Phil Emmanuel Explained

Phil Emmanuel
Birth Name:Phillip Ernest Emmanuel
Birth Date:6 July 1952
Birth Place:Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Death Place:Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Guitar

Phillip Ernest Emmanuel (6 July 1952 – 24 May 2018) was an Australian guitar player. He was the older brother of musician Tommy Emmanuel.

Career

Emmanuel found fame with The Trailblazers, and played with many other Australian artists including INXS, Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham, Ian Moss, composer Pete Hawkes [Reg Lindsay OAM] ]. He also played with many international artists such as British guitarist Hank B. Marvin and American performers Chet Atkins, Willie Nelson, Duane Eddy and Dolly Parton.[2]

Emmanuel's 1992 debut album, Kakadu Sunrise, reached No. 33 on the New Zealand album charts. In 1994, he and his brother Tommy released the album Terra Firma, which was nominated for the 1995 ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. In 2011, Emmanuel was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.[3]

Death and legacy

Emmanuel died suddenly of an asthma attack in Parkes, New South Wales, on 24 May 2018, aged 65. He was honoured with a posthumous induction into the Order of Australia in 2018 with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), one of several Australian musicians to receive honours.[4]

Discography

Albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:16em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positions
AUS
[5]
Kakadu Sunrise
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Dino Music (DIN233D)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Terra Firma (with Tommy Emmanuel)
  • Released: February 1995
  • Label: Columbia (478413 2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
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In The Shadows Of The Beatles Vol. 1
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Aussie Music Group
  • Formats: CD
Electric Guitar Player
  • Released: 2003
  • Formats: CD
Live at Lizottes (with Pete Hawkes)
  • Released: August 2011[6]
'Chariots of Fire (with Rob Bostock)
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Aussie Music Group
  • Formats: CD
Thunderbird Legacy (with Jacob Funnell)
  • Released: April 2019[7]

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums! Title! Details
The Best So Far
  • Formats: CD, digital

Extended plays

List of Extended plays! Title! Details
The Miracle & Other Christmas Songs
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Phil Emmanuel
  • Formats: CD, digital

Singles

Charted singles

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
YearPeak chart positionsAlbum
AUS
"(Back on the) Terra Firma" (with Tommy Emmanuel) 199545Terra Firma

Other singles

Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"
Year Peak chart positions
AUS
[8]
"The Garden"
(as Australia Too)
198522

Awards and honours

ARIA Awards

The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards, commonly known as ARIA Music Awards, are held to recognise excellence and innovation and achievement across all genres of Australian music. Award nominees and winners, excluding for sales and public voted categories, are selected by the ARIA Academy comprising "judges from all sectors of the music industry - retail, radio and tv, journalists and critics, television presenters, concert promoters, agents, ARIA member record companies and past ARIA winners".[9] The inaugural ARIA Awards took place in 1987.[10]

Australian Roll of Renown

The Australian Roll of Renown honours Australian and New Zealander musicians who have shaped the music industry by making a significant and lasting contribution to country music. It was inaugurated in 1976 and the inductee is announced at the Country Music Awards of Australia in Tamworth in January.[11]

|-| 2011| Phil Emmanuel| Australian Roll of Renown|

Order of Australia

|-| 2018| Phil Emmanuel| Order of Australia|

Notes and References

  1. News: Watt. Barbara. Guitar legend Phil Emmanuel dies suddenly, aged 65. 29 May 2018. Muswellbrook Chronicle. 25 May 2018. en.
  2. Web site: Guitar Legend Phil Emmaneul dies suddenly aged 65 . Barbara . Watt . smh.com.au . May 25, 2018 .
  3. Web site: Roll of Renown . TCMF . 21 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904141436/https://tcmf.com.au/What-s-On/Roll-of-Renown/ . 4 September 2018 . dead .
  4. Web site: Guitar legend Phil Emmanuel dies suddenly in Parkes, aged 65. 25 May 2018. Newcastle Herald. 25 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Discography Phil Emmanuel. australian-charts.com. 19 January 2018.
  6. Web site: Live at Litotes DD. 14 August 2011 . iTunes Australia. 25 April 2019.
    • Label: Catapult
    • Formats: CD, digital
  7. Web site: Thunderbird Legacy DD. 24 April 2019. iTunes Australia. 25 April 2019.
    • Label: MGM (PEJF001)
    • Formats: CD, digital
  8. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 22. 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126003459/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/faqs/ ARIA Awards - FAQs
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120126020142/http://www.ariaawards.com.au/about/ Aria Awards overview
  11. Web site: Roll of Renown . https://web.archive.org/web/20190227192415/https://tcmf.com.au/roll-of-renown . dead . 27 February 2019 . Tamworth Country Music Festival . 29 October 2020 .