Rik Emmett Triumphs Over Food Poisoning and Announces New Album

Triumph‘s

Rik
Emmett
revealed
that
he
was
recently
hospitalized
with
a
nasty
case
of
food
poisoning.

Luckily,
the
guitarist
was
able
to
fight
the
good
fight
and
fully
recover.

“I
can
cross
off ‘Ambulance
Ride
to
Emergency’
from
my
bucket
list,”
Emmet
revealed
in
a
Facebook
post
Thursday
afternoon. “Who
knew
that
food
poisoning
could
start
with
vertigo
so
bad
one
imagines
they
are
having
a
stroke?”

After
spending
eight
hours
in
the
emergency
room
tethered
to
a
mobile
IV
dolly
–
never
surrendering,
of
course
–
Emmett
says
the
experience
was
humbling: “You’ll
gain
all
kinds
of
perspective
for
humility
and
gratitude,
as
you
witness
folks
having
far,
far
worse
days
than
yourself.”

Rik
Emmett
Announces
New
Album

Happily,
Emmett
reports
that
he
was
able
to
recover
in
time
to
get
home
for
a
hot
cup
of
late
night
tea.
Which
is
good
because
he’s
got
a
new
album
named


Ten
Telecaster
Tales
to
promote.

The
all-instrumental

Ten
Telecaster
Tales
will
be
released
on
March
1.
It
is
currently
being
offered
in
an
extremely
limited
edition
of
200
copies,
and
comes
inside
a
book
that
includes
what
is
described
as “the
most
comprehensive
attempt
at
liner
notes
in
the
history
of
electric
instrumental
fingerstyle
guitar
albums.”

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He
will
also
perform
two
sold-out
shows
at
the
Redwood
Theatre
in
Toronto
on
April
10th
and
11th.
The
concert
will
feature
a
complete
performance
of
the

Ten
Telecaster
Tales
album,
after
which
he
will
be
joined
by
his
longtime
collaborator
Dave
Dunlop “for
some
old
Troubs
duo
favorites
and
Triumph
tunes.”