Certified Guitar Player

Maxnewid and Dave:
I met Tommy Emmanuel a few years ago in Richmond and I said your comment to him- might as well throw my guitar out-he replied, "no, no, this is meant to inspire you to play even more!" NIce guy - amazing talent and he truly has so much fun on stage.

Sid42
I like Neck and Neck also. I enjoy everything I've heard by him.

Zmanastronomy
So true what you say. Truly finger picking was his.

Tpreaves
Not just play circles around them; but is a true performer, entertainer. You can feel the love he has for the guitar, music making and just plain playing. Having a great time.

Maxnewid
What you say about TE is true. I was wowed by him when I first heard/saw him. Another true entertainer, just having a great time doing what he loves most. In his own words inspired by Atkins, the impetus for him to learn to play.

Regards,

Dave

Nils Lofgren.

Tommy Emmanuel is a living certified guitar player who understudied Atkins. I highly recommend seeing him live. As an amateur guitar player, every time I see Emmanuel, I am torn between practicing more or throwing my instrument away. Some of his licks just don't seem humanly possible. His most recent live disc is excellent. Check out "Guitar Boogie" on Youtube.

Chet Atkins can play circles around most of todays,so called "virtuoso", guitarists.

Chet made it look so effortless. He was in fact a pioneer to that style of playing.
He had no one to play with, so he learned to play like two people where playing.
I have several albums and enjoy them greatly.

Say, Chet, are you doing your practicing on a harp lately? Do they have guitars in heaven?
And for you, Dave, yes, Chet was a great player. One of my favorite cd's is "Chester and Lester", where he played and joked around with Les Paul. Bothe were great players!

thanks for the kind words.i practise 8 hours a day.