{"id":24,"date":"2010-10-26T20:20:33","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T20:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.totallyguitars.com\/acousticsnapshots\/?p=24"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:35:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T17:35:17","slug":"tommy-emmanuel-part-3-the-country-gentleman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallyguitars.com\/blog\/friends\/tommyemmanuelinterviews\/tommy-emmanuel-part-3-the-country-gentleman\/","title":{"rendered":"Tommy Emmanuel &#8211; Part 3 &#8211; The Country Gentleman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tommy Emmanuel -- Part 3 -- The Country Gentleman\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DrIKN42MxRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nTG Matt:  Tell me about the guitar that&#8230;<br \/>\nTommy Emmanuel:  OK. The Gibson that you bought. 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