The Mystery

Tommy Emmanuel - The Mystery

The Mystery
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Artist: Tommy Emmanuel
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-08-22
Music Label: Favored Nations
Soundtracks:
  1. Cantina Senese
  2. Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag
  3. Mystery
  4. Cowboy's Dream
  5. Walls
  6. Lewis & Clark
  7. Diggers' Waltz
  8. Antonella's Birthday
  9. And So It Goes
  10. That's the Spirit
  11. Footprints
  12. Keep It Simple

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Free Music Review: Great stuff from Tommy
Hit: 4 Stars

If you like Tommy's plain old acoustic stuff, this is for you. If you like his synth-heavy, smooth jazz, elevator music style (is there anyone?), then don't bother. I love every song with the exception of "Walls" - it's kind of lame. Great solo acoustic guitar album!

The Mystery Poster

2006 release from this Australian guitarist, a professional musician for over four decades now. He's been nominated for a Grammy (for an album with Chet Atkins) and has recorded 15 albums total. He has also toured and recorded with some of the world's greatest musicians including Chet Atkins, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder, Joe Walsh, Sir George Martin (the Beatles producer) and Tina Turner. Fans around the world have been eagerly awaiting this release. 12 tracks. ABC.
When Tommy Emmanuel opened this new album with the fire-breathing "Cantina Senese," I suspected he was finally going to do the rip-roaring country-old-timey-Celtic-jazz CD featuring the crowd-pleasing tunes he pulls out during concerts. But it doesn't take him long to slip into the more lyrical playing that has turned up on his recent discs. And that's not a bad thing. Emmanuel is the kind of player who scares other guitarists to death with the range of his influences and the precision of his technique. You can hear both on tracks like "Gameshow Rag/Cannonball Rag," with Emmanuel doing the 1930s Django Reinhardt thing. But the album is also full of delicate reveries like "The Mystery" and "The Digger's Waltz," the latter based on the military "Taps." The only shortcoming is "Walls," with Emmanuel and his wife, Elizabeth Watkins, in a vocal duet. It's heartfelt but sentimental, and its country-pop sound is like a speed bump in the middle of the disc. But he quickly redeems this "what the hell?" moment with "Lewis & Clark," as he plays gentle cross-rhythms against a melody that unfolds like an epic tale. The Mystery isn't definitive Tommy Emmanuel, but it shows why he's not only one of the finest players, but also one of the most detailed composers for finger-style guitar. --John Diliberto

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