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.
Lover, Come Back to Me
"Lover, Come Back to Me" is a popular song. The music was written by Sigmund Romberg with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II for the Broadway show The New Moon, where the song was introduced by Evelyn Herbert and Robert Halliday (as Robert Misson). The song was published in 1928. Its middle section is based on "June: Barcarolle" from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons, opus 37b.
Film versions
The song was performed by Lawrence Tibbett and Grace Moore in New Moon, the 1930 film adaptation of The New Moon, and by Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in the 1940 adaptation, also titled New Moon.
Barbra Streisand version
Arranged and conducted by George Williams, the song was released as Barbra Streisand's second single release in November 1962, as a double single with "My Coloring Book".
Produced by Mike Berniker, and recorded before Streisand's first album sessions, the single was sent to radio.
In 1963, Streisand later re-recorded the song for her second album "The Second Barbra Streisand Album", which later appeared on the compilation "The Essential Barbra Streisand". In her first television special, "My Name is Barbra", she performs a bitterly jubilant version of the song, showcasing her versatility. In 2000, she performed the song on her "Timeless Tour" and a live recording was included on the live album "Timeless: Live in Concert", and the accompanying DVD release.
Lover Come Back to Me (Dead or Alive song)
"Lover Come Back to Me" is a 1985 single by Dead or Alive and was produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. It was taken from the band's second album, Youthquake, and the single mix features slightly different instrumentation to the album version but is generally the same. The single peaked at #11 in the UK, #3 in South Africa, #21 in Germany, #13 in Australia and #75 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
In addition to the standard 7" and 12" formats (the latter of which included a sleeve which could be opened up in to a poster), a fan-shaped picture disc was also released in the UK. The B-side to the single was "Far Too Hard", a song from the band's first album.
Like "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" the song was re-recorded in 2003 for the band's retrospective compilation Evolution: The Hits.
Reception
The single generally received positive reviews, being described as "appealing" by Ira Robbins while Ned Raggett of Allmusic said, "When Burns commands at the end of the chorus, 'Kick it right down, right down!' it's as memorable as mass media pop of any stripe ever gets."
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ALBUMS
- 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