Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Rik Emmett is one of the unsung guitar heroes to emerge from the rock scene during the 1970s. As a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of Triumph, he established himself as a versatile shredder who’s just as comfortable in a pentatonic scale as he is navigating his way through a diatonic jazz arrangement.
Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Rik Emmett is one of the unsung guitar heroes to emerge from the rock scene during the 1970s. As a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of Triumph, he established himself as a versatile shredder who’s just as comfortable in a pentatonic scale as he is navigating his way through a diatonic jazz arrangement.
Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Rik Emmett is one of the unsung guitar heroes to emerge from the rock scene during the 1970s. As a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of Triumph, he established himself as a versatile shredder who’s just as comfortable in a pentatonic scale as he is navigating his way through a diatonic jazz arrangement.

An interview with Canadian guitar legend Rik Emmett

Jun 18, 2012 | news

Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Rik Emmett is one of the unsung guitar heroes to emerge from the rock scene during the 1970s. As a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of Triumph, he established himself as a versatile shredder who’s just as comfortable in a pentatonic scale as he is navigating his way through a diatonic jazz arrangement.