Young South Wales fingerstyle guitar prodigy and composer Gareth Pearson has been dazzling audiences everywhere since his late teens, playing concerts in the UK and the United States with everyone from Ray Davies of the Kinks to Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. At 17, only three years after learning the guitar on his own, he was invited to perform at the Chet Atkins Appreciation Society by Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, and has since participated in guitar workshops and music festivals worldwide.