Tommy Emmanuel Pays Tribute To Late Brother Phil: 'He Taught Me So Much'

Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel​ has paid tribute to late brother, ​Phil Emmanuel​, after the 65-year-old passed away on Thursday night due to a sudden asthma attack. 

The Emmanuel brothers regularly performed together and travelled around the world playing with the likes of John Farnham, Jimmy Barnes, INXS, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson.

"He taught me so much right from the start, showed me how to recognize song keys, chords, harmonies, how to get a sound that worked, how to stay out of the way on stage and when to step forward when I had something to say, musically or otherwise," Emmanuel's statement, posted to Facebook this morning, reads.

"We spent so many years traveling, playing shows, setting up, packing up, sleeping in little cheap motels and pubs, all because we loved to entertain people and have fun. We shared everything, and he taught me about kindness, giving, listening, how to love people as they are."

Read the full statement below.

In 1995, the Emmanuel brothers released Terra Firma​ which received critical acclaim and peaked on the ARIA Albums chart at #12.

The album was also nominated for Best Contemporary Album at the ARIA Awards that year.

The duo were scheduled to headline this August's Sydney Guitar Festival.