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Jonathan Horsley

“The melodies work so well in this CGDGAD tuning. I’ve absolutely fallen in love with this arrangement”: Magic Mike Dawes is at it again – he’s turned a Sleep Token track into a work of solo acoustic guitar genius

Mike Dawes is photographed wearing a white-and-black hooded top, hood up, against a red background, and holds his custom built cutaway acoustic guitar.

Mike Dawes is so good he could turn a roast chicken into an virtuoso work of solo acoustic guitar. Just look at his body of work; Van Halen’s Jump, Metallica’s One, Foo Fighters’ Everlong, John Mayer’s Slow Dancing In A Burning Room.

His collaborations with Plini, Periphery, Tommy Emmanuel also prove that he plays well with others. It is not for nothing that the British fingerstyle maestro even has a video titled “Playing the impossible on the guitar”. There's magic in his fingers.

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