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(Badfinger cover)Susanna Hoffs – Name of the Game (feat. Aimee Mann) | 4:45Susanna Hoffs | 57.6K subscribers | 226,653 views | October 19, 2021

(I set the time index to skip RJ Talks pointless commentary; shows that most of what she said was her usual crap)WITNESS The Brutal ROASTING of CNN by Whitney Cummings! | 16:18RJ Talks | 401K subscribers | 188,129 views | January 1, 2025

On December 9, 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas aired on TV screens across America and instantly captured the hearts and ears of a generation. Bolstering the animated special, based on Charles M. Schulz's immensely popular PEANUTS comic strip, was an engaging score from Bay Area jazz artist Vince Guaraldi, who brought characters like Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Snoopy to life through his evocative cues... Guaraldi's soundtrack, meanwhile, has since become one of the best-selling jazz albums in history, second only to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, and regularly ranks among America's top-selling holiday albums every December.Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas...

"Sonnet 18" by William ShakespeareShall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and...

Audio of a live performance of October Song from the 5th June 1968 at the Fillmore East, New York. Genius!The Incredible String Band - October Song, Live 1968 | makellys | March 8, 2011

June Dance | May 27, 2021 | Julien Daian Quintet - Topic Featured Artist: Sylvain Gontard Bass Guitar: Tommaso Montagnani Drums: Octave Ducasse Flute: Cyril Benhamou Piano: Edouard Monnin Saxophone: Julien Daïan Trumpet: Alex Tassel Trumpet: Sylvain Gontard Composer: Julien Daïan

I light of the ongoing prayer thread for my daughter and the ongoing improvement noted today, I thought it would be appropriate to return to the Fingerstyle Acoustic threads with this one. Amazing Grace! Tommy spends the first few minutes talking about how playing the guitar is hard, but enjoyable and how he could not imagine doing anything else. I have to agree that playing the guitar is hard. It's nice to know that even Tommy Emmanuel has to work hard to play the thing. This video is from Korea in 2009.

Tommy asked Reddit to suggest songs for him to arrange on guitar. The response was huge and very friendly! So here is the second arrangement which is a medley of Dave Brubeck's Blue Rondo A La Turk and Take Five, ending with Birth of the Blues. (these were made for fun, sort of as a gesture of appreciation to all music lovers out there!)

Tommy Emmanuel teaches how to fingerpick like Chet Atkins and Merle Travis, plus how to play "El Vaquero." Tabs at the link.

Another hauntingly beautiful guitar piece by Tommy Emmanuel. Enjoy!

This is one of my absolute favorite Tommy Emmanuel pieces. Hauntingly beautiful. Enjoy!

Tommy puts all of his heart into every song he plays, one of the best guitarist ever

If you have never seen Tommy Emmanuel play the guitar, you need to see this.