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In honor of what would have been Chet Atkins’ 100^th birthday today (June 20), Grammy® Award winner TOMMY EMMANUEL has released a newly shot video of “Mr. Guitar” (Live).” It’s a song that TOMMY wrote in honor of the legendary and influential guitar pioneer.

Watch the video, filmed at TOMMY’s home outside of Nashville, TN and directed by Joshua Britt andamp; Neilson Hubbard for Neighborhoods Apart, HERE. It was premiered yesterday (June 19) by The Bluegrass Situation.

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The original studio recording of “Mr. Guitar” appeared on Tommy Emmanuel’s 1997 collaborative album with Chet Atkins titled The Day Finger Pickers Took Over the World.

A live version the song, “Mr. Guitar (Live),” recorded in St. Louis, is featured as a live bonus track on TOMMY‘s album, Endless Road: 20th Anniversary Edition, released May 28, 2024.

There’s also a new version of “Mr. Guitar” that TOMMY recorded with Grammy-winning bluegrass fiddler Michael Cleveland. It appears on the multi-artist album WE STILL CAN’T SAY GOODBYE – A Musicians’ Tribute to Chet Atkins, released March 15, 2024.

TOMMY EMMANUEL is an acoustic guitarist extraordinaire, composer, and global touring artist. He is also one of five people ever named a C.G.P. (Certified Guitar Player) by Chet Atkins, the innovator, songwriter, producer, record company executive, and visionary.

“Mentoring and encouraging people is something that Chet always did,” TOMMY says. “I try to do this thing with Gareth (Pearson), and I try to do the same with all young people. I encourage them to do things that I learned from Chet. I hope that somewhere somehow, I showed somebody something because of him that changed their life and made their life better. Cause he sure did that for me.”

Read HERE for more about ENDLESS ROAD: 20^TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Regarded as a landmark album within TOMMY’s body of work, Endless Road has now been newly remastered for digital outlets and is also available for the first time ever on vinyl.

TOMMY is also coming off a dynamic 2023. He released his acclaimed collaborations album ACCOMPLICE TWO to great acclaim and earned the “Lifetime Achievement” Award from The National GUITAR Museum.

Here are TOMMY’s North American tour dates for 2024. The full international list of dates is HERE.

DATE    LOCATION    VENUE
Thursday, June 20    Boulder, CO    Chautauqua Auditorium
Friday, June 21    Aspen, CO    JAS June Experience
Sunday, June 23    Telluride, CO    Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Wednesday, July 10    Nashville, TN    Grand Ole Opry
Friday, July 12 -13    Nashville, TN    Chet Atkins Appreciation Society Convention
Wednesday, October 9    London, ON    Centennial Hall
Thursday, October 10    Toronto, ON    Massey Hall
Friday, October 11    Kitchener, ON    Center in the Square (Kitchener)
Saturday, October 12    Ottawa, ON    Meridian Theatres
Sunday, October 13    Montreal, QC    Place Des Arts Maison Symphonique
Tuesday, October 15    Fredericton, NB    The Fredericton Playhouse
Wednesday, October 16    Moncton, NB    Capitol Theatre
Thursday, October 17    Saint John, NB    Imperial Theatre
Saturday, October 19    Halifax, NS    Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Thursday, December 5    Orlando, FL    The Plaza Live
Friday, December 6    Fort Myers, FL    Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall
Saturday, December 7    Clearwater, FL    Bilheimer Capitol Theatre
Sunday, December 8    Jacksonville, FL    Florida Theatre
Tuesday, December 10    Charlotte, NC    Knight Theater
Wednesday, December 11    Newberry, SC    Newberry Opera House
Thursday, December 12    Asheville, NC    The Orange Peel
Saturday, December 14    Charlottesville, VA    The Paramount Theater
Sunday, December 15    Hopewell, VA    Beacon Theatre