Dire Straits Telegraph Road reaction-this could be so many places today

[@valleyken]

Jaw to the floor. Look at them go when the groove sets in, in between the heavenly beautiful slow parts. The lyrics. He's not in the top 10. He's got his own separate list. Perfection. I love the smile on his face when he's playing. He was such a young boy back then, full of energy, giving his best to make this world a better place. That's real music.

[@ripoff3]

Mark is the only guitarist that can make me cry, smile & get goose bumps at the same time. His lyrics have expanded my mind as well, he's a thinking person's hero. Check out his solo body of work from 1996 - present day as well.

[@АлександърСивриев]

The song was written on the way to a concert in Detroit / Michigan. The Telegraph Road is a highway in Detroit.

[@АлександърСивриев]

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[@CuzKatieSaysSo]

Terry Williams was phenomenal ❤.

[@andrejbrumen8739]

He writes, plays and sings his own music and that is why he is unbeatable... a genius all the way... Been on four of his concerts...Very lucky but not lucky enough to "feel" the Dire Straits era... Anyway, "Tunnel of love" is THE ONE you should go for... For me it is the best song ever written and played. Believe it or not, this song is helping me more in my life than most people do...

[@jjc5407]

One of many wonderful things about Mark Knopfler is the sheer variety of his guitar playing. He has that remarkable signature sound, but he doesn't just stop there. Listen to Romeo and Juliet, Private Investigations, Money for Nothing, Marble Town, the Neck & Neck album he recorded with the legendary Chet Atkins, his movie soundtracks like Local Hero , The Princess Bride and Altimira... every one so very different but all very, very special. And that's just a tiny sample of his extensive catalogue of work.

[@jeffmorris6105]

Also think of the many duets he has played with other guitar greats like Chet Atkins

[@martinharvey2390]

He also wrote and performed on Tina Turner's Private Dancer. Also worth a listen is a fellow Geordie Jimmy Nail's song called Big River, he plays on that too

[@jjc5407]

Actually he didn't perform on Private Dancer, although the rest of Dire Straits did. Jeff Beck played lead guitar including what Mark apparently described as 'the world's second ugliest guitar solo'! Jimmy Nail is among the cast members who provide backing vocals on Mark's 'Why Aye Man' the theme song for the revival of the TV show Auf Wiedersehen Pet.

[@martinharvey2390]

@@jjc5407 I stand corrected sir, I knew he wrote it so it seemed logical he'd play the solo. Tim Healy is also on backing vocals on why aye man.

[@agross12345]

@@martinharvey2390 His solo on Tom Jones, Feel Like Going Home, is one of the most moving, in perfect alliance with the lyrics.

[@jjc5407]

Mark produced and played on Bob Dylan's Infidels album and toured with him just a few years ago. As far as where Mark ranks amongst guitarists, I'd rank him number one just ahead of Dave Gilmour in terms of who I most like to listen to. As a songwriter I'd rank him ahead of Dylan by a country mile.

[@HarriBestReactions]

Wow! By a country mile ahead of Dylan? don't let the Dylan team come for you mate 😀😀🤣

[@jjc5407]

@@HarriBestReactions Lol. I'm serious though. Mark's lyrical ability is off the charts. He writes about such a diverse range of topics and has an incredible ability to condense stories about people, places and events into a handful of verses. He doesn't write songs, he crafts them. Every word is chosen with absolute precision.

[@michaelslomins853]

Totally agree as far songwriters go, There’s Knopfler then there’s everyone else.

[@revbenf6870]

Knopfler and perhaps other band members played on Dylans "Slow Train Coming" as Bob Dylan was blown away by Sultans of Swing and asked them to play with him. You can see some vocal similarities.

[@mrkitewine7700]

Easily one of my favourite live performances, and definitely my favourite Dire Straits one. Thank you for doing this one.

[@HarriBestReactions]

Rock on!

[@KennethWilliamElkington]

Call 911 ... this freakin' band is on fire... seriously. Mark is at the height of his guitar god powers... gotta be one of the absolute best, all-time live performances. (love the drummer, btw)

[@52montoya]

Telegraph Road in Michigan outside of Detroit was also known as the Dixie Highway. Dixie Highway went all the way to the South. This was the route the Southerners took to go north to find work in the Auto plants around Detroit. It was also referred to as "Bloody Telegraph" because it was a 3-lane highway with the middle lane used for passing so there was a large number of head-on collisions.

[@objectiveobserver4278]

Today, Telegraph Road is a broken down, congested mess of a road, Highway US 24. Detroit is a broken down, empty mess of a city.

[@testtest-fv3qf]

Hi from Algeria. The best song best commosition!!! I listen to it many years since 1981 and i love the alkemy version

[@famat161]

He is at the top of my list. He's the one that plays what I most want to hear.

[@Kavala76]

You should listen to "Brothers in Arms" from the album of the same name. Sheer excellence and beauty.

[@voodooacidman]

Chester (Chet) Atkins, widely regarded by other guitarists as the best fingerstyle player ever, said Mark K was the best he ever heard! big love to all people

[@loveller6]

No one sounds like Knopfler! But, that can be said of most GREAT musicians, which is a big part of what makes them great! Solid gold talent.

[@KNOPFLERSGOD]

Fantastic song and performance. Mark was on fire during this era. You should react to every song from this live album.

[@glennalcott]

To answer your question about Knopfler, I consider him the greatest guitarist ever (better than Clapton). You should listen to the studio version of this song from the Love Over Gold album. With Dire Straits I think the studio versions are almost always the best ones. Also check out Tunnel of Love from the Making Movies album which ends with one of the greatest guitar solos in rock.

[@Lord_Shouty]

I agree Knopfler is better than Clapton, but Duane allman was better than Clapton. I disagree with the studio versions. I think Dire straits are a much better live band. The way that they can dress the song in many different layers live and change certain sections is just part of the genius. Love over gold and Brothers in Arms are amazing albums but their live performances are what give them the wow factor. Tunnel of love and romeo and juliet are great songs...

[@hesch-tag]

This version is way better than the studio version.

[@agross12345]

In my opinion, while the studio sounds are always perfection itself, the live versions are longer more intricate, unexpected and ingenious. TR in the past 10 years are fuller with additional instruments and sound better to me.

[@barramundi4604]

Amen! TOL has the most perfect, beautiful outro ever laid down.

[@shanewilson2484]

Tunnel of love is my fav Dire Straits song and it was Mark's Dad's favorite one too.

[@APthefirst]

In this song, Telegraph road is an actual road in Detroit. This song chronicles the rise and fall of the Detroit auto industry. The man walking with the sack on his back is Henry Ford. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_24_in_Michigan

[@Stratmanable]

The Metaphor Faerie doesn't visit very often, does she? There are Telegraph Roads all over the country. I saw one named that outside of LA a few years back. In this song Telegraph Road is a stand in for America, and how what Americans think of as progress is just a template for misery for working people.

[@objectiveobserver4278]

@Stratmanable, you are wrong! Mark wrote this song while travelling on Michigan highway US 24 - Telegraph Road. Why do you have to be so condescending? He is talking about Henry Ford, the auto factories and the decline of Detroit, once a great city.

[@arnodobler1096]

Mark is a classical commposer in modern time; one instrument responds to the other (listen to "Going Home" from Motion Picture Local Hero with Burt Lancaster)

[@lindachrisman915]

Great film - listen to the music from Cal Knopfler played and wrote.

[@lhpl]

"Going Home" is perhaps the most mesmerizingly beautiful guitar music ever.

[@arnodobler1096]

modern music is like twitter this music is like reading a classic book

[@SebGeddy]

Oh man, what a song (it's like Springsteen meets Supertramp or Pink Floyd), what a band, what a performance. Dire Straits are the first band I saw live, back in 1992

[@أحمدالصاعدي-ك3ل]

Sure among the top 10 greatest guitarist of all time.to me,his style is the best.

[@thn229]

He’s the best of all time

[@leighplant3593]

Harri,ive heard this song for the very first time and im not kidding when i say that at that exact time,i heard Dylan too..Hes very poetic and like Bob,a story teller

[@Michiel1972]

Mark Knopfler is for me the number 1 guitarplayer in the world. Because of him i picked up the guitar myself. His melodies are so strong and he is so versatile. From rock to folk to blues. Being the fastest guitarist or making the weirdest chord progressions doesn't make one the best. The best guitarplayer is the one that moves your soul the most.

[@keefterry2155]

I love your reactions to the music. It is a beautiful thing to see you loving this music that otherwise you would never get to hear. Yes, Mr. Knopfler is in a class by himself.

[@52montoya]

Telegraph Rd. was a 3 lane north-south highway that travelers used to bypass Detroit. It was also called "bloody Telegraph" because the center lane was the passing lane and it wasn't unusual for cars coming from opposite directions would meet for a violent head-on collision. It was also part of the Dixie highway system used by Southerners coming to Detroit looking for work in the many auto plants.

[@hernanpuzzo8191]

It seems like in between Dylan and Springsteen, the sound of the voice. With Dylan they share the tone of voice and the excellent use of lyrics, accentuations, and with Bruce the power of their voice. Knopfler is undoubtedly a masterful songwriter and performing guitarist.

[@TomMarvan]

10:26 Absolutely Dylan was a massive influence on MK. The Love Over Gold album (Telegraph Road is on the album) I think particularly showcases Mark’s Dylanesque vocal delivery - and even Mark’s lyrics. Dylan apparently expressed to Mark how he enjoyed the rhyme of “diary” with “inquiry” on the Private Investigations track. Thank you for your video.

[@ahickin]

Telegraph road OMG what a song CLASSIC

[@martinharvey2390]

He's top 5 let alone top 10

[@Lonely_Goat]

He is definitely top of the song writers.

[@bribolin7278]

He's always been in my top ten if not top five best popular guitarists.

[@jennywren7822]

I thought the same as you Harri, all the requests made me watch it, I was thinking this is no good, UNTIL THE LAST 4 MINUTES. I've found the more you watch it the better it gets, the whole song is wonderful, I've got it on the loop and dance, very good excercise for an old dear like me 😌 Just listen to the music, everything can be heard, and it's magnificent. Well done 👏👏

[@josephregester7780]

I have always viewed it as a song about 2 sides of the coin, both good and bad. It is an epic story that reflects so many places though it was written near Detroit.

[@ememnicholas565]

Mark Knopfler is a master storyteller. His solo album Sailing to Philadelphia is one of my favorites. I always thought it ironic that an English man wrote such compelling and deep lyrics about America (past and present). I have been lucky enough to see him live and it was one of my greatest concert memories. Fun fact: he may be the only rocker to have a dinosaur named after him. 🦕

[@agross12345]

How can America be free...

[@williamosborne6866]

My list of great guitarists - not always the fastest, loudest, most animated - just those that can make you FEEL emotions, and not in any particular order (except my top 3): David Gilmour (Pink Floyd, solo) Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) Eric Clapton (Cream, Blind Faith, Delany & Bonnie, solo) Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) Gary Moore (more acts that I can list here, but his solo career topped them all) Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult) Larry Carlton (jazz/fusion/rock - Steely Dan, Fourplay, solo - possibly the most accomplished studio musician) Terry Kath (Chicago Transit Authority) Jimi Hendrix

[@donnakeeton168]

Excellent list. I would add Mike Campbell and Lindsey Buckingham as well. But I love Mark Knopfler as one of my top two.

[@mik9124]

What a treasure of musical creativity was given to us by God's grace at this time. Unique, epic, enchanting, harmonious and full of dreams that need to be lived.

[@petervenkman69]

Mark Knopfler has worked with Bob Dylan, both playing with him and produced for him.

[@Lord_Shouty]

Im just happy that someone actually reacted to this.

[@HarriBestReactions]

its a beautiful song

[@colincampbell5967]

One of the great concert bands that i have been fortunate enough to see. I would say that Knopfler is a storyteller vocalist rather than a singer but certainly a genius of his time surrounded by a great band.

[@knarf4083]

Where would I rate Knopfler ? Tied for number 1 of all time with David Gilmour.

[@loiep]

Mark has toured with Dylan a few times, including recently; and he played with and produced for him. Check out the album Infidels. It’s awesome. I think he has said in the past that Dylan was an influence on him. I was fortunate to see them twice together as well as see Mark solo and Dire Straits in the 80’s. He is absolutely my favorite guitarist of all time. His solo stuff is great as well. Sailing to Philadelphia is amazing and he has some instrumental movie sound tracks like Princess Bride and Local Hero. There is a live version of Going Home from Local Hero that is just amazing...all instrumental. He’s played with Clapton too...you should look that up.

[@HarriBestReactions]

Thanx for this Loie

[@eturfrey]

Alan Clark on keys.

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

Alan Clark is one hell of a keys man.

[@roswheadon]

Excellent reaction. Check out some of the vids of the Princes Trust Concert (1987?) at the Royal Albert Hall, where Mark plays alongside Eric Clapton and Elton John. Particularly love his duet with Eric on 'Layla'. And they are all obviously having such a blast together.

[@glennplanck2319]

Thank you for sharing your reaction to this song. It always makes me happy to see someone discover music that I love and to see them enjoy it as much as I do. This version of Telegraph Road is among my favorite live performances ever. Regarding Mark Knopfler, "best" guitarist is too subjective to argue, but he is my favorite guitarist and it's not really close. The man paints pictures with the sounds he creates. And yes, I sometimes hear a bit of Dylan in his singing as well.

[@mikegray8776]

Nice reaction, fella !! To answer your question, many of us regard Mark Knopfler as the most expressive, emotive guitarist of all time. The "best" is of course a subjective judgment - and everyone has their own "best" - but I am now 67 and I have seen perhaps 400 different bands including some incredible guitar players ..... Eric Clapton, Martin Barre, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Peter Green, Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Paul Kossoff ....... but Mark is the only one who can actually make me cry with the tone, texture and sheer poignancy of his playing. And you are absolutely right about the Dylan-esque quality of both his lyrics and his vocal style. If you haven't found it already, you MUST listen to the LIVE version of "Brothers In Arms" - Mandela Concert, Wembley 1988 [ kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXW8Y36Vm8RoY9U ] I know you get it - and if you make it through that with dry eyes - I will be amazed ! .... Even Mark was emotional as he played it (at both 2:08 and 7:39)!! I realise you've already listened to the studio version - but this is on a different level - with Eric Clapton joining the band, and playing in front of 80,000 spectators !!! The best and most emotional 8 minutes of music you will EVER hear - guaranteed !!

[@martinstubbs7974]

Hi Harry Sublime musicianship by all the band and for me Mark is the greatest guitarist of all time.

[@jennywren7822]

A man with a sack on his back went up a dirt road and decided to set up home, others came because of work, more houses were built, churches, lawyers, came, then drugs, murder, and ghetto's Then a large town or city anywhere in the world, 3 lane motorways just to finish it off. The dirt track became Telegraph Road...

[@edwardtmarsh884]

YES, Harri, he absolutely sounds akin to B. DYLAN. He opened for BOB here in Colorado quite a few years ago. I'll bet they did a coupla numbers together -- would have loved to hear THAT!!!

[@dolphin8077]

MY fav guitar hero. Mark ❤🎸

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Mark Knopfler is the best guitarist ! This song still sends shivers down my spine 30 years on !

[@superpieton]

Mark Knopfler always said that Dylan was a great inspiration to him. That's no surprise to hear Bob Dylan through MK's song...

[@jasoncarpp7742]

Awesome song! Every time I listen to the song, so many emotions go through my mind. What those emotions are depends on the verse and the lyrics.

[@Stratmanable]

Mark Knopfler is my favorite player. Because of him I ditched the pick and now play with just my fingers. Because of him I've started paying more attention to phrasing and timing. Because of him I've ditched most of my effects.

[@Wolverines77]

David Gilmour and Mark Knopfler are the only two modern guitarists who have the ability to pull me into their universe with their guitar solo's...

[@WillBraddock27056]

I feel as if you need to listen to Tunnel of Love, live Wembley or Sydney version, the last solo on that is second to none, and definitely could be better than sultans!

[@bernardfinch7046]

The Wembley Arena in my opinion is untouchable 16mins of magic........

[@rialobran]

Nail hit firmly on the head, The British soft rock version of Dylan both in voice and song writing ability. This is a protest song every bit as powerful as anything Dylan has written.

[@Prone2Thrill]

Mark is amazing - top 10 for me in my later years more appreciated and more variety heard now. Brothers in arms is powerful. The mans too big, the mans too strong also! Sultans of swing isn't on my top 20 songs from Dire/Mark and it's great.

[@edmonddowling3686]

Masterpiece.

[@rogerthat9174]

I like your take on this song... you are spot on...... and I would rank Mr knopfler as the top three in the past fifty years. For me just my humble opinion......

[@rethomps1]

Brother, please do a reaction to The Dire Straits song 'The Mans Too Strong' This is the most amazing piece that Mark has written. If nothing else, listen to the studio version.

[@Orbitalmercury]

Mark is number one guitarist in my mind. Yes sure there's plenty of wonderfully talented guitar players out the but very few of marks Calibre. His guitar nit only makes heavenly music but it really does seem to cry and sing. His voice is perfect for his storytelling. Most his songs are stories and he doesn't sing in the regular sense but talks his way through the song with a little singing and ut makes his song really get the story across and if you add his guitar to is vocals its almost as if theyre two parts of a single entity which i guess they are. But Telegraph Road Alchemy Live is by far the best version and i deliberately avoided watching it for 39 years, thinking the studio version was best and it would be heresy to listen to anything else. Oh man was i wrong and i now watch or listen to it about a dozen times a day and never get sick if it. Hell ive been listening to the studio version since it first came out and every day for 39 years. Now i dont listen to it but i play this instead.ps please excuse typos but my finger is too big to type accurately 😂 I also feel that Alan Clarks piano and keyboard playing is superb and central to the song. It has a lot more impact in this song and at times as his move from piano to synth ir organ and then it fades perfectly to blend with marks guitar to a point its almost impossible to tell where he stops and marks guitar starts. A bit like a hive mind this band has as they are so smooth and blend perfectly. Oh and yes i can see or hear the similarities to Dylan too .

[@LoveStory-pg5gt]

It is one of their good songs . thanks dude .

[@coxfire]

The eternal debate around who the best guitarist is will always vary from one to another, but I personnally find MK to be one of the most tasteful. His tone, his melodies and his way of letting the music tell the story are probably some of the best out there

[@timjones9727]

On the best guitarists question I go another way. Which guitarists most influenced you? For me it’s 1. Mark Knopfler 2. BB King 3. John Mayer That way it’s less of a subjective debate. There are so many fantastic jazz and metal guitarists but they don’t influence my playing so sticking to influence over best is a good way to go 😀

[@gilbertg7]

Actually, when Sultans Of Swing came out on the radio, a lot of people thought it was Dylan. Later, Dylan hired them for a tour

[@paulnorton-p1i]

If I make a suggestion, check out Dire Straits River Towns, a beautiful sad piece,wonderful lyrics and one of the best sax backing I have heard.

[@frankiefourfingers6717]

Lovely review of a great song

[@mik9124]

I would rank him among Unic's top guitarists, there is no way to copy that style. It's up to you what you prefer

[@billmorris8358]

You asked where do we think Knopfler stands as far as guitar players stands? For me, the best rock guitarists i have ever heard and seen. Clapton is one of the best blues guitarists ive ever seen, but Knopfler is the Paganini of the electric guitar! Dire Straits were the greatest Rock and Roll orchestra ive heard. You also likened him to Dylan, Dylan was a musical poet of our age, but he couldn’t finger pick an electric guitar like Knopfler can! May i suggest, if youre into Mark Knopfler, that you or anyone who like to listen to Mark show his mastery of the guitar, listen to “Sailing To Philadelphia” and also “What It Is”! Thank for a great video, stay safe one and all, see you again soon.

[@rojavida]

The Telegraph Road is very specifically the road to Detroit, USA. Just to let you know.

[@fernandocardoso8199]

Essa música é uma obra prima. RJ - Brasil

[@lindachrisman915]

Check out Knopfler's solo stuff - Piper to the End is wonderful

[@elisahemingway1395]

he himself said that his guitar inspiration and the quitarist that he admires was hank marvin (from the shadows) so look him up

[@HarriBestReactions]

I know Hank..brilliant guitarist.

[@nantague]

This is Mark's most Springsteen-like song. IMO

[@Pulsar77]

Yes, this is to Dire Straits what Jungleland is to Bruce Springsteen. Both epic songs.

[@viviennerose6858]

Love Mark Knophler, and fan of Bob Dylan too, and yes ivexalways seen similarities. I read somewhere they have been friends, and spent time together

[@florianstockle5471]

Mark Knopfler, Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, BB King are my guitar heros of all time.

[@florianstockle5471]

I‘m Dire Straits fan from early childhood and I’ll always Listen to Thema for the Rest of my life

[@garygari439]

Knopfler, Gilmour and Slash are the best in my opinion

[@anthonyh4745]

Telegraph road is a progression of civilisation for all its good and bad.

[@jardarius]

Bob D sounds like Mark K? Yeah. Never noticed. Sing talking, nasal, they really do! Can't belive I never noticed. Guess because their music is so different. Tx for the observation.

[@RicoBurghFan]

Top 5 great guitarists ever.

[@famat161]

Telegraph wires were all situated next to a road. How else would they get the poles out there to erect them?

[@poliver76]

Only my opinion... but I suspect you listened to this version because the live Sultans of Swing is better than the album version. I think the reverse is true of Telegraph Road... All the best songs allow the listener to interpret what they will. For me Telegraph Road is about the optimism of expansion compared with the reality it often creates down the line. The late seventies and early eighties in the UK were about urban decay and the loss of industry certainly in the North East where the band originates. The optimism of colonial expansion and the Industrial Revolution had long subsided. Someone mentioned Bruce Springsteen... very apt

[@double00spy]

The first time I ever heard Knopfler sing, I thought he was imitating Dylan. IMO, Mark is near the top of the best guitarists ever. I like his playing more than anyone else's. David Gilmore comes close.

[@rongoesCDN]

No, he's more like Leonard Cohen with Springsteen lyrics. Very reminiscent of Thunder Road. I had my own Telegraph Road in the suburbs of Montreal. Where we had pioneered or way out into the fallow farmer's fields then jsut subdivided and the main road to the new freeway was just a two lane country road. We were at the edge of the forest and the road plus another one to go west went to six lanes. The forest is mostly developed now but there has been some nature park reserve along the river.

[@2299jsimon]

A few lines are reminiscent of Dylan, but he tells a story much better, and his music... speaks for itself.

[@romanfedrich6967]

Mark's guitar tells him he can sing if he really wants to, but don't go overboard and make a fool of himself.

[@caudlemann2615]

He is story telling .

[@redzone77p]

Also try the album cut HQ beautiful. Without all the whistling and noise.

[@MarioPerez-ms4tq]

Sultan of SWIM and. Brothers in arms. 2 m.p. of. Dire Strait ❤

[@jessemclemore1108]

It was around Detroit, he said that

[@barelycryptid4580]

12:50 knopfler steps into god mode 😂

[@michaeldodridge5929]

Check out any live Rolling Stones stuff with Mick Taylor 1969 to 1974. Time waits for no one, doo doo doo doo doo (heartbreaker), gimme shelter etc Has to be live..

[@SebGeddy]

Oh yeah, Mark Knopfler sure sings like Bob Dylan but that's not the only common point: they're both highly talented songwriters

[@paulbrut]

Hi Harri, is the world a better place today,your tone says No, yes we have factories and infrastructure for business and wealth, i think the world is far better than even 50 years ago, is your life better than your grandparents, mine is, I have water, electricity, access to healthcare ,relatively cheap food, and i dont live in a poorer war torn country, nothing is perfect, my man, But life is definitely better .

[@philging]

Mark Knopfler easily walks into the top ten guitarists of all time - after that it's down to personal preference.

[@royallen771]

Mark Knolfer is in my top Ten. There are different styles of playing. He is a lot like Eric Clapton. Look into some of his solo music, it gets even better.

[@davevanvuuren578]

not sure if you are going to read this. welcome to the music we grew up with. a lot to learn. welcome. Dave south africa.

[@HarriBestReactions]

Yes i am.gonna read it Dave 😀I try so hard to read as much as i can.Yhanx for the comment and a happy new year to you and family mate

[@jorgemartins3969]

The best ever

[@martinharvey2390]

The song sort of tells the story of how corruption can infect a society. Very thought provoking lyrics in many way. As for the comparison with Dylan, sort of get it, neither great vocalists but always great lyricists. Mark is a genius with the guitar, had the privilege to see him at the O2 in London in 2019, mesmerising guitar work. I've just got a guitar for Christmas and I'll be happy just managing a tune let alone anything on these lines