“There’s so much tasty guitar playing that’s also pretty achievable for a lot of people as well. I think it should be in everyone’s repertoire”: Mike Dawes on the one John Mayer hit that every guitarist should learn

Left-Guitarist Mike Dawes performs at City Winery on August 16, 2018 in New York City; Right-John Mayer performs on his The Search for Everything World Tour at the AT&T Center on August 3, 2017 in San Antonio, Texas.

Back in 2017, Guitar World featured acoustic guitar virtuoso Mike Dawes' stellar rendition of Slow Dancing in a Burning Room and – spoiler alert – it went mega viral.

“Actually, it went viral partly because you guys at Guitar World natively posted it,” Dawes divulges in a recent video interview with Guitar World, during which he reminisces about this pivotal moment in his career, which even led to a collaboration with Tommy Emmanuel.