When 12-year-old Rob Horton discovers a caged tiger in the woods near his home, his imagination runs wild and life begins to change in the most unexpected ways. With the help of a wise and mysterious maid, Willie May and the stubborn new girl in school, he must navigate through childhood memories, heartache, and wondrous adventures.
From the Australian outback to Music City USA, a child guitar prodigy dedicates his life to become the world's greatest acoustic guitarist, even as revelations of dark family secrets send him into a battle with addiction that threatens to destroy his career, his family and his life.
Emmanuel Labor provides a personal, one-on-one setting in which not only music aficionados can enjoy performances of some of Tommy's best-loved tunes, but also offers guitar players instruction by one of the world's best. Tommy Emmanuel, fingerstyle master and performer, shares his personal insight and technique to sixteen tunes. Pieces shown include cuts from his albums Only, Endless Road and The Mystery. As a bonus feature on the DVD a few sections are slowed down, with no compromise in pitch or video, to better see the exact execution that Tommy uses
In October 2007, Tommy Emmanuel spent 3 nights at the Sierra Nevada Brewery in Chico, California in front on 5 high definition cameras and 5.1 surround sound recording equipment and the edited result is Center Stage. The DVD features 5 previously unreleased tracks and 4 duets with "Dangerous" Bob Littell on the Harmonica. This DVD will be a public television pledge drive special around the United States and will be seen on various television outlets around the world.
Multi-camera footage captured at Her Majesty's Theatre in Ballarat sees Tommy joined on stage by his then fiancee Elizabeth Watkins, a young, accomplished singer/songwriter from Delaware in the USA. For the first time on an audio/visual recording, we get to hear Tommy sing as well. The video was filmed in Surround Sound 5.1 widescreen format and it's like being in the audience. Interspersed amongs the selections is interview footage with Tommy and the additional extras include close up shots of his hands playing the songs for aspiring guitarists.
Tommy Emmanuel Live In Bassano Del Grappa 26-01-2006 1. Happy Hours
2. Happy Again
3. I Go To Rio
4. Nine Pound Hammer
5. Cannonball Rag / Gameshow Rag
6. Borsalino
7. Lewis & Clark
8. Somewhere Over The Rainbow
9. I've Always Thought Of You
10. The Hunt
11. Antonella's Birthday
12. The Cowboys Dream
13. Tall Fiddler
14. Heartbreak Hotel
15. I Still Can't Say Goodbye
16. Mombasa
17. Two Brothers And Sisters (with Lizzy Watkins)
18. Walls (with Lizzy Watkins)
19. Together Alone (with Lizzy Watkins)
20. Beatles Medley (When I'm 64, Here Comes The Sun, Lady Madonna)
