Anyone know the name of that first song ?

Awesome playing at the end! Loved it!

Seems like an awful lot of practice to avoid using fingers.

Love these short Guitar Gatherings little tidbits! Great technique.

So what would be considered a healthy diet for a guitar player or a musician?

I am new to cross pick ... the finger picking is what I normally do and this is a neat skill ..

"I don't wanna be a world champion ball squeezer" T. E. 2024

Age is the last thing that comes in mind thinking about Tommy Emmanuel. No one plays as fresh as him.

Great video, thank you

"I can't fly around this thing like I did 20 years ago, but it's enough for me". Great lesson not to be too hard on yourself.

Saw him at UCSB ... The greatest guitarist I ever saw live He was amazingly good.

Keep on rocking Tommy. I’m 73 and the guitar is my savior. I’ve beaten carpel tunnel syndrome in both hands now I have trigger finger in my right hand ring finger, bugger! Hasn’t stopped me from picking up the guitar as much as possible. I agree with your logic, eat well, stay healthy that’s the trick. Cheers mate, Ren 👋👋🎸🎸

Steve! Great episode!

I'm a huge Santana fan and will always love Carlos and his band. But to me Carlos is a clear example of a guitarist whom's skills have declined as he ages. Yeah I know there will be a lot of people who will say he never was a highly technically skilled player in the first place.....but thats not the point. To me Carlos in the mid 70's up to somewhere in the 90's Carlos was at his peak in terms of fast melodic riffs and runs and then somewhere you could start to notice that he started arranging some songs that contained solo's that were his technically best into versions with a more Latin Lounge kind of groove in which the solo's were a lot simpler and easier to play. Depending on personal taste one may prefer the new renditions.....to me they are bummers have lost the power and dynamics they used to have. I always wondered why he started doing that and the only reason I can think of was that perhaps he started suffering of arthritis making playing the fast riffs too difficult.....or maybe just aging has slowed him down. Him still performing at 77 of course is admireable and power to him. And as he is carried by a fantastic group of top level musicians a Santana concert will still remain a great experience because people love to hear all the great hits. For me personally....I prefer to listen to the original renditions and watch live video's when he was at his best.

Thanks Tom God bless you

Clint played on one of my songs and his solo was amazing. Just noticed his singing voice sounds a bit like Freddy Power's. I'm sorry he's going through medical issues.

From an Aussie: yes Australia has tall poppy syndrome or crab pot syndrome in its dna.

Let's hope Tommy like Doc Watson who was my favorite, plays into His 80's.

Steve people are telling me you have to mute the other strings playing triads is this hard ?

I've had my Led Boots pedal for around 10 years now. It's a beast! Hundreds of gigs and thousands of hours on that pedal. I think I heard of a rumored fallout between J Rockett Audio and Phil Brown. Wonder what happened?

Just keep playing the damn guitar dude!

AMEN & AMEN!

Tommy is the coolest and what a great guitarist!!❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥

Was fortunate to have my local band open for the Sons of Champlin. Next day I was sitting in a motel with Terry Haggerty (a hero) and getting some pointer and advice I use to this day. Bill Champlin walked in as were winding down and said- Don't forget the keyword in music is PLAY and damn Tommy E you emanate that through all you do. Love your passion and generosity of spirt-Thank You

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😊🎸remember squeez the tennis ball, the hand strength,inspired by the thigh master or even one that exercised each finger? I like this idea better.

Quality is infinitely more valuable than quantity. There are many guys who played their instrument right up to the end in their 80's or 90's, like Doc Watson, Les Paul, Bucky Pizzarelli, or Stephane Grappelli. And even in their sunset years, it is more enjoyable to listen to their tasteful playing, refined by decades, rather than some young gun who can spew out licks with no true depth of feeling or historical knowledge behind it.

Killer playing 🙌

I shared this to Phil Keaggy who's recovering from a left hand thumb injury.

Ron plays with such great tone and taste and has a great ability to articulate such important aspects of the mental and technical processes of playing. Thank you Steve for bringing us these great musicians.

"It's enough for me." Well Tommy, 99.9% of guitar players out there aspire to be your version of "enough."

Tommy is So sensible. Interviewers, doctors, employers see the grey hairs and immediately assume the stereotypes of aging as they interview exceptional people. Many of us, who would be considered "elderly"..are doing what we’ve always done, sometimes at an ever better level than in our youth. In this case the young interviewer, for sure would be left in Tommy’s dust as a musician..

A precious archive-thank you!

Lots of great playing and insight on musicianship, technique, and practicing. Thank you for keeping these old videos available!

This is something I've been noticing lately. Tommy's gotten to the age where guitar players start to lose a lot of their finesse, strength, dexterity, speed, etc. It's not as steep and drop-off with Tommy, but it's certainly noticeable. And of course it's inevitable. And it makes me a little sad to see sometimes. But I'm happy to hear that Tommy's still enjoying himself and has a positive outlook about it all.

You're a master Tommy. You're still flying, believe me. As a 70 year old blues player, that plays nearly every day, I know I've slowed a bit, but I'm happy to be still enjoying what I do. I hope to listen to your artistry for many years to come. Thank you Tommy for the pleasure you bring

Go Tommy...we love you heaps

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That Tommy, hey!

Tommy says" I can still fly a little" yes sir, on those golden wings! God Bless YOU Tommy.

Magnolia,Mississippi

Steve, tell Tommy thanks so much for this. He and I are the same age (I'ma few months older, actually), and I can especially relate about the thumb wrap. "Just play the damn guitar!" Wisdom from a master! ❤

That man should have got an El kabong❤

Steve, this lesson is amazing. Thank you for this and the MATERIAL. 😎

When you played that with your fingers can you do it with a pick as not to good with fingers yet thanks Colin

nice lesson, thanks

The song you played at the end of the lesson, was it made up of some pentatonic scales? It sort of looked like it.

A great lesson - and great fun, too! Thank you very much. Greetings from Montevideo, Uruguay.

Thanks Steve. Another great lesson.

Easy there pal we're all friends here