Post by slowpoke on Aug 23, 2016 21:24:32 GMT -5
My Wife and I went to see Tommy Emanuel Monday night in Mandurah Performing Arts Theatre, he did a 3 hour show with a 20 minute interval. He was of course brilliant and treated a packed house to a selection of his own material as well as things like Classical Gas and a medley of Chet tunes. He did 3 very notable vocals, one about his Dad, an old dance standard (the title has slipped my mind) and a terrific rendering of Hurt. A song made popular by the band 'Nine Inch Nails' and was also one of the last recordings the late JR Cash had done if not the last. He had 3 Maton guitars on stage also his 100watt AER amp which was feeding into a couple of powered speakers (on stage) as well as being DI'd into the house PA Giving him a perfect sound. With his percussive attacks on the strings it amazed me that he didn't break at least one string. I was sat next to a young gentleman who has seen and met Tommy so many times and he was a wealth of knowledge as to Tommys equipment that once the show was over we sat talking for a good 10 minutes while the theatre had practically cleared out the we left. Yes a brilliant evenings entertainment by one man and 3 guitars. I made the decision only 5 minutes before leaving home not to take my Maton to get Tommy to autograph because even after all these years unless I'm actually going to or from a gig I feel a little embarrassed carrying it around.. S
