I have known Tommy Emmanuel for about six years now, and have had the pleasure of performing with him and others at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society conference, nearly each year. CAAS is held annually at the Sheraton Music City Hotel in Nashville, every July. He has shared the stage at CAAS with Nokie Edwards, Tom Bresh, Richard Smith, Romane, Jim Nichols, Buster B Jones, and other fine guitarists from all over the world.
Tommy is an awesome guitarist, and one of only two guitarists presented with the CGP (Certified Guitar Player) status by Chet Atkins. He recordered "Fingerpickers take over the World" with Chet Atkins.
The Australian guitarist performs all over the world and is definitly worth seeing. He's one of the world's best guitarists, in my opinion.
Click here: Tommy Emmanuel c.g.p. | official Homepage There's a short video at the site, too.
Another guitarist Stephen Bennett, performs often with Tommy E. He too, is a fantastic musician, and also performs on most occasions with his "Harp guitar". I performed an engagement last week in El Paso (Chamizal Festival), and Stephen Bennett was also on the program. We did a workshop together on fingerstyle guitar techniques. He's an incredible fingerstylist. Also, joining us in the workshop was Ruben Romero on flamenco techniques. Click here: Stephen Bennett - Guitarist
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Best Regards,
Wayne Wesley Johnson
Wannadu, LLC
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Santa Fe, NM 87508
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