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Tommy Emmanuel
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Thursday 3 December 2009 at 7:00pm
Shepherd's Bush Green
London W12 8TT
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Midnight Mango & DMP presents…
TOMMY EMMANUEL
RICK PRICE
Thursday 3rd December 2009
The 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green,
London, W12 8TT
Doors 7:00 pm
Reserved Seating
Tickets: £20 in advance
Venue Box Office: 08444 772000
Online: http://www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
Online: http://www.seetickets.com
Online: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Booking fees may apply.
TOMMY EMMANUEL (Favoured Nations)
Genre: Acoustic/Finger picker
Web: http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tommyemmanuel
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_P_-cFbGbU
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. A household name in his native Australia, Tommy has garnered hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. Tommy’s unique style - he calls it simply “finger style” - is akin to playing guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. With 4 platinum & 3 gold albums and many awards, he sets the standard for others to emulate.
Latest Release: Capturing Tommy Emmanuel’s immense talent is new live box recording “CENTRE STAGE”, (2008 Favoured Nations) a two CD set and separate DVD release - originally recorded live over three nights in October of 2007 at the Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, California. Centre Stage is a great live mix of the new and the fan favourites.
Background: Emmanuel’s music and life are legendary in Australia. He began playing guitar at age 4, by learning to play by ear without any formal instruction. Emmanuel and his older brother Phil were child prodigies, starting their professional careers in the 1960s. By the age of six, Tommy was already working as a professional musician. Shortly after his father’s death in 1966, the Emmanuel family was approached by Australian country music star Buddy Williams, who took the family on the road until they were forced by the Australian child welfare department to stop travelling. The Emmanuel children were then sent to a regular school.
Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to pick up the guitar as a child. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel’s biggest fans. In 1999, Chet honoured Tommy Emmanuel with the title of “Certified Guitar Player” for his lifetime contribution to the instrument, a rare honour shared by only three other people in the world (Jerry Reed, Steve Wariner and John Knowles). Atkins eventually recorded with Tommy in 1996 on “The Day the Finger Pickers Took Over the World”, for which Emmanuel received his first Grammy award nomination. This was also Atkins last recording.
In 2000 Tommy Emmanuel was watched by 2 BILLION people during the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Sydney.
His versatility has taken Tommy from international Jazz Festivals to special events at The Sydney Opera House, The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, performing for the King of Thailand and the Australian Prime Minister and going to remote areas in Peru and Africa to name a few.
Tommy has toured and worked withSir George Martin, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Michael Bolton, Olivia Newton-John, Tina Arena, Bill Wyman, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, James Burton, John Denver, Albert Lee, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Dave Koz, Martin Taylor, Leo Kottke, Hank Marvin, Joe Walsh, Warren Hill, James Morrison, John Farnham, Roberta Flack, Randy Goodrum, David Hirshfelder and many more.
RICK PRICE (Australia) (Clarice Records)
Genre: Acoustic / Country
Web: http://rickprice.com.au
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/rickpriceau
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23W7e9t3OC4
Rick Price possesses one of the most celebrated and soulful voices in contemporary Australian music. In a wonderfully diverse and successful recording career now spanning almost two decades, he has revisited some of his best loved tunes and given them an acoustic makeover and released his new album, REVISTED. Playing support to Tommy Emmanuel will introduce Rick Price to a whole new audience of British music fans, revealing him as a gifted contemporary artist, musician and songwriter, that Australian fans have known for so long – a genuine musical troubadour.
TOMMY EMMANUEL
RICK PRICE
Thursday 3rd December 2009
The 02 Shepherds Bush Empire, Shepherd’s Bush Green,
London, W12 8TT
Doors 7:00 pm
Reserved Seating
Tickets: £20 in advance
Venue Box Office: 08444 772000
Online: http://www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
Online: http://www.seetickets.com
Online: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Booking fees may apply.
TOMMY EMMANUEL (Favoured Nations)
Genre: Acoustic/Finger picker
Web: http://www.tommyemmanuel.com/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/tommyemmanuel
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_P_-cFbGbU
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. A household name in his native Australia, Tommy has garnered hundreds of thousands of loyal fans worldwide. Tommy’s unique style - he calls it simply “finger style” - is akin to playing guitar the way a pianist plays piano, using all ten fingers. With 4 platinum & 3 gold albums and many awards, he sets the standard for others to emulate.
Latest Release: Capturing Tommy Emmanuel’s immense talent is new live box recording “CENTRE STAGE”, (2008 Favoured Nations) a two CD set and separate DVD release - originally recorded live over three nights in October of 2007 at the Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, California. Centre Stage is a great live mix of the new and the fan favourites.
Background: Emmanuel’s music and life are legendary in Australia. He began playing guitar at age 4, by learning to play by ear without any formal instruction. Emmanuel and his older brother Phil were child prodigies, starting their professional careers in the 1960s. By the age of six, Tommy was already working as a professional musician. Shortly after his father’s death in 1966, the Emmanuel family was approached by Australian country music star Buddy Williams, who took the family on the road until they were forced by the Australian child welfare department to stop travelling. The Emmanuel children were then sent to a regular school.
Guitar legend Chet Atkins was one of the first to inspire Emmanuel to pick up the guitar as a child. Decades later, Atkins himself became one of Emmanuel’s biggest fans. In 1999, Chet honoured Tommy Emmanuel with the title of “Certified Guitar Player” for his lifetime contribution to the instrument, a rare honour shared by only three other people in the world (Jerry Reed, Steve Wariner and John Knowles). Atkins eventually recorded with Tommy in 1996 on “The Day the Finger Pickers Took Over the World”, for which Emmanuel received his first Grammy award nomination. This was also Atkins last recording.
In 2000 Tommy Emmanuel was watched by 2 BILLION people during the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Sydney.
His versatility has taken Tommy from international Jazz Festivals to special events at The Sydney Opera House, The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, performing for the King of Thailand and the Australian Prime Minister and going to remote areas in Peru and Africa to name a few.
Tommy has toured and worked withSir George Martin, Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Michael Bolton, Olivia Newton-John, Tina Arena, Bill Wyman, Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, James Burton, John Denver, Albert Lee, Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Dave Koz, Martin Taylor, Leo Kottke, Hank Marvin, Joe Walsh, Warren Hill, James Morrison, John Farnham, Roberta Flack, Randy Goodrum, David Hirshfelder and many more.
RICK PRICE (Australia) (Clarice Records)
Genre: Acoustic / Country
Web: http://rickprice.com.au
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/rickpriceau
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23W7e9t3OC4
Rick Price possesses one of the most celebrated and soulful voices in contemporary Australian music. In a wonderfully diverse and successful recording career now spanning almost two decades, he has revisited some of his best loved tunes and given them an acoustic makeover and released his new album, REVISTED. Playing support to Tommy Emmanuel will introduce Rick Price to a whole new audience of British music fans, revealing him as a gifted contemporary artist, musician and songwriter, that Australian fans have known for so long – a genuine musical troubadour.
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Tracks from the Lineup
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Rick Price - Talking to the… full track | 2:25 |
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Tommy Emmanuel - Morning Aire full track | 5:53 |
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Tommy Emmanuel - Angelina full track | 3:42 |
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Rick Price - Daisy farm park full track | 2:34 |
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Tommy Emmanuel - Son of a Gun full track | 1:49 |
