Guitar maestro Dovydas was busy busking on a street corner when a waitress working in the restaurant across the road sneaked out of her job and rushed through the traffic to meet him.
What happened next went YouTube-viral, topping 1.4 million views in less than a year. Music Man readers can watch the moment unfold in the video below…
After chatting with a hobby guitarist, ironically named Steve Miller, who was passing through his busking pitch that sunny afternoon, Dovydas is hit with a song request: something from the 70s – The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, perhaps?
Suddenly, a waitress from the restaurant opposite runs across the street to join Dovydas at the mic, ready to give Steve Miller the surprise of his dreams. She instantly starts dancing as Dovydas loops the legendary intro of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” on his guitar pedalboard, building a basic beat into his live mix before handing waitress Ella the mic.
Then Ella stuns the street as she unleashes her show-stopping vocals; a spot-on match to Stevie Nicks’ own voice, charged with grit, rasp, and beauty as the duo spontaneously recreate the Fleetwood Mac hit. But once the soundalike shock subsides, Ella reveals hints of her own true voice, lacing authentic twists into the live cover to make the song her own. All the while, Steve Miller is watching, lip-syncing along to the lyrics in a heartwarming moment between strangers.
As extraordinary as Ella’s voice may be, the fact this video went internet-viral will come as no surprise to Dovydas fans. With an astonishing 2.18 million YouTube subscribers, the Lithuanian guitarist has carved a niche for himself performing live busking sets with a pedalboard, building whole song covers from scratch with the help of special guest singers, often strangers picked from the street.
More than 3,800 videos currently feature on his YouTube page, with an eye-watering 104 of those performances surpassing the million-view milestone, including covers of “Stand By Me,” “Tennessee Whiskey,” “Purple Rain,” Journey, Dragonforce, Adele, Johnny Cash, and more.
But when it comes to this Fleetwood Mac cover, it was Ella who stole viewers’ hearts. As one top commenter noticed, “What a ray of sunshine that young lady is,” another shared their praise, commenting, “Hearing a good voice without autotune is such a rare pleasure these days, nice work Ella!”