Tommy Emmanuel
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William Thomas "Tommy" Emmanuel AM (born 31 May 1955) is an Australian guitarist, songwriter and occasional singer, best known for his complex fingerstyle technique, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar. Although originally a session player in many bands, Emmanuel has carved out his own style as a solo artist in recent years, releasing award winning albums and singles. In the May 2008 and 2010 issues of Guitar Player Magazine, he was named "Best Acoustic Guitarist" in their readers' poll. In June 2010 Emmanuel was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Biography
Emmanuel was born in Australia in 1955. He received his first guitar in 1959 at age four and was taught by his mother to accompany her playing lap steel guitar. At the age of seven in 1961 he heard a young Chet Atkins playing on the radio. He vividly remembers this moment and says it greatly inspired him.
By the age of six, in 1961, he was a working professional musician. Recognizing the musical talents of Tommy and his older brother Phil Emmanuel, their father created a family band, sold the family home and took his family on the road. With the family living in two station wagons, much of Emmanuel's childhood was spent touring Australia with them, playing rhythm guitar, and rarely going to school. The family found it difficult living on the road; they were poor but never hungry, never settling in one place. His father would often drive ahead, organize interviews, advertising and finding the local music shop where they would have an impromptu concert the next day. Eventually the New South Wales Department of Education insisted that the Emmanuel children needed to go to school regularly.
Jingle Bells
"Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung American wintertime songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. Even though it is now associated with the Christmas and holiday season, it was actually originally written for American Thanksgiving. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir; however, historians dispute this, stating that it was much too "racy" to be sung by a children's church choir in the days it was written.
Composition
It is an unsettled question where and when James Lord Pierpont originally composed the song that would become known as "Jingle Bells". A plaque at 19 High Street in the center of Medford Square in Medford, Massachusetts commemorates the "birthplace" of "Jingle Bells," and claims that Pierpont wrote the song there in 1850, at what was then the Simpson Tavern. According to the Medford Historical Society, the song was inspired by the town's popular sleigh races during the 19th century.
List of artists who have recorded "Jingle Bells"
"Jingle Bells" is one of the most recorded songs of all time. Many notable artists have recorded the song, including:
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- Live and Solo in Pensacola, Florida released: 2013
- The Colonel & The Governor released: 2013
- All I Want for Christmas released: 2011
- Little by Little released: 2011
- Just Between Frets released: 2009
- Center Stage released: 2008
- Happy Hour released: 2006
- The Mystery released: 2006
- Endless Road released: 2004
- The Great Tommy Emmanuel released: 2004
- The Very Best of Tommy Emmanuel released: 2001
- Live One released: 2001
- Chet Lag released: 2000
- Only released: 2000
- Collaboration released: 1998
- Can't Get Enough released: 1997
- The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World released: 1997
- Initiation released: 1995
- Terra Firma released: 1995
- Classical Gas released: 1995
- The Journey released: 1993
- Determination released: 1992
- Dare to Be Different released: 1990
- From Out of Nowhere released: 1990
- Up From Down Under released: 1989
- The Best Selection released:
All I Want for Christmas
Released 2011- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
- White Christmas
- Jingle Bells
- The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
- Winter Wonderland
- Mary's Boy Child
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
- The Magic of Christmas Time (Instrumental)
- One Christmas Night
- I'll Be Home for Christmas
- Silent Night
- How Great Thou Art
Collaboration
Released 1998- Fiesta (feat. Slava Grigoryan)
- Mary Had a Little Jam (feat. James Morrison)
- After the Love Is Gone (feat. CDB)
- Workin' Man Blues (feat. Troy Cassar-Daley)
- Imagine (feat. Human Nature)
- Amanda's Room (feat. Ben Northey)
- For the First Time (feat. Rick Price)
- Reminiscing (feat. Glenn Shorrock)
- Change for Good (feat. Randy Goodrum)
- Last Time I Saw You (feat. Ben Northey)
- Smokey Mountain Lullaby (feat. Chet Atkins)
- Imagine (reprise) (feat. Human Nature)
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Walls
by: Tommy EmmanuelG C9 D G
Some walls are made of stone
Sometimes we build our own
Some walls stand for years
Some wash away with tears
Some walls are lined with gold where
Some hearts stay safe and cold
Some walls are made of doubt
Holding in and keeping out
Chorus:
Em D G
If there is any hope for love at all
Em C9 D G
Some walls must fall
Some walls are build on pride
Some keep the child inside
Some walls are build in fear that
Love let go will disappear
Chorus:
Em D G
If there is any hope for love at all
Em C9 D G
Some walls must fall
Bridge:
Em G
How will you ever know what might be found
Em C9 D
Until you let the walls come tumbling down
Chorus:
If there is any hope for love at all