ʻO Tommy Emmanuel, kekahi o nā mea hoʻokani pila o Australia. Ua kaulana kēia mea hoʻokani pila koʻikoʻi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. I ka makahiki 43, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he moʻolelo i ka honua mele. I loko o kāna ʻoihana a pau, ua hana ʻo Emmanuel me nā mea pena kiʻi hanohano. Ua haku a hoʻonohonoho ʻo ia i nā mele he nui i lilo i mau mele honua.
Hōʻike ʻia kāna ʻano loea i nā ʻano mele like ʻole a me nā kuhikuhi. Ua hoʻokani ka mea pena i ka jazz, rock and roll, bluegrass, country a me nā mele kahiko. I loko o kāna moʻolelo pilikino pūnaewele, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Emmanuel: "ʻO koʻu kūleʻa i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano mele like ʻole e hiki iaʻu ke hui."
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo William Thomas Emmanuel ma ka lā 31 o Mei, 1955 ma Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. Nui nā mākua o ke keiki i ke mele, hīmeni maikaʻi lākou a hoʻolauna i kā lāua mau keiki ʻehā i kēia hana, me Tommy liʻiliʻi. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i ka hoʻokani pila i ka makahiki ʻehā. Hoʻoulu ʻia e nā mea hoʻokani pila ʻAmelika nui ʻo Chet Atkins a me Hank B. Marvin. ʻO ka leo kīkā mua āna i aʻo ai ʻo "Guitar Boogie" na Arthur Smith. I ka makahiki 1960, ua hoʻokumu ke kaikuaʻana o Tommy i kāna hui mele i kapa ʻia ʻo The Emmanuel Quartet. He bana ʻohana ia.
Ua hoʻokani ʻo Tommy i ke kīkā mele, ʻo Phil ma ke kīkā alakaʻi, ʻo Chris ke kaikaina ma ka pahu, a ʻo ke kaikuahine ʻo Virginia ma ka ʻukulele. He mau makahiki ma hope mai, hoʻokani mau ʻo Tommy Emmanuel me kona kaikaina ʻo Phil. ʻAʻole i loaʻa i ka mea pena ka hoʻonaʻauao mele kula. Akā, ʻaʻole ia e keʻakeʻa i kāna kālena maoli e kākau i nā mele kupaianaha, nā mele a me ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā kahua pāʻani ma kāna mau ʻahamele.
Tommy Emmanuel - ke ala i ka holomua
Mai ka wā liʻiliʻi, ua hoʻomaopopo ke keikikāne i mea e hoʻokō ai i ka kaulana, pono ʻoe e hana ikaika. A hana ʻo ia me ka hilinaʻi ʻole iā ia iho. I kona wā kamaliʻi, ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Tommy Emmanuel i ka pāʻani ʻana i ke kīkā ma ka awelika o 8 mau hola i ka lā. Aia i ka makahiki 10, hana pinepine ʻo ia i nā hale ʻaina a me nā hale ʻaina. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāna ʻoihana, ua ʻike ʻia kona makemake nui.
Ma ka manawa kūpono, uaʻikeʻia ka hana a kaʻohana Emmanuel e ka mea hana kaulana a me ka mea hoʻokani o Australian Buddy Williams. Ua hoihoi loa ka hōkū i ka ʻōpio ʻo Tommy a me kāna pāʻani virtuoso. Lawe ʻo Williams i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kahi hui kupaianaha o nā mea mele ʻōpio. Hoʻololi ka hui i kona inoa - ua hoʻomaka lākou e kapa ʻia ʻo "The Trailblazers". I ka makahiki 1966, make ka makua kāne o nā keiki. He puʻu maoli kēia i ka ʻohana. ʻO Tommy, ʻike wau i ka paʻakikī o ka makuahine e hoʻokō i ka ʻohana me ke kākoʻo kālā ʻole. Ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e kōkua i kona makuahine me ka mea ʻole.
Hoʻopuka ke kanaka i nā hoʻolaha ma ke kūlanakauhale a puni e aʻo ana i ka hoʻokani pila. A ma hope o kekahi mau pule, ʻaʻohe hopena o Tommy i ka poʻe i makemake e lawe i nā haʻawina. ʻO nā kāne ʻelemakule hoʻi i laina laina. ʻO ka mea, ʻike koke ʻo Tommy i kahi hoʻokokoke i kahi kanaka a wehewehe koke i nā mea āpau a me ka naʻauao. ʻO ke kūlana wale nō o ke kumu ʻōpio, ʻo ia ke aloha i ke mele a hoʻokomo i loko me kou poʻo.
ʻO Tommy Emmanuel a me ke kīkā punahele
He ikaika ko ka Maton guitar i ka holomua o Emmanuel. Ua hana ʻia kēia mea kani kaulana e ka hui ʻo Maton ma Melbourne ma Australia. ʻO ka hihia paʻa ʻo MS500 ʻo Tommy Emmanuel ka Maton mua a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani i ka makahiki ʻeono. ʻO kāna mea kani punahele kēia. Akā i ka huina, loa'a i ka mea ho'okani pila he 9 o kēia hō'ailona i kāna mea kaua. I Iune 1988 ua hoʻokani ʻo ia i ke kīkā Takamine.
I kēlā manawa, ua hoʻokokoke ʻia ʻo ia e ka mea nona ka hui a nīnau ʻia inā hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomohala i kahi hoʻohālike e kūpono i kāna mau kūlana pāʻani kiʻekiʻe. Ua ʻae ka mea hoʻokani pila. Ua hoʻokuʻu koke ka hui i ka T/E Artist & Signature guitar. Ua kahakaha ʻia ka ʻāʻī o kēia ʻano hoʻohālike me ka pūlima a Emmanuel. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻoi aku ma mua o 500 mau hiʻohiʻona i hana ʻia. I kēia lā, hana ka mea pena ma ke ʻano he kūkākūkā no ka hui. Hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he mea hōʻoiaʻiʻo e paʻa kēia kime kīkā i ke ʻano leo kiʻekiʻe a kūpono i kona kumukūʻai.
ʻO ka album mua a Tommy Emmanuel
I ka makahiki 1995, ua hiki ka moeʻuhane o ka pāʻani me ka mea hoʻokani pila me ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ka album Classical Gas. Ua mahalo nui ʻia ka disc a lilo i gula ma Australia. "He mea ia aʻu i makemake ai e hana no nā makahiki he nui," wahi a ka mea pena ma ka pūnaewele Sony. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia kahi hapa o ka album ma waho me ka Australian Philharmonic Orchestra a ʻo ke koena i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma kahi studio Melbourne me nā mele like.
Nui kāna mau mele kaulana loa ma ka album, me "The Journey", "Run a Good Race", "Who Dates Wins" a me "Initiation". ʻO nā mele hou ʻo "Padre" a me "She Never Knew". Hoʻopau ʻia ka album me kahi duet ahi a Emmanuel lāua ʻo Slava Grigoryan, kahi mea hoʻokani pila Sepania e ulu wikiwiki nei he 20 makahiki mai Melbourne.
Ka hana ma hope
ʻO ka album aʻe, ʻo Can't Get Enough, i hōʻike maoli i ka maikaʻi o kāna hana kīkā acoustic. Ua hoʻokani ʻo Warren Hill i ka saxophone, ua hoʻokani ʻo Tom Brechtlein i nā pahu, a ua hoʻokani ʻo Nathan East i ke keleawe. ʻO Chet Atkins, nā mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Larry Carlton lāua ʻo Robben Ford nā malihini ma ka album. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Richie Yorke ma ka Sunday Mail, "Ke hoʻolohe ʻoe i ke mele wehe no ka manawa mua, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohiki e hoʻolohe ana ʻoe i kahi mea hou a hou. "ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa" nā hiʻohiʻona āpau o kahi pā honua." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Emmanuel iā ia iho ʻo ka mele "Inner Voice" kāna punahele a ʻo ia kekahi o nā mele maikaʻi loa ma ka album.
Hele ʻo Tommy Emmanuel i ʻAmelika
ʻO kahi hōʻuluʻulu mea kani i ka makahiki 1994 i kapa ʻia ʻo "The Journey" kāna hoʻokuʻu mua ʻana iā US. Ua hana ʻia ʻo Journey e ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻAmelika ʻo Rick Neiger. He ʻumikūmālua mau mele i loko o ka album, ʻo kekahi o lākou ʻo Hello and Goodbye, Journey, If Your Heart Tells You, Amy, The Invisible Man Teylin a me Villa Anita. ʻO Chet Atkins (guitar), Joe Walsh (guitar), Jerry Goodman (violin) a me Dave Koz (saxophone).
ʻO ka holomua hope o ka mea pena ʻo Tommy Emmanuel
Ua mahalo ʻo Album "Only" i ka makahiki 2001 i ke koʻikoʻi o ke ʻano hoʻokani pila a Emmanuel. Ma mua o ka hōʻike wale ʻana i kāna kālena, ua neʻe ʻo ia mai kekahi ʻano a i kekahi. Ua hoʻololi maikaʻi ʻia nā mele kaʻāina i loko o ka lush romanticism. ʻO kēlā me kēia mele 14 ma ka album i kākau wale ʻia e Emmanuel.
Ma 2002, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Emmanuel i kahi album hope, ʻo Endless Road, ʻaʻole i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma United States a hiki i 2005. Ma kēia album, hana ʻo ia i kahi mele me Atkins i kapa ʻia ʻo "Chet's Ramble". ʻO ka album duet 1997 The Day the Finger Pickers Took Over the World.
I ka makahiki 2006, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo Tommy Emmanuel i ka The Mystery, kahi i hōʻike ʻia i ka mea hoʻokipa malihini ʻo Elizabeth Watkins ma ka ballad "Footprints". Ua hoʻokuʻu pū ʻo ia i kahi album duet me Jim Nichols, Happy Hour, ma 2006. Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā uhi o ka mele kahiko a Benny Goodman "Stompin' at the Savoy" a me nā uhi o "Nine Pound Hammer" a me "Who's Sorry Now".
Nā makana nui ʻo Tommy Emmanuel
Ma waena o nā makana a Emmanuel ʻo ia ke poʻo o ka mea hoʻokani pila Australia maikaʻi loa e like me ka puke Juke no 1986, 1987 a me 1988. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana 1988 Bi-Centennial Music Week Studio Musician of the Year. ʻO ka lanakila o nā makana he nui Rolling Stone e like me "Most Popular Guitarist in 1989 and 1990" a me "Best Guitarist mai 1991 a 1994". Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka Australian Adult Contemporary Record of the Year ma 1991 a me 1993. Ma 1995 a me 1997, ua loaʻa iā ia kahi moʻolelo gula no ke kūʻai ʻana i ka Classical Gas.
