Solo acoustic fingerstyle show by guitarist Mike Dawes at The Original Pittsburgh Winery.
Mike Dawes plays The Original Pittsburgh Winery on Wednesday, October 21, at 8 PM. He's a fingerstyle guitarist, which is a good place to start if you're not familiar with him: he plays the acoustic guitar alone, but he doesn't just strum chords. He's known for tapping on the fretboard, percussive rhythms, harmonics, and melodic arrangements, and he uses those techniques to make a single guitar sound like a full band. The set will be a solo acoustic performance.
That full-band sound comes from the way he handles the instrument. He's an acclaimed fingerstyle player with a reputation for technical ability, and he's gained international recognition for two things: his interpretations of popular songs and his original compositions. He blends rock influences with acoustic technique, keeping the melody and the percussive elements front and center. If you've never seen a fingerstyle guitarist live, that's the gist of it—the guitar provides the bass, the percussion, and the melody all at once.
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He's widely regarded as one of the leading figures in contemporary acoustic guitar music, and this is a solo show, so it's just him and the guitar. The performance is at The Original Pittsburgh Winery, 2809 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222, on Wednesday, October 21, starting at 8 PM.
