Tommy Emmanuel Tickets

The maker of hit albums like Determination and Can't Get Enough is coming to rock your town so be ready to welcome him. Tommy Emmanuel is one of the most popular country and blues music artists in Australia. He has been ruling the hearts of fans for almost four decades now and still enjoys an ever growing fans base. He has released a whooping twenty-four studio albums and has sold millions of copies across the globe. You certainly cannot afford to miss the upcoming concert of his, and why should you wait when you can get Tommy Emmanuel tickets, so get them now.

Tommy Emmanuel belongs to Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1955. While he was just four years old he got his first guitar. He often comments that while he was seven years old, he heard acclaimed guitarist Chet Atkins on local radio and immediately decided to follow his footsteps. While he was still a kid, his father sold the house and started to travel across Australia Tommy and his brother performing music as a family band. During his childhood Emmanuel didn't attend school as he was mostly touring from one city to the other. In 1966 on insistence of the local government authorities, Tommy and his brother started going to school and the family finally settled in Parkes. While he was hardly in his early teens Tommy was already busy making jingles, working as a session musician on different albums and apart from this he also worked as a drummer for his brother's band Goldrush.

In the late 70's mre fame came to Emmanuel as he started to play as a lead guitarist in a known band called The Southern Star Band. He was also the backing vocalist for popular Australian singer Doug Parkinson. In the 80's he also got a chance to extensively perform and tour with the immensely popular progressive rock and rock band of the 70's called Dragon. Tommy Emmanuel has also performed and recorded with his all time favorite guitarist Chet Atkins. In 1997 both Atkins and Emmanuel teamed up to record a music album that was named The Day Finger Pickers Took over the World. Apart from Atkins, he has worked with other big names of the music world such as Air Supply, Doc Watson, Les Paul, Sir George Martin and Eric Clapton.

Some of the most popular albums by Emmanuel are From Out of Nowhere, Up From Down Under, Dare to Be Different, Cant Get Enough, The Very Best of Tommy Emmanuel, Little by Little, Tommy Emmanuel Essential 3.0, All I Want For Christmas.  He has been nominated twice for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Country Instrumental Performance for his tracks "Smokey Mountain Lullaby" and "Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag". Emmanuel has been nominated twice for Best Acoustic Guitarist in readers poll by Guitar Player Magazine in the years 2008 and 2010.  Emmanuel is renowned for his unique figure picking and complex finger playing styles. For budding guitar players he has recorded and produced three instructional videos namely Guitar Talk, Up Close and Emmanuel Labor. For his immaculate services to music, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the year 2010.

Tommy Emmanuel is a versatile guitarist and singer, he will leave you stunned with his astounding acoustic guitar playing. You have been listening to his hit numbers on your local radio channels but it is advisable that you do check this amazing guitarist live in action. For this you just need to get cheap Tommy Emmanuel tickets and join the party.