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Imagine you’re walking through a mall, an airport or some other public place when all of a sudden you hear Boogie-Woogie music emanating from a piano.
Now imagine your surprise when you get close enough to see that the person making that music is a young boy.
As you probably know, I really enjoy featuring ultra-talented child musicians on here, and this is one of my favorites. [Read more…]
It’s no secret that the world of Bluegrass music is home to many of the world’s best musicians.
And if you’ve been following me on social media and via this blog for any length of time you know that I really enjoy fantastic Bluegrass instrumentals.
Well, today’s video features John and Jeremy from Acoustic Shoppe in Springfield, Missouri performing a fantastic instrumental rendition of “Shenandoah Valley Breakdown”.
Tommy Emmanuel and Kenny Vaughn are widely considered to be among the best guitarists in the world, and seeing them perform individually is always a treat.
But today’s video features these two guitar masters teaming up on a fantastic instrumental rendition of “Right or Wrong”, a timeless 1920s-era standard that was made famous by Country Music legend George Strait. [Read more…]
Tommy Emmanuel is probably the best guitar player that most folks have never heard of.
He started playing guitar in his native Australia as a youngster after hearing the late, great Chet Atkins work his instrumental magic over the radio, and he has never looked back since.
What sets Tommy apart from the world’s other great musicians are his obviously deep love of performing and his almost unique ability to make a single acoustic guitar sound like an entire band. [Read more…]
Regular readers know I always feature a video at the end of every post I publish on this blog.
Some of those videos are inspirational and some are (hopefully) educational.
But every now and then I love posting one just because it’s fun to watch.