kn said:
Katilian said:
kn said:
If you like innovative guitarists, try Tommy Emmanuel... He is from Australia... He plays his own style but is a modification of fingerstyle play (thumb on top three strings and remaining fingers on bottom three). There are a few songs he plays that you'd swear are 2 or 3 people playing together and the pace is, well, astounding. He has a DVD out where he plays a long tune in which he plays every square inch of the guitar from percussion to the strings on the tuner... Your jaw will be on the floor when he's done... |
Not sure if you are referring to Initiation, but here is a link. I saw Tommy about 3 years ago in Wollongong. Was an amazing show. And a little known fact, he was born in my home town of Muswellbrook. Edit: The actual song (as in from the album) doesn't start till about 3:30 into that video. |
Yes, initiation is the tune... just odd, really, but the man is talented. I will say that he plays some things that are technically not that terribly difficult but others are just downright ugly scary. Tommy is the guy that made me look at my classical guitar playing, shed a quick tear, and then promptly give up the instrument. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tN2LuMQjMo |
I used to play a version of Classical Gas based around Tommy's version (though I add in the part that he leaves out). Is the only full song of his I ever learnt. Train to Dusseldorf is probably the hardest song of his I have attempted, and there is no way in the world I am ever going to nail the introduction to that.
