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Phil Emmanuel
Background information
Birth namePhillip Ernest Emmanuel
Born(1952-07-06)6 July 1952
Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia[1]
Died24 May 2018(2018-05-24) (aged 65)
Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar

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

Career

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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] ].[2] 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.[3] In 1994, he and his brother Tommy released the album Terra Firma,[4] which was nominated for the 1995 ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. In 2011, Emmanuel was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown.[5]

Death and legacy

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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.[6]

Discography

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Albums

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List of studio and live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
AUS
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Kakadu Sunrise
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Dino Music (DIN233D)
  • Formats: LP, cassette
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Terra Firma (with Tommy Emmanuel)
  • Released: February 1995
  • Label: Columbia (478413 2)
  • Formats: CD, cassette
 12
In The Shadows Of The Beatles Vol. 1
  • Released: 1999
  • Label: Aussie Music Group
  • Formats: CD
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Electric Guitar Player
  • Released: 2003
  • Formats: CD
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Live at Lizottes (with Pete Hawkes)
  • Released: August 2011[8]
  • Label: Catapult
  • Formats: CD, digital
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'Chariots of Fire (with Rob Bostock)
  • Released: 2013
  • Label: Aussie Music Group
  • Formats: CD
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Thunderbird Legacy (with Jacob Funnell)
  • Released: April 2019[9]
  • Label: MGM (PEJF001)
  • Formats: CD, digital
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Compilation albums

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

Extended plays

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

Singles

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Charted singles

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List of charted singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
AUS
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"(Back on the) Terra Firma" (with Tommy Emmanuel) 1995 45 Terra Firma

Other singles

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List of singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions
AUS
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"The Garden"
(as Australia Too) 		1985 22

Awards and honours

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ARIA Awards

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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".[11] The inaugural ARIA Awards took place in 1987.[12]

Year Category Nominated work Result
1995 Best Adult Contemporary Album Terra Firma Nominated

Australian Roll of Renown

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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.[13]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2011 Phil Emmanuel Australian Roll of Renown inductee

Order of Australia

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2018 Phil Emmanuel Order of Australia awarded

References

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  1. ^ Watt, Barbara (25 May 2018). "Guitar legend Phil Emmanuel dies suddenly, aged 65". Muswellbrook Chronicle. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b Watt, Barbara (25 May 2018). "Guitar Legend Phil Emmaneul dies suddenly aged 65". smh.com.au.
  3. ^ Plunkett, Richard (12 February 1993), "Steppin' Out With The Other Emmanuel", The Age
  4. ^ Schwartz, Larry (9 April 1995), "We Ain't Heavy, We're Brothers", Sunday Age
  5. ^ "Roll of Renown". TCMF. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Guitar legend Phil Emmanuel dies suddenly in Parkes, aged 65". Newcastle Herald. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Discography Phil Emmanuel". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Live at Litotes DD". iTunes Australia. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Thunderbird Legacy DD". iTunes Australia. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  10. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 22. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 19 June 1988.
  11. ^ ARIA Awards - FAQs. ARIA Awards. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012.
  12. ^ Aria Awards overview. Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
  13. ^ "Roll of Renown". Tamworth Country Music Festival. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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