Music: Check out Mike Dawes

OK,  I have a new guitar hero – on Friday night in Nanaimo, BC, Josie & her mum & I went to see the International Guitar show, and the guys who played were awesome. Tonight I’d like to put the spotlight on Mike Dawes from the UK, one of the players that night.

Mike makes the room come alive, as he plays his guitar like a drumkit, with fingerstyle fretwork that is intricate & compelling. You can see why Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues has been playing with him (he’s officially the lead guitarist for the band), and you can see why the crowd was mesmerized with his work on stage last week.

Kudos from other music critics:

’He can make the guitar talk, with no effort!’ – Jamie Bell (Actor)

’I was in a trance, I didn’t notice I was spilling beer on my leg’ – Martin Harley

You can hear him here, with his signature song, Boogie Shred:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuRBGpEHcnI&feature=share&list=RD029-hJU-68pFQ

And here he is, with Gotye’s Somebody I Used to Know:

….and look up his work on YouTube. You’ll be glad you did!