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Guitar World
Guitar World
Entertainment
Matt Owen

“I knew the pre-choruses would be a challenge with all the percussive bits”: Mike Dawes plays every part of Foo Fighters’ Everlong on one guitar – transforming the Dave Grohl anthem into a breathtaking acoustic fingerstyle masterclass

Mike Dawes.

Mike Dawes is no stranger to taking percussive fingerstyle technique to new heights, having previously pushed the boundaries of acoustic guitar playing with a catalog of covers and original material.

Through virtuosic fingerstyle renditions of tracks such as Bob Dylan/Jimi Hendrix’s All Along the Watchtower and Van Halen’s Jump – all arranged for one guitar – Dawes has demonstrated his spellbinding chops, which combine elite dynamics and technicality with ingenious fretboard phrasing and percussive elements.

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