#mike dawes

[samott]

(bocsi a vacak kepek miatt, nem a fotozassal foglalkoztam, csak kattintottam nehanyat, hogy legyen ilyen emlek is rola)

Tegnap este az Akvarium Klub nagyszinpadan lepett fel Tommy Emmanuel (es elozenekara: Mike Dawes - erdemes megjegyezni ezt a nevet is) es en veluk toltottem ott az estet. Ok hibatlanok voltak, de minden mas elbaszott volt azon a helyen. Ket eve a MuPaban lattam, az hibatlan elmeny volt, a tegnap estet bearnyekolja a hely alkalmatlansaga. Szuk, zsufolt, alacsony szinpad, nehezen lathato a bejutas pedig kaotikus (komolyan, karszalag? mi ez, szigetfesztival? minek?) Igyekszem majd elkerulni a helyet.

Mindenestre meg mindig imadom az oreget, hihetetlen ahogy egy gitarral es a ket kezevel egy komplett zenekart elenk tesz. Hozott mindent amit vartam, nagy elemeny volt. Buvesz, latod hogy mit csinal, el is mondja hogyan es megis: varazslat.

Tommyrol millio video van a youtubeon, de orulok hogy Mike-ot hozta nekunk, mert en ot nem ismertem, de ha az elozenekar csak ugy magaban erre jar, az o koncertjere is erdemes kimenni majd.

Ismerjetek meg ti is:

[whereifindsanity]

Mike Dawes ''the impossible'' Super talented!!!!!

[krispyweiss]

Song Review(s): Mike Dawes - “All Along the Watchtower” and “Everlong”

Using the originals as mere templates and showing off his diploma from the School of Making an Acoustic Guitar Sound Like a Band, Mike Dawes immerses himself and his listeners in classic and modern rock on “All Along the Watchtower” and “Everlong.”

Neither owes much to previous iterations as Dawes essentially composed new instrumental pieces around the respective themes.

In that regard, “Watchtower” is the more distinctive number as Jimi Hendrix’s transmogrified Bob Dylan riff is so indelible and singular as to be immediately and undoubtedly identified. “Everlong” finds Dawes’ playing as jaw-dropping as ever; however, the Foo Fighters’ melody is far less interesting and this rendition gets bogged down under its unrelenting sonic assault.

The covers are out alongside Dawes’ original “Cloud Catcher” ahead of Galactic Acid’s Aug. 9 drop* date.

*Only an album with the word Acid in its title could make Sound Bites substitute drop for release

Grade card: Mike Dawes - “All Along the Watchtower” and “Everlong” - A/B-

8/1/24

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Mike Dawes - “Cloud Catcher”

Mike Dawes is one acoustic guitar player who sounds like a few acoustic guitar players on “Cloud Catcher.”

And that’s without overdubs.

This seven-minute instrumental finds Dawes attending the Tommy Emmanuel school as he strums, fingerpicks, coaxes harmonics from his strings, knocks on the body of his axe while they ring and occasionally pauses altogether to create contemplative music that carries a melody to boot.

The track previews Dawes’ forthcoming (Aug. 9) third long player, Galactic Acid. And it is a soothing trip to take.

Grade card: Mike Dawes - “Cloud Catcher” - A

7/23/24

[whereifindsanity]

Slow dancing in a burning room.

[krispyweiss]

EP Review: Tommy Emmanuel with Mike Dawes - Accomplice Series, Vol. 3

It’s all just music.

The cliché is never more apt than when Tommy Emmanuel - in this case joined by fellow acoustic guitarist Mike Dawes - transforms tracks by artists as diverse as Nirvana, Sting and the 1975 into sparking, instrumental duets.

The occasion is Emmanuel’s five-song Accomplice Series, Vol. 3 and the cuts by the aforementioned are “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” “Be My Mistake” and “Fields of Gold,” respectively. Very different numbers in their original incarnations, they are cohesive in the opening slots as Emmanuel and Dawes weave in and out of the musical and lyrical melodies to make a beauty of each.

Gotye’s “Somebody that I Used to Know” precedes the highlight, a stunning rendition of John Mayer’s “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room.” With percussive effects providing the aural illusion of a third player behind the cascading strings of Emmanuel and Dawes, this closer leaves the listener wanting more.

And musicians always strive to leave ’em wanting more.

Another apt cliché from an EP that actually has none in its grooves.

Grade card: Tommy Emmanuel with Mike Dawes - Accomplice Series, Vol. 3 - B+

10/4/22

[moaninmoonen]

Why I’ll Never Collaborate With Them Again

BERNTH

[music-crush]

Mike Dawes

Happy birthday Michael Kenneth James Dawes! This is probably the most incredible thing I have EVER heard on guitar!