Mike Dawes is an English guitarist known for composing, arranging, and performing multiple parts imultaneously on a single guitar. He is hailed as one of the world’s most creative modern fingerstyle guitarists with a repertoire spanning solo viral videos and popular arrangements, alongside mainstream chart success performing with Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues. Dawes was named ‘Best Acoustic Guitarist in the World’ two years in a row by Total Guitar Magazine/MusicRadar reader polls and simply needs to be seen to be believed. His ability to combine the melody, bass, harmony and percussion all seamlessly together with just one guitar leaves audiences absolutely stunned. He’s recently released his first live album, Shows and Distancing: Live in the USA. It features fan favorites such as ‘Boogie Shred’ and ‘The Impossible’ as well as the brand new ‘William Shatner’s Paints’ in its live debut. It also features many of Dawes’ viral cover arrangements with unique versions of ‘One’ by Metallica, John Mayer’s ‘Slow Dancing In A Burning Room’, and Gotye’s ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’.