Phil Emmanuel (6 July 1952[1] – 24 May 2018) was an Australianguitar player and the older brother of Tommy Emmanuel. His debut album Kakadu Sunrise reached #33 on the New Zealand album charts.[2] In 1994 Phil and Tommy Emmanuel released the album Terra Firma[3] and it was nominated for the 1995 ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album.

Emmanuel died of an asthma attack on 24 May 2018, aged 65.[4]

Discography[edit]

As leader[edit]

  • Kakadu Sunrise (1992) – Dion Music
  • In The Shadow of the Beatles (1999)
  • The Miracle (2001)
  • Electric Guitar Player (2003)
  • The Best So Far
  • Gold Rush

As sideman[edit]

With Tommy Emmanuel

  • Terra Firma (1994) – Columbia

With Rob Bostock

  • Chariots of Fire

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ Australian Country Music Hall of Fame Biography. Retrieved on May 25, 2018.
  2. Jump up^ Plunkett, Richard (12 February 1993), “Steppin’ Out With The Other Emmanuel”, The Age
  3. Jump up^ Schwartz, Larry (9 April 1995), “We Ain’t Heavy, We’re Brothers”, Sunday Age
  4. Jump up^ “Guitar legend Phil Emmanuel dies suddenly in Parkes, aged 65”. Newcastle Herald. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May2018.

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