Mike Dawes has reflected on the time he missed out on meeting guitar hero John Mayer after his cover of Slow Dancing in a Burning Room went viral.
The acoustic guitar virtuoso is no stranger to putting his signature percussive fingerstyle spin on classic tracks, having covered everyone from Foo Fighters to Sleep Token. Speaking to Guitar World about his popular take on John Mayer’s Slow Dancing in a Burning Room from 2017, Dawes reveals he once came close to meeting Mayer himself – but failed to show up to the rendezvous when he slept in.
