- Glenn _____ My You Tube Channel #7 06-15-2015, 08:59 AM Herb Hunter. Tommy & Clara Emmanuel with Steve & Johnnie. Good for Tommy and Clara! Presumably it's with his "new" girlfriend, whom he mentions in one of his YouTube videos. Given the "CGP" (Certified Guitar Player) Award by, TV Movie arranger: "House Of The Risin' Sun" traditional, "Amazing Grace" traditional / performer: "The Finger Lakes", "Papa George", "Train To Dusseldorf", "I Go To Rio", "Nine Pound Hammer", "Old Town", "And So It Goes", "The Jolly Swagman", "Sukiyaki", "Happy Hours", "Ruby's Eyes", "Here Comes The Sun", "When I'm 64", "Lady Madonna", "Day Tripper", "Mombasa", "Workin' Man Blues", "Georgia On My Mind", "House Of The Risin' Sun" traditional, "Amazing Grace" traditional, "Tall Fiddler", "Cowboy', Frank Vignola's Four Generations of Guitar, Steve White: Painting the World With Music, Sydney 2000 Olympics: Bud Greenspan's Gold from Down Under. Good for Tommy and Clara! Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Find family history information in a whole new way. Grew up there and did PR for ECC long ago.Post WWII ECC was U of I. extension,Public Schools took it over until the state jr. colleges approved. $8 Million Tommy Emmanuel Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018 William Thomas "Tommy" Emmanuel AM (born 31 May 1955) is an Australian virtuoso guitarist and occasional singer, and songwriter best known for his complex fingerstyle technique, energetic performances and the use of percussive effects on the guitar. C.W. Thursday night, before his performance at the Park West, Tommy took a little time to sit down with us for an interview. Required fields are marked *. If you’re VERY lucky, your area will be next. The storms that proceeded Tommy’s Elgin appearance, Wed. night, were only a warm up to the on stage explosion that was created by Tommy and his “white man’s thunderstick” at the, appropriately named, Blizzard Theatre.
However, much too soon, it was time to say goodbye to a dear friend and his new bride. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

Hopefully, we will see this force of nature touch down in this area again soon. Charter Member : Join Date: Nov 2005. We’ve been fortunate enough to have a long running friendship with Tommy and, having been tapped to introduce him at both venues, we were “up close and personal” for both of these touchdowns, so we thought we’d share a little of what we saw on stage, back stage and away from the stage . Tommy Emmanuel was born in Australia on Tuesday, May 31, 1955 (Baby Boomers Generation). ( Log Out / 
….sometimes there aren’t simple words to explain the WONDERFUL in our world…. The Elgin Community College Arts Center’s Blizzard Theatre and Chicago’s Park West were the touchdown sites for the legendary Certified Guitar Player. ( Log Out /  How wonderful that Tommy has shared his talent in this area.