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Post by fatfingerjohn on Dec 15, 2013 15:34:07 GMT
Unbelievable, incomparable but a bit like marmite; who likes it and who doesn't?
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Post by ocarolan on Dec 15, 2013 16:08:43 GMT
I'd like to see him performing live, but I've no particular interest in listening to him on CD. I do enjoy the occasional Youtube video, espeially of his slower pieces. The million notes/second stuff just leaves me cold but I really like eg Mombasa and Saltwater.
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Post by Martin on Dec 15, 2013 18:03:20 GMT
Love it. The guy is a great performer and I had the pleasure to see him play live a few years back. I don't have his CDs though, so perhaps that is telling.
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Post by grayn on Dec 15, 2013 18:15:23 GMT
I have mixed feelings. Some great technique and interesting chordal structures and of course, showmanship. I'd prefer more attention to tone and less rattley, unclear notes. He's having a great time and overall it's was an enjoyable montage.
Thanks for the post.
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Post by Phil Taylor on Dec 15, 2013 19:46:11 GMT
I love Tommy but never listen to Classical Gas - sick of it. I have seen him twice solo the first time being superb and the second nowhere near as enjoyable. I have quite a few of his CD's and he is a very, very melodic composer no doubting that - listen to 'Only', it's excellent. However, my favourite CD of his is actually his last with Martin Taylor. I'm not keen on Tommy's live sound - here's my review of the concert I saw when he was touring with Martin Taylor Tom and MartinPhil
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Post by colan on Dec 15, 2013 20:21:15 GMT
Love it. Beautiful. Stylish, idiosyncratic, immaculate, colourful- and that's just his shirt.
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Post by windminstrel on Dec 15, 2013 20:41:51 GMT
I have seen a few Tommy Emmanuel videos and they are okay, although I would never lend him one of my guitars looking at the cut of his one. However this Joe Bonamassa acoustic guitar video is one of my favourites and I have watched it many times:
Like the saying goes: "You can never have too many pairs of sunglasses or guitars"
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Post by athelstaneford on Dec 15, 2013 20:53:33 GMT
I liked him immensely when he first came on the scene,but find him too much now,he's in a league af his own,I lean toward the more traditional players now,just me though.
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Post by missclarktree on Dec 15, 2013 22:47:20 GMT
I loved this film when I first saw it about a year ago, and must have watched it about fifteen times, but I think part of the attraction is that he's so obviously having a lot of fun, which is infectious. I haven't bought any of his CD's either.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2013 9:41:20 GMT
Technique to kill for, but I think he's too conscious of it, and often seems to forget to let a tune shine out and speak for itself.
Here's another great technician, but one who never lets melody and tone get obscured by showmanship, and whose diversions from the tune are completely complementary and always lead back to it.
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Post by leoroberts on Dec 16, 2013 9:54:13 GMT
The TE version ain't for me...
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Post by Banadog on Dec 16, 2013 15:13:35 GMT
I don't think I could listen to a cd of his playing, but some of his stuff like "Angelina" are great fun to play.
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Post by dawkins on Dec 17, 2013 14:59:21 GMT
I respect his talent but feel his technical ability has come to define him as opposed to his musicality. I guess what I am trying to say is that his performances always appear to me as being first and foremost a spectacle of guitar technique which competes with the actual music (which can be interpreted and played in many ways).
Still, If I had that technique myself I'd most likely do the same and he is very good at what he does.
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Post by scorpiodog on Dec 19, 2013 12:45:39 GMT
Well I think he's great. I wouldn't listen to lots of his music, but I'd go and see him again live in a heartbeat. Why? Because he is a great showman. He's funny, warm, a great raconteur and his guitar playing's not too bad. I like to believe he's a really nice guy, too. I mean just look at the way he duets with a fan here. I've only recently become interested in jazz guitar, but, as WD says, Joe Pass was a fantastic improvisational player. I'd have loved to have seen him. But then, there are so many guitarists of the past I'd have loved to have seen. Django, Charlie Christian, Segovia to name but three. Funnily enough, Joe Bonamassa does nothing for me. I can see what a wonderful guitar player he is, but I can find no passion or emotion in his playing. I did like this guy, though when I saw him once or twice: astonishingly bitten down right hand fingernails. He always seems to be having such fun, it's quite infectious (not the Clap, the enjoyment!).
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Post by Akquarius on Dec 19, 2013 18:10:56 GMT
Interesting question. I have some of his CD's ("Only" being one of them), but come to think of it I have to admit that I seldomly pick a TE CD. There are too many other players I prefer to hear.
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