⬇USA HEADLINE Tour this August + Galactic Acid CD & Vinyl pre-order: www.mikedawes.com 08/16 - Phoenix 08/17 - Las Vegas 08/18 - Albuquerque 08/19 - Santa Fe 08/21 - San Antonio 08/22 - Tomball 08/23 - Austin 08/25 - Birmingham 08/27 - Decatur 08/28 - Nashville

Sounds beautiful guys! Wow!🙏🏻🙏🏻🔥🔥

That’s legendary, I wish I could see Mike and Tommy playing together live someday

I've never seen Tommy Emmanuel do "so little". Mike Dawes already covers so much of this song on his own that there is hardly any room for another guitar. Yet, Tommy finds his way to add even more layers to it. He doesn't draw too much attention, he rather elevates what Mike does even further. Brilliant collaboration, two masters at work in perfect harmony. Love it!

We need a whole album as a collab between you 2 master guitarists. This is outstanding!!

Everytime I listen to Tommy playing with someone else, I'm blown away by how well he balances out his playing. He manages to add more to every song he plays, while also knowing to step back at the right time and let the other guitarist have their moments.

Holy crap this was inspiring. 2 absolute legends!

I saw these gentlemen together live on stage in San Diego. Mike opened for Tommy, then they did a number of duets through the concert. A truly magical night to remember.

Here you have it ladies and gentlemen........perfection. Bloody brilliant 👏

When Tommy Emmanuel decides to play with you, on 'his' instrument, - you know you've reached some level of proficiency or you're still sleeping... Beautiful composition - flowed like water.

2:52 That was amazing as hell.

Not only is Tommy a magnificent musician, but an all round nice person. I met him at a TV studio in Central Australia in 1998 when I worked there for a live cross to some show and he was the most quiet and unassuming person I have ever met and always very gracious in his manner.

Tommy adding in the accents and motifs from Sultans of Swing made me smile so hard

Thanks so much from Tommy and myself! Please do subscribe/like/comment as it means the world. Definitely sub to Tommy's channel too. We'll see you on the road in the USA and EU Jan/Feb! Dates in description x

When two legends meet.❤️

Tommy is a legend. Mike is a game changer. Lovely collab.

Where is the love button? That thumbs up button needs to be 100x bigger. Guys this is SO.DAMN.GOOD

People talk about Hendrix , Clapton , slash tone but Tommy’s tone on an acoustic guitar is legendary. You could listen to his tone even if there’s an ensemble of guitarists playing !!

It is honestly hard to comprehend how anyone can be so talented, and also have the collective minds to put it all together, clearly done in separate recording studios. I am totally speechless, there's no compliment that expresses how much I love this.

Tommy Emmanuel is the loveliest man and so very talented. Great to see you are still performing. I interviewed you back in the early eighties when I was just starting out. Fond memories of your kindness.

The changes in tuning by Mike are so smooth...this could be one of the best colabs between two purely acoustic guitarists. Loved it!

Tommy Emmanuel. Top 5 guitarists that ever lived. Seriously.

I love this so much! 💯💯

I have watched this video probably 1000 times and I am blown away every time I see it

Wonderful when Tommy slows down a touch. The music is just…whew…wonderful. From East Tennessee

tommy sounds like he's playing a dire straights riff. this sounds amazing.

Give me a 10 hour version of Tommy waving his hands, it's amazing :)

Mr, Dawes shares some great techniques with Marcin, but this is a lot more relaxing to listen to. And of course Tommy is so wonderfully musical as well.

absolutely majestic … you can hear all day and night long

I consider myself very lucky to have seen Tommy Emmanuel perform live on several occasions- pre the ‘rona

The best part about this is how much fun they’re having. Even if nobody ever heard/saw them play they would do it with the same amount of energy and passion. It’s so evident that they’re both just in love with playing this instrument. Two legends.

Nice. Tommy is so happy in this. He deserves a break. And Mike is driving the car perfectly.

This is some of the most amazingly beautiful soulful music that I’ve ever heard in my nearly 5 decades on this earth of being a huge music fan.

So that’s what talent and joy combined looks like

Tommy gives so much appreciation to whoever he plays with.

Hypnotic, magical , tonal mastery, explosive, harmonic telepathy, modal rapture, and just damn right brilliant! Thank you for that Mike and Tommy.

The mutual respect between these two artists is quite evident, what a fantastic job of playing together, thank you !

Tommy can't stop entertaining and playing with the camera. So sweet 😄

At the end of the day, you've got to hand it to Gotye for writing one of the all time most amazing riffs that this world has ever seen. Lets musicians like this show off their outrageous talent!

Ear candy would be an understatement. This is brilliant. I loved Mikes' take on this song. Now with Tommy, even better. Kudos guys.

I can't think of a better instrumental duet: Dawes sounds like a six piece band by himself with an out of this world technique, which lays down a rich groove that has Emmanuel on a high before he plays a single riff. But the best thing, is that all of it ALL OF IT is in service of the music, the co-creation, and none of it is ego-driven showy stuff. Lots of people like the circus, but this is what it would sound like if Michelangelo and Einstein were musicians and got down to it. WOW!

When we saw the interview with potato quality we all wished you would do this. Now we have it and life is better now :) Thank you for this great piece of history.

I would be blown away just knowing that Tommy Emmanuel knows my name never mind playing guitar with him.. What an honour.. Well done & great guitar playing by you both..

Tommy makes me laugh so hard every time he makes those funny faces. Not only is he a guitar genius, he's also funny as hell. Just love the guy. What's not to like, right? 🤣🤣 And yes, this guitar duet is pure magic!

Your name IS PERFECTION!!!! WOWWWWWW!!!! PASSION!!! ❤💯💥

I'm standing on the roof of my country house in Mexico, listening to this beautiful music while listening to some coyotes yipping about 200 yards away and getting bitten by dozens of mosquitos. The memories this is going to make!

What a joyful surprise this was! To see one master play with another master, honestly left me with goosebumps. Especially the way Tommy complemented the tones Mike was producing, in the beginning and when and when Tommy played the solo and Mike added the emphasis. You guys rock, and really enjoyed two of the most inspirational guitarist have a blast!!!

Buttery smooth!

How could you take a song that was so good.. and make it even better?? Wow the addition of Emmanuel COMPLETES this song. Maybe you can add vocals one day as well :) Incredible job!

This really puts into perspective what a monster player Mike actually is. Imho he will be unmatched for a loooong time

Just watched Rick Beato's latest vid. Heard reference of this cover. Had to check it out. FREAKING INCREDIBLE!!!🤯

Mike is Miraculous and Tommy Emanuel has been Avant Garde for years and years and miles and miles. This is exquisite.

This is freaking masterpiece.

Only bad thing about this is: it's got an ending! Thank you for that little piece of magic :)

If I had to live through this crappy day only to see this at the end.... It was all worth it. Thank you Mike, thank you Tommy, that was amazing!

This performance make me think that Life Is so Beautiful

I always go to Tommy's page(s) when I'm writing - for inspiration. Really like the pairing of guitars here - Mike Dawes - more please!

Playing with Tommy and having kudos from Rick Beato is the absolute dream! Great work : D

This legendary piece is soooo goooooooooudd !! 😍😍 speechless..

So beautiful! Just can get over the insane subtleties of the fingerpicking, percussion, notes ringing, tone… Very difficult to describe.

This was something I wanted to last eternity ❤. Two words for you mike Avante garde and inspirational

2:51 coolest thing I've heard

Masterful - not just the playing but the whole video and audio production. What a combo, and Tommy's expressions are priceless! Totally enjoyed it. Who ARE those people who gave this a thumbs down?

Man, that was awesome! I’ve heard Mike play that song solo, but the addition of Tommy took it to another level.

These guitars must be crying as much as I am when getting played so beautifully

That was absolutely stunning gentlemen!

You add so many seemingly disassociated elements to standard guitar techniques and make it look totally organic, as if it was always there but couldn’t be seen! Totally Motzartish. Thank you so very much for opening your door and allowing us to enter and visit your kind and humble genius; such a gracious and unexpected surprise-smacking of Serendipity! Again, thank you.

Lovely cover, complete with laundry basket. ❤️❤️👍

Tommy is so funny with his facial expressions - brilliant duo ❤loved this’s ❤

Beautiful stuff from both of you! 🔥

Woow... Let me thank You both for this massive amount joy you are bringing night in night out to basically everyone who hears this and isn't deaf... Not many people actually realize what a blessing it is to get the chance listen to such a performance, and only few people globally can provide such a thing. I dont know how to put it in a sentence, excuse my english, I'll translate from my language couple of things I have to say, since I cant remerber when was the last time I was so moved by some piece of music: 1. The sound coming out of your instruments is so perfectly set and ballanced, minimalistic and powerful at the same time... so colorful and so beautiful. If I hadn't heard Tommy live many times, I'd be sure it was heavily mixed and filtered. But guess what, I know You would play this in the middle of the night and it would be. And Mike, you are couple of years younger than me, but sometimes it seems like you are some kind of highlander/performer/artist on tour that is lasting for centuries. I wanna live to hear your live performance when You'll be 60 years old, with double the experience compared to now? 2. Arrangement - I've been playing for almost 30 years now and I am 100% incompetent to say one single word except WOOW again 3. The flow - most people dont realize that timing the dynamics from harsh to almost silent is probably one of the hardest "intangibles" on the guitar, since it cannot be teachable... simply takes decades.... 4. Skill set - Is anyone familiar with that feeling of giving up and burning all of my guitars ASAP, but at the same time feeling motivated and hungry for the strings. Eventhough 99,99% of us mortals will never reach any level close to this, please do take credits for one more thing: You ve made so many guitarists work harder and become better players... and that is huge, and please keep that in mind Sorry for long spammer post, but I had to write this... P.S: Thank You for the music

I literally fall into a self comforting warmth of a trance when I listen to your music! Can't stop listening whatsoever!! Amazed!!!

I love how Tommy engages with his audience.

Wow, two of my favorite guitarists jamming together on one of my favorite songs! Fantastic!

Loved how Tommy enjoys little nuances in music.... He hears more than what our ears can hear 🤘🤘

Looooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeee THIS !

2 of God’s many great gifts to humanity - 1. The Guitar 2. Great guitarists like these two masters.

Beautiful work Tommy, but Mike, that rhythm, and percussion and whatever else you were doing was absurdly creative and well done. Beautiful pair. Kudos. By the way, using the Scruggs D tuner on guitar is sweet and you did it so well.

This is some incredible writing, arrangement, and performance of two such acclaimed guitarists. What I especially like is the fact that Tommy gave Mike quite a lot of room to unfold his playing and style. From a symbolic point of view, it almost seems as Tommy is reaching out purposely to hand over the scepter to a new generation of great musicians hence to come. All the love from Germany keep up the great work.

Next to “Walk Off The Earth’s” version this is now my second favourite cover of this song!! 👏👏👏😊👍😎

So legendary even the comments section is full of great guitarists.

Absolutely smashed it! Love it guys 🔥

Goosebumps, glorious rendition.

These two should really tour together. They could assemble genius and brilliance on command and by request.

Tommy is a legend. Mike your name should be Precision

Beautiful passing of the torch. Two great guitarists! Well done.

Four of the most incredible hands ever to grace a fretboard! Seen them both live, their dedication to their craft is unimpeachable, true artists!

Start my day every day with this.

As a guitar player I wish I could even think about being this good. Such incredible skill.

You are both so unbelievably awesome. But Tommy's moves and mugging for the camera just make me smile, like at 0:35 :-) And Mike is having a great time flawlessly changing string tuning on the fly, as needed by the song. I love it!

Love Tommy's licks, really remind me of Sultans of Swing, Great stuff guys!

Well if this is the quality of entertainment up there, maybe we should all go live on Mars after all.

I'm blown away! Two virtuosos doing what they do best. Unbelievable talent! Bravo! 👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤬🤬🤬🤬😯😯😯😯

This is real talent right here.and I'm so glad I got to listen.

Tommy's a beast. These guys are both amazing. That speed tuning is so cool. A totally different sound than bending or sliding. It has it's own cool vibe to it.

Wow….just WOW!1 Thank you for ending my already perfect day!🙏🫶✌️

Mike Dawes has the most amazing fingers I’ve seen on a guitarist. Dexterity personified.

I've had the privilege of see both these phenomenal guitarists in Philly...Awesome picking!

Tommy E is a great entertainer and musician! To see him continue into a new era is so amazing! Great job with the song selection, guys!

two amazing musicians in this fragile world.....thanks for all!!!!