Tommy Emmanuel Credit: Photo by Alysse Gafkjen

Australian fingerstyle virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel, who finally became an American citizen a few years back, never uses a guitar pick, like his hero Chet Atkins—and you can see for yourself when he plays Clearwater on Saturday, May 14.

With two Grammy nominations under his belt, the 66-year-old released his Imagine EP last year, and will play tunes from that, and more from his nearly 45 year long career, at The Cap.
Welsh guitarist Gareth Pearson opens.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...