I have seen and heard Tommy Emmanuel and he is truly amazing. Joe Bonamassa is incredible. Trace Bundy can bring tears to my eyes and Luca Stricagnoli leaves me aghast. Over my lifetime I've listened to Chuck Berry, BB King, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour and so so many others. I am 71 years old and can say without doubt or reservation whoever invented the guitar did so with the hope that Lucas Imbiriba would one day find it. He did, and I will be forever grateful he did it in my lifetime. Thank You Lucas!

How. Just how? How is it possible to play like this? How is he not more famous? How does this ONLY have 1.3 mil views? I’m literally in shock. Been playing 15 years, and listening to the greats, never heard or seen a person make a guitar sound like this before. Im actually in shock. And in awe. This is unreal

I'm 65 and have watched many many videos of the greatist guitarists in the world. This is the first time I have ever sat here all by myself and was clapping at the end. Unreal! Big props to you buddy!!! What energy!

I've been playing guitar for 27 years, listening to music with a hungry mind for near 40, this is one of the best things I've ever seen and heard on the guitar. You have an unbridled passion for the instrument and a sense and instinct for what sounds great musically and not just showing how good you are. An absolute delight to listen to!

Absolutely the most epic acoustic rendition of this song I've ever heard and witnessed. Amazing!

If you practiced 25 hours a day ,eight days a week, five weeks per month for 100 years … still wouldn’t be able to play at this Godly level!! My respects sir Lucas

Made me cry. My dad loved Mark Knopfler's music. Was missing him something fierce this morning and looking for a lil connection? I guess. These arent bad tears. Bittersweet but not bad. The music is beautiful. Thank you.

The most expertly played piece of music I have ever heard. .....and I am a 57 years old life-long music aficionado. Almost beyond belief. Am without further words

He never disappoints! 1. Bass line. 2. Rhythm guitar. 3. Vocals. 4. And a good bit of percussion. 5. Oh yeah, and lead guitar, too. ~All from his two hands~

This version incorporates an extra layer that practically speaks the lyrics loud and clear. Absolute perfection.

Just came over from the Mark Lewis video who showed a clip from this video as a pinnacle of guitar playing and after watching this video i can agree. Just masterful control of your instrument. Truly impressive.

I have played for 30 years, and have listened to countless acoustic renditions of this song. This is the best by far. You have my utmost respect.

This is absolutely ludicrous, I sat with my jaw on the floor for the full 7 minutes, I've played guitar/bass for over 15 years and this is some of the greatest guitar playing I've ever witnessed. It's not just the technical excellence, or the insane finger picking and hammer-ons/pull-offs, but the passion in which he plays and the unique approach he takes to artistic representation of the song. Bravo Lucas, a phenomenal cover.

This is some of the cleanest, most expressive playing I’ve ever seen. Unreal!

Finally I found a person playing that actually is playing with their soul and not just mind. So many on here that play with soulless action you don't see them feeling the music like they should. Great video!

I've spent the last few months slowly trying to learn just the lead guitar part to this song. This man is playing the lead guitar, bass and vocal parts all at once, all on guitar.

There's tons of videos on YT by guitarists so proud that they can play Knopfler's solos in this song. This dude does it in the middle of.a full chord melody without omitting a single note.

I am a 60 year old musician and I appreciate how hard you’ve worked to get where you are! Absolutely amazing!

I’ve always favored the acoustic guitar over the electric I’m almost 60 now and never have I heard a more outrageously talented player than this guy! Man what an entertainer! He does everything the singing,bass,lead,rhythm,percussions,Spanish flavor! He’s truly a one man band! In a word AWESOME!!!

I didn’t know that such clean precision was possible whilst also not being clinical or sterile. This has surgical accuracy and soul for days. Amazing work.

I have been playing for over 28 years. This was the best performance I have ever seen. I am amazed at your dexterity and stamina. I bet it hurts to play it that well. My hand burns just watching.

Scary to think how many hours you’ve put into your craft. Incredible playing.

Learned the first chord, so nearly there. Should only take another 3000 years to learn the rest. I'll upload once it's done.

Lucas, I got to tell you man. if that song didn’t already have a name I would call it the song of 1000 triads. You are amazing man. What a blessing for me to find your channel. I’m 72 been playing the guitar for about 53 years and you make me look like a beginner. God bless you brother.❤

Been playing since 1993, and then I watch this and realize I haven't even scratched the surface of what guitar playing can be. This rendition is so dexterous and energetic. Mind blown.

"Check out Guitar Lucas... He knows ALL THE CHORDS!" Man, this is sooooo good! I listen to it at least once a day for inspiration! Master level talent!

That's a lot of sound and energy from an acoustic guitar. Didn't want it to stop.

Good Lord! What an unbelievable rendition of this classic! I've been playing for over going on 40 years and still can't come close to this level of proficiency with fingerstyle. Great work, sir!

After 40 years of playing, this man inspires me to sell all of my guitars. 😳

This is hands down the best cover of this song I’ve ever heard. As a guitarist I am in sheer disbelief of how immensely talented you are man, so inspiring 🤘🤘

I've been listening to original live versions of this song as well as tons of covers and this one just blows me away!!! Genius!!!

This is one of the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen. Period. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

How amazing is when someone can take you away from everything else in the world for 7mins. Thank you

I struggled for years to learn how to play the lead guitar parts for this song, which I can do pretty cleanly but never all the way through without some flaw. Now I just watched you do that while simultaneously playing the vocal melody AND basslines. I'm humbled and awed.

This cannot be a human being playing guitar. This is some god like alien.

Absolutely nuts. I had a couple of reactions that are very unusual for me when watching music videos - a few times I just started laughing out loud at how ridiculously good it was. Sooo good. Barn-stormingly brilliant. Thank you sir!

This is incredible. I can hear the words being sung without any vocals. So impressive.

The most impressive, and I mean THEE most impressive thing about this, is how you absolutely stay rock solid on time. Most covers on KZfaq have people rushing too much because they want to get through the tune instead of enjoying the ride (or practicing to a metronome).

It just got better. Drum parts? Wow. I believe he has done this more than just a few times!!!

My goodness - on an arcoustic guitar I have never, never heard anybody play this song that well. Thank you.

More impressive than the virtuosic playing is, to me, the complete mastery of, and adherence to, the rhythm. So many talented guitarists let the beat fall away when they get into vamping, fills, and solos. That you didn't let that happen even once elevated this performance to a master class.

Wow…I’m been playing every day for almost 30 years, and this is a great video to recalibrate my perspective, reset my expectations and accept my mortality. At one time I didn’t even know playing like this existed. Otherworldly skill.

Absolutely amazing. I don’t even have a acceptable way of describing how good this was. I remember when this song came out and have always loved it. Thank you for putting this together.

Never seen anyone rock this song that hard before... and don't expect to ever see anyone go beyond this... phenomenal!!!

There are two things I love about this rendition -- and they have nothing to do with technical proficiency, the playing style or even the skill of the artist himself. The first is the passion -- the raw emotion that starts off at 10 and quickly rises to 11 and beyond as the song goes on. I've listened to several finger style versions of this song on KZfaq and while most were close to note perfect and technically sound, they also bored me to tears. In this rendition, he drops a few notes here and there, but it doesn't matter. At all. Because for seven minutes, there is nothing more important to the guitarist than this song. It shows. And it's electrifying. The second thing is that he arranged a unique and dynamic piece of music while still staying true to the original (or maybe the added fills were completely improvisational, I don't know, but my point stands either way.) To quote Simon Cowell (and I can't believe I'm actually going to quote Simon Cowell), he "made it his own." Simply stunning, sir. This is one of my new favorite videos -- and by far my favorite rendition of his song. Consider me subscribed.

Every time I watch Tommy Emmanuel, his music makes me smile. I get the same silly smile on my face watching you create beautiful music from 6 simple strings of wound steel. Bravo Bravo sir!!!

This is just by far the best and technical performance and arrangement of this song!👏

That solo section that starts at 3:20 is something else. The way you incorporate all the other elements around what is essentially a guitar solo blows my mind

This is one of the greatest guitarist I have ever heard. 72 years old and I,ve heard them all !

Truly a remarkable version of this song. Flamenco in Rock form. Truly different and by a Maestro guitarist. Thank you for the distinct priviledge of hearing this incredible rendition. A friend always !

Oh I forgot to mention towards the end of the song four fingers weren’t enough for Lucas he slaps the thumb up on the fretboard! I watch everything I can of his music and can’t get enough of it!!! Please keep playing and creating I honestly expect to see him do something else we’ve never seen done before on the guitar and change the instrument in some way because if anybody’s going to do it he will!!

I never thought I’d hear a cover of “Sultans” that was as cool as the original, but words fail me. This is incredible! Lucas, thank you so much.

This man's playing acoustic with more intensity than most metal guitarists, holy cow. Great work!

Hard to even put into words how amazing this is

This guy moves his fingers like a damn ninja. Throwing up guitar signs. Simply amazing

Absolutely insane how well he plays.. not many in the world get to this level.

I'm still in shock. That was above and beyond perfection.

That's some god level stuff

This is sublime Mark Lewis brought me here :)

Holy Smokes, did I really just witness that? Some of the most incredible playing I have ever seen!! I don’t think I have ever seen anyone Rock the fingers style quite like that

I have listened to this probably 30 times and it still gives me chills. Unbelievable.

Listened to this again. Man! Take care of those hands. You are a treasure

Had to watch it twice, didn’t believe it the first time, incredible talent is the only way to describe this artist

There are not enough words in my vocabulary to express my admiration for the talent and dedication that it takes to play like this. I’ve been playing guitar for over 50 years and understand that to lay this way is not just hard work, it’s a God given gift.

Hands down one of the best performances I've ever seen...blown away!

I've watch guitarist my whole life, you are the best guitarist I've ever heard, period. Its so inspiring and insane how good you are. Great job dude, and that's an understatement.

Гениально, так чувствовать музыку, такая концентрация и нет левых нот, без фальши-это талантище!!!! Супер! СПАСИБО ЗА МУЗЫКУ!!!!!

Not sure what I just saw. Incredible.

If the song isn’t difficult enough already...I almost can’t believe that one person can play such an accurate cover. I’ve never heard of you before but I’ll for sure keep an eye out for you in the future. Very impressive talent. Thank you for sharing your hard work with us.

I only found out this now, and the only bad part about that is that I'll never have the opportunity to listen to this for the first again. Just Wow, Lucas. What a banger. Congrats

Most AMAZING guitar performances I've ever seen!

This is downright legendary. Absurdly skillful rendition. That’s magic!

I can’t tell you the last time a song or performance gave me goosebumps, but this did. Holy heck…. This is godlike

Perhaps the best i have seen on Die Straits Sultan of Swing.. really enjoyed every minute, from SE Texas Bear :)

Words fail me as to how gnarly this is… can’t believe it honeslty. Bravo dude, bravo 🙌

Hey Lucas, You’re one of the finest improvisational finger style guitarists I’ve ever seen. You must have been born with a guitar in your hand. I’ve played for over 40 years and people say I’m pretty good, but I’m completely humbled watching you play. Your entire soul is involved in your playing, where most guitarists memorize things and copy them, you seem to instinctively know where you’re at, at every moment. You’re improvising chord positions and fingering to allow you to play lead, rhythm, and vocals in the same position. Amazing! That’s a natural born talent I envy. I’ve learned some very hard songs and can improvise on them but what you do would scare the crap out of me. It seems, your fingers know the notes, then your soul takes over. Nothing written down, just a feeling and a path. You’re incredible man. Thank you for making my Christmas night.

Never seen a person play rhythm, lead, lead 2, and drums at the same time before. Also have never witnessed somebody so effortlessly sweep notes and chords across an acoustic guitar like that... great job sir. I'll definitely be returning to your videos

With YT, I now seem to discover a new guitar genius more or less every week. Jazz, classical, fusion, you name it.. Today, it’s Lucas’s turn. What a simply amazing and phenomenal/outstanding player. I especially like the semi-classical technique on steel strings.

Fantastic.... Incredible how easy he made it look

A lot of the posts below talk about about this being a cover. It's not: it's an audacious arrangement that brings the original to new places and new highs... some of the chordal harmonies are crazy. Amazing stuff. I like the mix of flamenco meets chicken picking meets rock.

Lucas só com um violão, "desempregou" o vocalista, o baterista, o baixista, o guitarrista e o percussionista. Orgulho BR!

Guitarists like this just piss you off. Incredible version.

Masterful! One of the best covers of this tune I've ever seen.

Non guitarist will never know how impressive this is 😭😭😭😭

Man, you might be the very best acoustic 6 string guitar player on the planet! Every time you put a new video, I can't click fast enough. This sultan of swing was just mind blowing! Peace.

Best I’ve ever heard!

Beautiful Amazing skills on Guitar!! Bravo! Lucas!

If the only thing the Internet ever gave us was this, it has served it purpose. Beyond awesome 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

I never comment but just wanted to say that this was unbelievable. Most finger-style guys keep beating up the guitar and over do things to an obnoxious extent, but this, this was so tasteful. Bravo.

Absolutely insanely amazing! 👏🏻

wow, this rendition blew my mind. mad respect 🔥🔥🔥

Yet another "Sultans" cover....I damn near didn't click the button. Ive been surprising and impressing other guitarists for 40+ yrs, Ive learned to celebrate all kinds of players. But damn. lol It's really hard to get just pure delight out of me these days! You brought so much happy into a sick ol man's day Thank you so much! Subscribed.

I keep coming back to watch this again. - There are some amazing guitarists on KZfaq. But Lucas is on some other level of virtuosity. Truly a master!

I wish to, one day, do anything at all with even 10% of the passion that this man has towards playing this piece right here.

I never paid attention to the editing before. I still absolutely love his style regardless if it’s continuous or not

bro this is insane, I didn't know the guitar could be played like that, I bet even the guitar didn't know hahaha. Absolutely perfection!

Growing up my guitar heroes were Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, and James Burton. I learned their styles, and developed my own style. This man though......My mind is blown. Have listened to all his videos, and there's no doubt he is in the top 10% of the best. At 68 years old, I'm stoked that someone still comes around and blows mainstream players out of the water. Oh to have good fingers again!

It's been a year and this is still incredibly impressive. I know that I will never be able to play at this level but I'm happy that I can listen at this level.

It looks so easy - brilliant.

Absolutely insane, the details and complexity, technique and everything, this is just crazy. I am speechless and blown away! Nothing but respect and admiration