Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year winner covers Eminem's The Real Slim Shady – and it's seriously impressive

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If there was a prize for most impressive live lockdown cover so far, our 2018 Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year winner Alexandr Misko would be a clear favourite for us.

His live take on Eminem's The Real Slim Shady is making our heads spin. And then we found out he's also covered Eminem's part on Dr Dre's Forgot About Dre…

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"Thanks to the self-isolation I can finally pursue my career as a rap artist," joked Alexandr on his Facebook. But the Russian musician could be on to something here. 

To find out more about Alexandr's own music check out his YouTube channel.

And check out Alexandr's winning performance from our 2018 live Acoustic Guitarist Of The Year final below.

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Rob Laing
Reviews Editor, GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars

Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.