Died at 67 from lung cancer from three packs a day cigs. One of the greatest guitar virtuosos and guitar teachers. Tells good stories while playing.

It's 2024 and Tommy Tedesco still shines as the ultimate "can do" player with deep sensitivity masked by Italo-American humour.  He was a great man in his time.  Thank God for Tommy Tedesco!

Im sure he got a lot of gigs for his talent, but his personality absolutely sealed the deal. Who wouldn't want this guy on their session?

Tommy was my Guitar Teacher at GIT.
It was an honour then...but even moreso now in hindsight.
A true honor.
Walking down the corridor with him after class before I got ny Lunch and talking was my fondest memory of him.

When Glen Campbell is blown away by a musician, you take notice.  Tedesco was amazing.

Tommy's chord-melody playing was sublime and effortless. What an absolute master of his craft.

❤❤ Идеальное звукоизвлечение, которое не испортила даже плохая запись !!!!!

I used to record demos after hours at paramount Stage M Record Plant studio, Tommy was there all the time! What an incredible group of players with the best composers!

A tongue-in-cheek working man's guitar lesson.

Absolute legend

He was my uncle my best memory...

$3000 hands compared to $27 hands- man that is absolute truth!😂😂

He has a wonderful way of infusing humor without distracting from the lesson.

how a big budget Hollywood film about this guy's life has not been made is beyond me. The story of Tommy Tedesco is screaming for it.

His ability to intertwine his sometimes gruff sense of humor with such exquisite sensitivity is to me, a sign of true genius. What a talent!

Every guitar player should be forced to watch this.

Got lucky enough to attend a seminar by him in collinsville, Illinois back in 1981. Was a really good time listening to this man play. he told really good stories and was an incredible person to watch play. without a question of a doubt, one of the greatest highlights of my life meeting this man. so down to earth. back then I had no idea all the work he had done. I had just started playing the guitar 3 years prior to meeting him but will never forget the lasting impression he made on me at the age of 21.  R.I.P tommy

Tommy was much more than a brilliant guitar player. I saw him do a GIT seminar in Los Angeles and he was a superb raconteur, charismatic, encouraging, humble and self deprecating (with the caveat that most of those humble anecdotes involved his interactions with superstars 😂).
His ‘fake it til you make it’ attitude belied that fact that he really was the quintessential session music or side man. His seminar left a lasting impression

Tommy  was one of the best guitarist on the planet

Tommy and Joe Diorio have very similar personalities/humor!  God I love this!