Tommy Samuel's Influence On Australia

Tommy Emmanuel was born at Muswellbrook New South Wales Australia in 31 May 1955. He is an Australian guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer. He best known for his complex Guitar Fingerstyle playing technique. Tommy Emmanuel has carved out his own style as a solo guitar player in recent years and he managed releasing award winning singles and albums. Guitar player Magazine named him "Best Acoustic Guitarist" in their readers poll. In June 2010 Tommy was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia. His impact on musicians was huge especially on aspiring guitar players like me. Tommy is a guitar legend and one of the most respected musicians of all time.
Tommy was taught by his mother to play. By the age of six years old he was already
Tommy was 15 he went to Sydney to chase and pursue his musical career.
He started playing in clubs and playing on recording sessions. He gained further popularity in the late 1970s as the lead guitarist in The Southern Star Band, the backing group for vocalist Doug Parkinson. During the early 1980s, Tommy joined the reformed lineup of leading 1970s rock group Dragon, touring widely with them, including a 1987 tour with Tina Turner. He left the group to embark on a solo career. Tommy travels around the world and plays about 300 concert a
he heard an American guitar player named Chet Atkins on the radio and that was the galvanizing moment in his life. That is because Atkins was playing both the rhythm and bass part as well as the melody and harmony part all at the same time. Tommy was told not to take note of that because it was only a "recording trick" but somehow Tommy knew it was being played at the same time. It was challenging but he kept practicing and listening, he eventually got it. Tommy learnt so much of his materials then one day He met and played for Chet Atkins and Atkins confirmed that he was playing right even though Tommy never had any music training and he still don't to this day. Another Big part of Tommy's repertoire was the Beatles because that band makes interesting pieces. He arranged songs like Day Tripper and Lady Madonna by his technique of playing the moving bass lines, harmony, chords, percussive techniques and melody all at the same time. He arranged a tune called "blue moon" in a similar way, introducing the bass line, drums, chords and melody one by