acoustic Guitarist in the Guitar Player magazine annual Readers’ Choice Awards for 2008, Tommy Emmanuel is currently on tour worldwide in support of his new live DVD Center Stage.

Check out UG-TV’s exclusive backstage footage and interview with the Australian virtuoso himself, recently filmed at the House of Blues in Hollywood CA. Tommy discusses recording his new live DVD, his approach to songwriting, performing, touring and treats us to a glimpse of his incredible 6-string skills.

You can pick up a copy of Tommy’s new live DVD here!

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comments posted

say5ss2 :

Truly one of the best...

POSTED: 10/27/2008 - 10:38 am / quote |

UNIe :

Wonderful player and wonderful advice.

POSTED: 10/27/2008 - 10:58 am / quote |

jazzman07 :

good interview, but bad camera quality.

POSTED: 10/27/2008 - 02:19 pm / quote |

Mr Jeb :

he is awesome

POSTED: 10/27/2008 - 10:04 pm / quote |

fretsonfire74 :

Oh my god I love Tommy. Great to finally see a video of him on here.

POSTED: 10/28/2008 - 02:52 am / quote |

vincent89 :

He is so Awesome! I so wish he would come here to the Philippines.. or even somewhere to Southeast Asia. I'd definitely buy a ticket to see him.

POSTED: 10/28/2008 - 05:07 am / quote |

dynamitri :

whats the name of the song he plays when in the screen the text pops up in the beginning.

POSTED: 10/28/2008 - 11:00 am / quote |

MANTAJAZZ :

wow a real guitar player on ultimate-guitar.it was about time..

POSTED: 10/28/2008 - 01:58 pm / quote |

ubtguitarist :

MANTAJAZZ wrote:

wow a real guitar player on ultimate-guitar.it was about time..

haha so true

POSTED: 10/28/2008 - 04:46 pm / quote |

blue_strat :

Great interview, but couldn't the camera have been rested on a table or something - and a bit closer to Tommy?

POSTED: 10/28/2008 - 09:19 pm / quote |

AMC1977 :

I actually got to see him (a couple of times) at the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival in Winfield, KS. UNFUCKINBELIEVABLE!!! He's really funny on stage too.

POSTED: 10/28/2008 - 09:52 pm / quote |

JacK C :

Does anyone know what song he's playing at the end?
Thank UG

POSTED: 10/29/2008 - 06:59 am / quote |

Jimmy92 :

Oh my god he's absolutely incredible... One of the greatest guitar player of ever!!

POSTED: 10/31/2008 - 01:57 pm / quote |

Srv... :

He is a very good guitarist...technicly one of the bests
But sometimes he can't lay some emotion in songs which really need it
(I'm thinking of "I Still Can't Say Goodbye" ...compare the version of Chet Atkins (where everybody lay in tears) to the one of Tommy...The only remark I have on tommy...

POSTED: 11/02/2008 - 08:04 am / quote |

Srv... :

little correction...He lays emotion in his songs but in a different way...the song loses its special touch...don't know how it comes...

POSTED: 11/02/2008 - 08:06 am / quote |

federicocc :

the name of the song is locomotivation

POSTED: 11/03/2008 - 12:36 pm / quote |

ThomasHare :

would have been great to be on an airport and suddenly find him sitting in a corner and playing
I'm really looking forward to him coming up here to cold norway