Meet Tommy Emmanuel’s Kids: Rachel Emmanuel, Angelina Emmanuel, and Amanda Emmanuel

Tommy Emmanuel, the Australian fingerstyle guitarist celebrated worldwide for his percussive technique and warm stage presence, is the father of three daughters: Rachel Emmanuel, Angelina Emmanuel and Amanda Emmanuel.

Music runs through the family story, with two of the girls inspiring songs that remain part of his concert repertoire.

Tommy Emmanuel, born William Thomas Emmanuel, is a guitarist, songwriter and singer. He was born on May 31, 1955, in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia, and he is 71 years old. His net worth is $8 million.

He is of Australian descent and holds a strong Christian faith. His father, Hugh Emmanuel, died of a heart attack in 1966, and his mother, Linda Virginia Emmanuel, taught him to play alongside her lap steel guitar when he received his first guitar at the age of four.

He grew up as one of six children, with siblings Phil Emmanuel, Chris Emmanuel, Virginia Emmanuel, Darcy Emmanuel and Veronica Emmanuel. Virginia Emmanuel died in April 2018, and Phil Emmanuel, the lead guitarist of the family band, died a month later.

Tommy Emmanuel was working as a professional musician by the age of six, touring with the family band until New South Wales education authorities required the children to attend school regularly. He has never had formal music training and cannot read music.

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He has been married twice. His first wife was Jane Emmanuel, a Danish woman he met during a European tour with the band Dragon, when the group opened for Tina Turner, and the marriage lasted about 15 years before the couple separated.

His current wife is Clara Rolls, and the couple have kept most details of their relationship away from the media. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee, and his height is not publicly confirmed.

Rachel Emmanuel

Rachel Emmanuel is Tommy Emmanuel‘s youngest daughter, born around 2015. She is the daughter of his current wife, Clara Rolls, and the only one of the three children to grow up entirely in the Nashville era of his life.

To Tommy, Rachel is his youngest child and the third daughter in his household. He has said his children are a big part of his sense of living happily ever after, and her arrival was one of the major changes in his life in the mid-2010s.

He also recorded a tune titled “Rachel’s Lullaby“, which sits among his songs written for the people closest to him.

Angelina Emmanuel

Angelina Emmanuel is Tommy Emmanuel‘s second daughter, born in the late 1990s during his first marriage to Jane Emmanuel. She was around five years old in 2004, when he spoke publicly about the song written for her.

To Tommy, Angelina is the daughter who inspired one of the most recognized pieces in his repertoire. He wrote “Angelina” while the family lived in Suffolk, England, shaping the melody so that it spells out her name.

The piece appears on his 2004 album Endless Road, and it remains a staple at his concerts. The same album includes a dedication to Angelina and her sister Amanda: “I love you.“

Amanda Emmanuel

Amanda Emmanuel is Tommy Emmanuel‘s eldest daughter, born around 1989 to his first wife, Jane Emmanuel. She was the first of his children to appear in early profiles of the guitarist, which noted that he and Jane had a daughter named Amanda.

To Tommy, Amanda is his firstborn and the child who lived through the long touring years that strained his first marriage. He has described being away from his children as the hardest part of his life, and he has said the separation weighed heavily on her as a teenager.

She shares the Endless Road dedication with Angelina, a public tribute from a father whose career kept him on the road for much of their childhood.

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