Year : 2025
Style : Guitar instrumental
Country : Canada
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 79 mb
Bio:
Richard Gordon "Rik" Emmett (born July 10, 1953 in Toronto) is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph. Emmett left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across North America thanks to the hits "When a Heart Breaks" and "Saved by Love". He is also a writer for Guitar Player magazine and teaches songwriting and music business at Humber College in Toronto.For a time during the 1980s, Rik Emmett also contributed cartoons satirizing the music industry to Hit Parader magazine.Due to a production error in spelling his name correctly by Gil Moore and Mike Levine on Triumph's first album, Rick Emmett changed the spelling of his name to Rik rather than have the album recalled or cause confusion with fans.Among his peers, Rik Emmett is widely considered to be one of the most proficient and versatile guitarists.Although he is best known as a premier rock guitarist, his playing style incorporates rock, blues, jazz, classical, bluegrass and flamenco techniques. Similarly, his songwriting and discography demonstrate his ability to employ and blend multiple genres.In April 2005, Emmett was lauded with the Canadian Smooth Jazz Award for Guitarist of the Year.He's also a proficient singer, splitting lead vocal duties of Triumph with Gil Moore.However,most of the songs garnering radio play were Emmett's as he tended to write and sing in a more "commercial" style, while Moore's songwriting and singing were in more of a heavy metal style.[citation needed] Emmett's voice also has a noticeable resemblance to fellow Canadian rocker Geddy Lee from the progressive rock band Rush.In 2007, Rik Emmett joined former Triumph bandmates Gil Moore and Mike Levine for their induction into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. And, on Sunday April 6, 2008 at The 2008 JUNO Awards, Triumph was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS).As of 2008, Rik Emmett, Mike Levine and Gil Moore have agreed to play a rock festival in Sweden in the summer under the Triumph moniker. The group has said that more dates will follow.As a result of very positive audience response to their dual guitar work in Rik's live shows, Rik and fellow guitarist Dave Dunlop formed the mostly-acoustic duo Strung-Out Troubadours, with two albums so far. In 2007, Strung-Out Troubadours won "Album of the Year" and "Group/Duo of the Year" at the Canadian Smooth Jazz Awards, where they were the most heavily-nominated act. Both Rik & Dave were also nominated for "Best Guitarist". Emmett and Dunlop are scheduled to release another Strung-Out Troubadours release in 2009 titled Push & Pull.Throughout his career, Emmett has been associated with guitars from Framus, Gibson, Dean and Yamaha, particularly as an endorser of the latter two.
Album:
In his new offering “Ten Telecaster Tales“, TRIUMPH guitarist RIK EMMETT delves into the creative process — the roots, influences, philosophy, and spirituality involved in writing and recording.”Ten Telecaster Tales” remakes the idea of the “concept album.” It is music that arrives inside a book. It’s also, arguably, the most comprehensive attempt at liner notes in the history of electric instrumental fingerstyle guitar albums.Even the story behind these stories explores creativity. Emmett dreamed of then commissioned a guitar — a one-of-a-kind Telecaster-style guitar — then wrote and recorded with and for it.Playfully, beautifully, ”Ten Telecaster Tales” lays bare an artistic journey in an act of discovery — that the storytelling inherent in writing good musical compositions translates into good storytelling about the process behind the songs, and how compositions turn into recordings.A generous amount of fairy-tale mythology is sprinkled throughout — despite the whole process being assimilated by digital technology. The notion of a “telecaster tale” implies something “vintage” at its heart, and it is humanity that glues the layers together.‘Ten Telecaster Tales’ includes 10 songs, just Emmett and his Fender Telecaster guitar. It’s accompanying by the book “Ten Telecaster Tales: Liner Notes for a Guitar and Its Music”, to be released at the end of March, which represents the evolution of his life story into a combination of musical composition, guitar playing, and prose.After all, writing has always been the solid backbone and lifeline of his multi-faceted journey.This is intimate music, plenty of gusto from one of the most talented guitar players of his generation.
Line Up:
Rik Emmett – guitars, synthesizers, lead vocals (Ex-Triumph)
Tracklist:
01. So Pushy
02. Funky Scratchin
03. Swirling
04. Allemande
05. Cowboy & Gaucho Waltz
06. Slinky
07. Burlytown Groove
08. Rio Glide
09. Gee Whiz
10. Winter Nocturne
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