I don't see how this is humanly possible. The skill is otherworldly. Astonishing and so flawlessly beautiful, at times sounding like a harp. Great showman too. Just incredible on so many levels. Thank you for sharing.
Not a dry eye on the Internet! The expression on the face of the Bass player is something to watch. I had no idea that this classic was composed by Les Paul. Wow on so many dimensions!
@TonyWhite22351 You are correct! Per Wikipedia: ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. Don't remember where I got the idea that Les wrote that. It may have been because Les said: "Somewhere over the Rainbow, thats my song." I suppose he meant that that was one of the songs in his repertoir.
I am 63 years young, have been playing acoustic guitar and electric guitar since I was 4..... am blessed to have had a guitar teacher who was a student of Segovia, and the best that I ever was, was poor to fair compared to some of the great guitar players. I have heard many of the greats play, and I know that there are hundreds, to numerous to mention..... but my major desire is to hear you play live. I consider you, if not the best guitar player... because you are so humble and respected, one of the best that I have ever heard! ☺️
It's over. Tommy has ascended to a place among musicians in that he sees over them. Short of Mozart composing on the piano, I just don't know anybody else with this sense of interpretation and skill set. The angels themselves are in awe of him.
He reminds me of a neighborhood buddy of mine. We all played guitar but that MF was always 20 steps ahead of everyone. Those harmonics he pulls off at the start are jaw dropping
I have seen Tommy play this live a couple of times and still marvel at how good he is. Even the professional musicians on stage are in awe of his playing. A warm and genuine person as well.
So cool to see Les Paul enjoying watching a then younger Tommy Emmanuel perform. Such grace for a total legend to promote younger talent. Today Tommy Emmanuel does the same - there are several videos of him bringing newer up-and-coming guitarists up on stage to perform.
The double bass guitar chick behind suns it up. She is mesmerised and in tears by the end at how beautiful it is. Les just stares in awe. A great Aussie guitarist. His brother is as good and prefers electric. The two together, the absolute knowledge of each other, the guitar and what it can do is amazing. Look for Emmanuel brothers or Tommy and Tony Emmanuel.
You know it's special when you can make every other musician in the room--including another guitar immortal--put their chins on their hands with a look of sheer bliss on their faces and just let the performance take them away.
Ive seen Tommy play this before many times in various videos. THIS one made me cry. Playing the song to the man himself. I love how much the Double Bass player in the background loves this. Peace and Love
WOW, I got teary-eyed watching him feel it and the sound was mindboggling! Isn't the internet wonderful? We get to listen to a work of beauty like we were right there. Thank you for this magical musical journey.
Les Paul at the Iridium was one of the hidden treasures of NYC. Saw two shows. He was both entertaining and generous with showcasing other pickers. How intimidating must it have been to play with him sitting there watching. Now I’ve seen Tommy in concert twice as well and he’s a gem as well. I feel fortunate to have been in the presence of such incredible talent.
I've seen Tommy perform as a one man show and left with my jaw hung open. The man is a master on the guitar. And emotes some of the greatest feelings I have known through his playing. Awesome!
Me too, lucky enough to see him live last year. Not only a nice bloke, great performer, but literally the greatest living guitar player currently alive. I felt blessed to have witnessed him.
He casts a spell with his playing; you can see it on the bass players face (as an example); she is just entranced- her facial expressions closely matched my own emotional response to that beautiful song played so beautifully.
Have seen him 2x...not enough!!! Once was at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN, where Doc would play a lot and he did Deep Water Blues in honor. He also told a guy on phone to either get off his phone or get out! It. Was. Awesome. (He later apologized...a gentlemen; the phone guy was a selfish, unaware millennial)
Tommy is this world's last living wonder. These words will hold true and there is a lasting sadness to that statement. I sat in a music hall in Brisbane and you played songs and then a song for your daughter who was there and it was something. Thanks mate
Almost every time that I hear Tommy play..... I cry. Alot has to do with the Psudo-balba effect at that I deal with. Anyone who has had a traumatic brain injury deals with. I had a major stroke. I was blessed to bring a friend to see Tommy in Boston. I, as always, was mesmerized. A dream come true. And I can't wait to see him again. Thanks, Tommy! 💓☺️
Born in 1942, so as a child I can say that this music was playing in the background of my early childhood. I guess most of it made an impact on my inner being,because I never deliberately made a decision to tune in to Les and Mary at the age of 6-7-8. At any rate, on those rare occasions,whenever I hear that music I can sing along . “Somewhere there’s music” indeed.Thanks for the beautiful gift from you and especially Les Paul. I have to say that I’m awaiting the arrival of several C. D’s from AMAZON. My family, great grandkids included, will be a captive audience for sure.
As it would sadly & Beautifully turn out, this was also the last song he performed for Les .. What a beautiful memory to have paying tribute to Les by playing his song for him while he was still with us
Tommy never ceases to amaze me and all those mesmerized by his spectacular artistry on the guitar. Have never seen or heard anything like it. When you hypnotize a whole room with your virtuosity and you leave the great Les Paul, only feet away from you, stunned and awe-struck by your talent, well it doesn't get any better than that! Tommy, you show everyone just how beautiful the guitar can sound. Nobody comes close to you on the 6-string. You ARE the man!!
Sharing the stage with Les made guitar gods like Brian May (my favourite) and Ritchie Sambora so nervous they could barely play. Tommy paid tribute to LP with this song but did it his own way, and that was a truly spellbinding performance.
This tune is already a timeless masterpiece, so it’s very fitting that Tommy gives it a timeless cover - absolutely mesmerizing to watch, and just sheer pleasure to isten to.
Holy crap, this guy is good. Beyond good. He "gets it'. Not that "shredding" the guitar is bad. It can be fun to listen to. But it is far from how you measure a great guitarist. Tommy is the proverbial proof in the pudding.
He can shred too. What non musicians don't understand about this guy is his ability to put his fingers in places not many others on the planet can...and make it look effortless and easy. He has so many thousands of hours sitting alone in a room,as all the greats do,we can never catch up.
A self taught, (by ear) playing musical freight train hurtling down the tracks. You can’t learn this stuff. This is musical genius at its absolute finest. From all of us here in Australia to the rest of the world. Here’s Tommy, and you’re welcome.
Yep. I will be attending his guitar camp this September in Nashville. Went last year. Fantastic time! Tommy is the nicest guy too. His music keeps me busy on the guitar
Tommy Emmanuel is otherworldly . His creative choices are beautifully mind-boggling yet as they embrace one’s heart and soul they are so intimately familiar as if returning to some heretofore unimaginable paradise .
J découvre ce gars là semaine dernière, fantastique il fait comment? ❤❤❤ bravo le poète, bravo l artiste bravo le musicien .❤❤❤ bravo tommy j espèreque vous aller jouer pour Emmanuel.au ciel.
TM had the great opportunity to have CA as an influence and the gifts few people ever receive…….incredible talent. Both are true artists with their instruments!
Completely flawless and simply truly amazing .. my jaw will require retrieving from the floor .. I’m humbled to see and hear such a virtuoso at the top of his game .. thank you 🙏
There aren't that many people in the world that can actually make a guitar sing. Tommy is one of them. And for anyone that hasn't seen it, if you want to see Tommy, all the stops pulled, look up his classical gas. It is insane.
Thanks so much for posting. I think it's possibly the best rendition of Tommy's version ever recorded... so intimate. The Iridium only sat about 180 people. What an experience to have been there that night it would have been.... Everyone was obviously in awe of his amazing talent, and rightly so.
one of the most beautiful renditions I've ever heard. THAT is how to play guitar. I'm 69 YO, got my first guitar at 14, still have about 6 or 7 of them. I will never again tell anyone I play guitar. I will now say i mess around with them. Even a simple E chord played by either of them is far better than I can do. Simply beautiful. Thank you Les and Tommy.
Brings a response from my eyes such a beautiful piece , God Bless Y’all hope we all can get along better in 2022 we are all humans let’s do the right thing and get along I love everybody peace out
Extraordinary, astounding. From a guitar player who once aspired to such fluid and well-articulated melodicism, restrained yet rhapsodic expressivity, Thank you for this.
I've played guitar for over 50 years. When I listen to this I cry, for a whole variety of reasons.
me too
❤️
I just did the same ..
same
same for me ...I saw him play this live last year and it indeed brought me to tears as well
To play for Les Paul, and to see him enjoying your music, must have been humbling. Even for the likes of Tommy Emanuel.
I don't see how this is humanly possible. The skill is otherworldly. Astonishing and so flawlessly beautiful, at times sounding like a harp. Great showman too. Just incredible on so many levels. Thank you for sharing.
@@danyy8000 hell of a lot of practice years
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@@raymondvaughan6262 yah 👍
@@danyy8000 I could practice for 100 years, locked in a room with Tommy himself, and not be able to play like this. And that’s OK.
@@aaronmunro5818 bro stop the cap 🧢…y’all just overhyping at this point respectfully 😊
This bloke isn’t a guitarist….he is a bloody magician ! Magnificent.
20 years ago my guitar teacher in school told me, "check out Tommy Emmanuel" I thank him to this day
The magic moment for me is at 6:19 when everyone has their chin on their hand in appreciation and maybe a little awe at Tommy's playing.
To impress a legend like Les Paul speaks volumes.
I actually believe that there is magic in the world, and things like this are some of it. Incredible……
Agree!
@@mariotisso is going to be nice to ere
Even after passing my O.W.L.S at Hogwarts, I can't get to Tommy's level of enchantment on this muggle musical instrument.
Indeed!
I’m sure Tommy is an Alien,,sent to Earth to show us how the guitar should be played,,
Not a dry eye on the Internet! The expression on the face of the Bass player is something to watch. I had no idea that this classic was composed by Les Paul. Wow on so many dimensions!
This tune was first released in 1939 so I can’t see how Les Paul could have composed it !
@TonyWhite22351 You are correct! Per Wikipedia: ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. Don't remember where I got the idea that Les wrote that. It may have been because Les said: "Somewhere over the Rainbow, thats my song." I suppose he meant that that was one of the songs in his repertoir.
I am 63 years young, have been playing acoustic guitar and electric guitar since I was 4..... am blessed to have had a guitar teacher who was a student of Segovia, and the best that I ever was, was poor to fair compared to some of the great guitar players. I have heard many of the greats play, and I know that there are hundreds, to numerous to mention..... but my major desire is to hear you play live. I consider you, if not the best guitar player... because you are so humble and respected, one of the best that I have ever heard! ☺️
It's over. Tommy has ascended to a place among musicians in that he sees over them. Short of Mozart composing on the piano, I just don't know anybody else with this sense of interpretation and skill set. The angels themselves are in awe of him.
He's the greatest guitarist for me.
He reminds me of a neighborhood buddy of mine. We all played guitar but that MF was always 20 steps ahead of everyone. Those harmonics he pulls off at the start are jaw dropping
There is no single note this gentelman is doing without a deep sense of presence and beauty. Bravo
I have seen Tommy play this live a couple of times and still marvel at how good he is. Even the professional musicians on stage are in awe of his playing. A warm and genuine person as well.
So cool to see Les Paul enjoying watching a then younger Tommy Emmanuel perform. Such grace for a total legend to promote younger talent. Today Tommy Emmanuel does the same - there are several videos of him bringing newer up-and-coming guitarists up on stage to perform.
If you hear Tommy for 2 or 3 seconds you know who it is
Les Paul seems as impressed as I am. What a master player
Half a century old. Unquestionably the most beautiful performance I've had the absolute pleasure of enjoying.
Priceless! Tommy Emmanuel raises the bar for ALL musicians, but especially for Guitarists!
The double bass guitar chick behind suns it up. She is mesmerised and in tears by the end at how beautiful it is. Les just stares in awe. A great Aussie guitarist. His brother is as good and prefers electric.
The two together, the absolute knowledge of each other, the guitar and what it can do is amazing.
Look for Emmanuel brothers or Tommy and Tony Emmanuel.
Phil was Tommy’s brother.
Phil has joined the band in the eternal realm. Sadly missed.
Tommy is absolutely amazing.
Her name is Nicki Parrott - from Australia
You know it's special when you can make every other musician in the room--including another guitar immortal--put their chins on their hands with a look of sheer bliss on their faces and just let the performance take them away.
What a great tribute to Les Paul. Tommy Emmanuel is legend. Maybe the best acoustic guitarist on the planet.
Ive seen Tommy play this before many times in various videos. THIS one made me cry. Playing the song to the man himself. I love how much the Double Bass player in the background loves this. Peace and Love
Her name is Nicki Parrott - from Australia
WOW, I got teary-eyed watching him feel it and the sound was mindboggling! Isn't the internet wonderful? We get to listen to a work of beauty like we were right there. Thank you for this magical musical journey.
That performance leaves me frozen in awe . I think even Les was just amazed .
Les Paul at the Iridium was one of the hidden treasures of NYC. Saw two shows. He was both entertaining and generous with showcasing other pickers. How intimidating must it have been to play with him sitting there watching. Now I’ve seen Tommy in concert twice as well and he’s a gem as well. I feel fortunate to have been in the presence of such incredible talent.
Genius spectacular art. Will be admired for centuries.
I've seen Tommy perform as a one man show and left with my jaw hung open. The man is a master on the guitar. And emotes some of the greatest feelings I have known through his playing. Awesome!
Me too, lucky enough to see him live last year. Not only a nice bloke, great performer, but literally the greatest living guitar player currently alive.
I felt blessed to have witnessed him.
This is the BEST acoustic performance I've ever seen! Beyond excellent.
Damn, did he set The Fret Board high!
I need to play this well one day.
He casts a spell with his playing; you can see it on the bass players face (as an example); she is just entranced- her facial expressions closely matched my own emotional response to that beautiful song played so beautifully.
Cat Keys she’s an Aussie
@@7884golfguru Maybe. Maybe not. I love Aussies. What's your point?
Cat Keys no point
Her name is Nicki Parrott - from Australia
Have seen him 2x...not enough!!!
Once was at the Down Home in Johnson City, TN, where Doc would play a lot and he did Deep Water Blues in honor.
He also told a guy on phone to either get off his phone or get out!
It. Was. Awesome.
(He later apologized...a gentlemen; the phone guy was a selfish, unaware millennial)
Tuyệt chiêu wonderful
Started watching Tommy and his brother way back in the late 70"s. He was a genius back then. Only gets better with age.
On an acoustic no less. Most of us who claim to be musicians are just mere mortals. A very few aren't.
Staggeringly beautiful, go and see Tommy live!
Tommy is this world's last living wonder. These words will hold true and there is a lasting sadness to that statement. I sat in a music hall in Brisbane and you played songs and then a song for your daughter who was there and it was something. Thanks mate
Almost every time that I hear Tommy play..... I cry. Alot has to do with the Psudo-balba effect at that I deal with. Anyone who has had a traumatic brain injury deals with. I had a major stroke. I was blessed to bring a friend to see Tommy in Boston. I, as always, was mesmerized. A dream come true. And I can't wait to see him again.
Thanks, Tommy! 💓☺️
Love Tommy, one of the best accoustic players of all time.
Born in 1942, so as a child I can say that this music was playing in the background of my early childhood. I guess most of it made an impact on my inner being,because I never deliberately made a decision to tune in to Les and Mary at the age of 6-7-8. At any rate, on those rare occasions,whenever I hear that music I can sing along . “Somewhere there’s music” indeed.Thanks for the beautiful gift from you and especially Les Paul. I have to say that I’m awaiting the arrival of several C. D’s from AMAZON. My family, great grandkids included, will be a captive audience for sure.
Magnificent. The lady playing the bass could not stop admiring his beautiful playing!
Her name is Nicki Parrott - from Australia
As it would sadly & Beautifully turn out, this was also the last song he performed for Les ..
What a beautiful memory to have paying tribute to Les by playing his song for him while he was still with us
I am constantly reminded no matter how many hours a day I practice I will not reach this level of virtuosity in 1 lifetime
Tommy never ceases to amaze me and all those mesmerized by his spectacular artistry on the guitar. Have never seen or heard anything like it. When you hypnotize a whole room with your virtuosity and you leave the great Les Paul, only feet away from you, stunned and awe-struck by your talent, well it doesn't get any better than that! Tommy, you show everyone just how beautiful the guitar can sound. Nobody comes close to you on the 6-string. You ARE the man!!
Sharing the stage with Les made guitar gods like Brian May (my favourite) and Ritchie Sambora so nervous they could barely play. Tommy paid tribute to LP with this song but did it his own way, and that was a truly spellbinding performance.
One of the best performance of Tommy Emmanuel
This tune is already a timeless masterpiece, so it’s very fitting that Tommy gives it a timeless cover - absolutely mesmerizing to watch, and just sheer pleasure to isten to.
Amen. He's playing that guitar with his whole body. Not to mention his brain I guess!
When stunning melody meets the most expressive musician on guitar in the world the master .... Tommy....
What a performance in front of a legend. Tommy’s talent is truly out of this world. His dynamics are just unbelievable.
Holy crap, this guy is good. Beyond good. He "gets it'. Not that "shredding" the guitar is bad. It can be fun to listen to. But it is far from how you measure a great guitarist. Tommy is the proverbial proof in the pudding.
He can shred too.
What non musicians don't understand about this guy is his ability to put his fingers in places not many others on the planet can...and make it look effortless and easy.
He has so many thousands of hours sitting alone in a room,as all the greats do,we can never catch up.
A self taught, (by ear) playing musical freight train hurtling down the tracks. You can’t learn this stuff. This is musical genius at its absolute finest. From all of us here in Australia to the rest of the world. Here’s Tommy, and you’re welcome.
The purity of this performance will live on forever !!
Tommy Emmanuel is beyond extraordinary! What a nice thing to play for Les Paul, too.
Les Paul: no one can embellish this piece of music
Tommy: hold my beer
Thanks for posting the song alone without all the banter before hand. Half the fun is watching the bass player, Nicki Parrot's reaction.
Lenny breu
Both pioneers and virtuosos on their instruments when in their prime, it’s come full circle and it’s so so beautiful to see.
Yep. I will be attending his guitar camp this September in Nashville. Went last year. Fantastic time! Tommy is the nicest guy too. His music keeps me busy on the guitar
Tommy is a genius with composing notes and phrases.
I can feel his love and respect for the song Les and his audience! His heart and soul in it all!
There's Tommy and there's Phil , then there's Tommy n Phill , privileged to see them individually and together , Bilambil and the Port of Call :)
Simply beautiful!!! Excellent job Tommy!!! Not very many people can play with that magnitude of feeling!!
Tommy Emmanuel is otherworldly . His creative choices are beautifully mind-boggling yet as they embrace one’s heart and soul they are so intimately familiar as if returning to some heretofore unimaginable paradise .
Years and years of practice and dedication right there. Wow!
Heaven.
J découvre ce gars là semaine dernière, fantastique il fait comment? ❤❤❤ bravo le poète, bravo l artiste bravo le musicien .❤❤❤ bravo tommy j espèreque vous aller jouer pour Emmanuel.au ciel.
Wonderful! Txs for sharing this. Priceless 👍🏻
The Greatest!!
Tommy Emmanual !🙏🙏🙏
Tommy Emmanuel is in a league of his own. Chet Atkins comes close, but the student has outmastered the master.
TM had the great opportunity to have CA as an influence and the gifts few people ever receive…….incredible talent. Both are true artists with their instruments!
Truely gifted wonderful musicians. Artists
Completely flawless and simply truly amazing .. my jaw will require retrieving from the floor .. I’m humbled to see and hear such a virtuoso at the top of his game .. thank you 🙏
There aren't that many people in the world that can actually make a guitar sing. Tommy is one of them. And for anyone that hasn't seen it, if you want to see Tommy, all the stops pulled, look up his classical gas. It is insane.
I never could have imagined how much I needed that.
Genius👏🏽
Made my eyes water. And very few things do that. Thank you, Tommy.
That is the BEST guitar work I've ever heard. THANK YOU SIR...
the guitar goes for a smoke break after each song. The one only guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel ❤
If you're going to have someone play your song and have it come out way better then you ever thought it was probably Tommy Emmanuel
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Thanks so much for posting. I think it's possibly the best rendition of Tommy's version ever recorded... so intimate.
The Iridium only sat about 180 people. What an experience to have been there that night it would have been....
Everyone was obviously in awe of his amazing talent, and rightly so.
Tommy was Bestman for my friends Steve and Lori. Got to play a little guitar for him at a BB que . Very nice guy.
The worlds greatest living guitar master
Without doubt. Most of the important artists, of the last few hundred years certainly, are under appreciated and unknown during their lifetimes
What a superb guitarist. A true artist!
Tommy, thanks for doing this piece of music an impossible level of justice. I'm flawed, totally heart struck with delight. Thank you
I’ve come to the conclusion Tommy is an Alien sent to Earth to show us how the guitar should be played,,,,
Wonderful wonderful music a true maestro
Fantabulous! I saw Tommy in Atlanta ga a few years back...all i can say is wow!
one of the most beautiful renditions I've ever heard. THAT is how to play guitar. I'm 69 YO, got my first guitar at 14, still have about 6 or 7 of them. I will never again tell anyone I play guitar. I will now say i mess around with them. Even a simple E chord played by either of them is far better than I can do. Simply beautiful. Thank you Les and Tommy.
I have chills listening to this and can only imagine Les saying "I'm passing the baton"
Que maravilha!
Que arranjo!
Transformou sua guitarra numa harpa!
INCREDIBLE !!Only! A GOD!! GIVEN ANGEL COULD PLAY LIKE THIS!!
Brings a response from my eyes such a beautiful piece , God Bless Y’all hope we all can get along better in 2022 we are all humans let’s do the right thing and get along I love everybody peace out
Bravo Maestro ,❤️
Just beautiful.
Even the other musicians are shaking their heads at this performance wondering how this is possible!
That was mesmerizing
The Humble Master of his Art !
Wonderful performance. But I am still baffled by the magnificent chord choices Eva Cassidy makes in her version of Over the Rainbow.
Me too. She was incredibly original
ON ANOTHER LEVEL,BEST EVER,NO ONE CAN SAY HE AINT THE BEST ,I WISH I HAD THE SKILL OF TOMMY.
Extraordinary, astounding. From a guitar player who once aspired to such fluid and well-articulated melodicism, restrained yet rhapsodic expressivity, Thank you for this.
Can't find the words . So good
Gave me goose bumps. Bravo!
Wow that's so amazing and so beautifully played! Love it Tommy Emmanuel!!
Incredibly magical! ❤