Emma Dean is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Austin, TX.  Emma has recently received a 4 year tuition scholarship to Berklee College of Music.  Emma appeared on the podcast with special guests Eddie Dickerson and Kimberly Zielnicki, her friends and fellow members of the trio The Troll Smashers.  The Troll Smashers: https://thetrollsmashers.bandcamp.com/releases Eddie Dickerson: Here's video of the Eddie Dickerson Band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMRFm1DEtBs Kimberly Zielnicki: Here's a video of her with the Chalkboard Poets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTZg2sQ5qSI Emma spoke about the Lee Ritenour Six String Theory scholarship she received for Berklee College of Music.  Here's her video submission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmDWo42RSk0 Emma spoke about one of her heroes, Tommy Emmanuel. https://tommyemmanuel.com/ Here's the video of Emma Dean and Tommy Emmanuel at his workshop.  Emma has clearly impressed the acoustic guitar master: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzYCJNQPcIc Emma appeared on the television show Woodsongs with Austin guitar legend, Eric Johnson.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLMNTbKEY64 Several of Emma's friends provided some well wishes via audio recordings (Tommy Emmanuel's was written and I read the message on the podcast).  Those people were: Ray Prim: Austin singer songwriter (See episode 4) https://www.rayprim.com/ Lonnie Trevino: Longtime Austin bass legend currently playing with The South Austin Moonlighters https://thesouthaustinmoonlighters.com/ Wes Collins: Chapel Hill singer songwriter and 2015 Kerrville NewFolk winner https://wescollins.com/ Christina Cavazos: Austin singer songwriter https://christinacavazos.com/ Roger Blevins Jr.: leader of the Austin, TX based legendary band Mingo Fishtrap. https://www.mingofishtrap.com/       As always, DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE! https://singersongwriterpodcast.com Email questions or comments to singersongwriterpodcast@gmail.com