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"AUSSIES TAKE ON NASHVILLE!"the flag in the land of Dixie.  Nashville, May 27 Above: JEDD HUGHES at 12th & Porter (fellow Aussie Mick McCartin on drums) JEDD HUGHES made his solo debut at the Grand Ole Opry just recently and as the release of his album Transcontinental draws near, his Website has taken on the sheen of a star in the making. A very impressive interface emulates Jedd's notebook with animated page turns and index tabs. KYLIE SACKLEY has a revamped Web site as well. The former Starmaker and Golden Guitar winner is living in Nashville and making waves with her song writing. You can catch up with 'Kye's Newz' and hear some of those songs at her site. Another former Starmaker and Golden Guitar winner has been quietly residing in Nashville for several years, building a following for her own instrumental blend of country and surf guitar! LEANNE DOUGLAS has now released her excellent debut solo CD, entitled Blue Heeler.
 Above: THE GREENCARDS at Douglas Corner Cafe with Pat Flynn (ex-New Grass Revival)
Last month I revisited the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to see an astonishing special exhibit, 'Night Train to Nashville: Music City Rhythm & Blues 1945-1970' that focuses on a vibrant, little-known chapter in Nashville's musical history. Equally surprising was one of the three huge billboards on the outside of the museum building: one identifying the Hall of Fame, one advertising the exhibition and the third...a giant image of KEITH URBAN with the slogan PLATINUM! Keith could also be seen on CMT co-hosting their special top 100 hits of the last year. 
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 TOMMY EMMANUEL LIVE AT SHELDON CONCERT HALL Mel Bay
Filmed in Saint Louis in 2001, TOMMY EMMANUEL - LIVE AT SHELDON CONCERT HALL captures an entire solo live show, recorded around the time of Tommy's last album Only. There are several tunes from that release, a couple of favourites that have now found their way on to his new album Endless Road and some long standing crowd-pleasers to round out the set. Just Tommy and his acoustic guitar, with excellent sound and minimal camera work so as not to detract from the essence of the show which is of course his total mastery of the instrument.
There's a humorous Guitar Lesson number during which Tommy describes his discovery of the Chet Atkins style and shows us how it's done (if you are really keen, Mel Bay also publish serious instructional methods on Tommy and Chet's style), which leads into the Atkins' classic Windy and Warm. His Beatles Medley is here too, plus the beautiful harmonic chimes of Michelle and the ultimate virtuoso version of Guitar Boogie. Tommy sings and explains Waltzing Matilda for the appreciative American audience and winds up with Tom's Drums, turning guitar bashing and head-butting the microphone into a work of art. Tommy Emmanuel surely is the greatest acoustic guitar player in the world!
Mel Bay via Allans Music (Aust)
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