Sleep Walk - steel guitar - Sleepwalk 

Oh my gosh I’m melting, this has to be THE most pristine playing of Sleepwalk that I’ve ever heard. I’ve loved this song since I was a kid.

A young boy of seventeen, listening for hours, with a very special girl, tonight fifty seven years later she sets across from me, still very special, she is my heart.

I was sixteen years when this came out. Still really cool after sixty years.

Masters, no matter what they do, always make it look easy.

No exaggeration this is in fact the best version of this song in RU-vid.

I feel like I’m in a diner in the 50s

When the guitar went “poooo weiiiii eeeee oooooo” *I F E L T T H A T*

I'm now 78 and this song is and will always be my favorite. I still have tears in my eyes. Thank you sir!!!

“RITCHIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”

So clean

This was my grandpas favorite song, he died a few days ago. Every time i hear this song i get emotional now, thank you for this

There’s something pleasantly haunting about this song, yet very melancholic at the same time. This kind of melody only comes around once in a lifetime and you recreated the perfect rendition….Awesome Job!

Santos and Johnny……Sleepwalk….what a classic sound, it’s a shame no one creates that kind of music any more. This was done superbly!!

Subscribed because this is the best version of this song I've found online. So clean...

This song has very worn out feel to it and it almost feels like I'm coming home from a long day of public transportation when really I just woke up from bed

I don't know anyone who would not get emotional of this haunting melody. Just loving it.

My grampa told me to search this song up so I did and we looked at the "real" version but then I saw you playing the steel guitar so I clicked on it and my grampa said this one has better quality:P

When I was a kid, in the grand old cinemas, before movies were screened, this piece of music was always played against the red velvet screen cover and the yellow lights in the cinema, with the side pillars of the screen, and the grand apollo sun god chariot right on the middle of the screen top... Hmmm.... Seats were old and squeaky, but we can no longer experience this again. Thanks for the memories. Btw, just love your playing style, clean and smooth.

This is the best cover of sleepwalk I've seen

If I close my eyes, I can see my Dad playing this song on the pedal steel. It moves me to tears when I hear you play.

1960's Surfing Music, at Venice Beach, I was a kid but dam what memories.

This somewhat reminds me of spongebob and idk why Edit: can y’all please read the other replies before you say the exact same thing 20 other people have.

Finally I found someone that plays the song as is. Everyone plays this song with his 'genius' style just because can not touch the original.

Born in 1954 I first heard this as a youngster. To this day the best music ever. Never fails to bring me to tears of joy.

You must have spent hours and hours listening to Santo and Johnny's original as I could not detect one note omitted. I learned this song in 1965 on an acoustic guitar but I know I could never hit all the notes like you did. Nothing like a steel guitar. Congratulations on your talent. Keep on sharing your music as you are really good. I have a good ear for music but I cannot read a note of music. I have done solo gigs when I was in my 40's. It was one of the greatest times of my life and I was broke.

My Uncle played this song on his steel guitar. Miss him and his music.

Such a haunting...never to be forgotten melody!

Been listening to this on repeat for the last 40 minutes, incredible.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome!!!!!!!!

"Not ritchie,Not my ritchie!".

Sleepwalk alone is so beautiful but this version brought tears to my eyes. Why did I get this recommended to me two years later???

The perfect song to show the beauty of the steel guitar and a great player. Thanks. Brings back memories of the last dance at Emerald Junior High 1963.

Nailed it man… wow… my Dad has passed away from Covid a week ago & ive been listening to this a lot. This song reminds me of the time I’ve spent with him… he was 50 years young… Rest In Peace Dad, I love you

This sounds just like the original, damn

Out of all the Versions of this beautiful song I believe Your’s is the best. Thank You

Im back again Doug listening to you play my best tune. I listen to it at least twice a week ❤

One of my favorites - sleepwalk...sounds great in steel guitar. Beautifully played. Thankyou for uploading.

Incredible! I won the original 45 at a street dance in the Summer of 1959. Still love listening to it.

0:08 that sound tho😍

Higher semitone and WAY better audio clarity than the original. I love it!

This the song that be playing when spongebob get fired from the Krusty Krab

Some days when I’m sick in bed I love listening to this. Thanks for the video this is my favorite tune

2:07 Ritchieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Its a quiet August nite 1961 in the TTY shack on Guam. 2 short weeks and I'll be 26, half a world away from home listening to a vinyl of the Ventures, Walk dont run, Sleepwalk,...... Where has the time gone. That was just yesterday and here I am an old man.

Wow this is awesome. Brings back those times when life was simple....so beautiful. Thank you for keeping this music alive!!

"Esta es la historia de como volví a caminar, no solo físicamente, sino espiritualmente también. De como me convertí en un hombre"- Johnny Joestar

Who else yelled out ritchieee at the end?

Thank you sir for playing this song so perfectly that it's even better than the original❤

yell it with me y'all.. RITCHIIEEEEEEEE

Oh! THAT is gorgeous! I can see '55 Chevys and sock hops in the gym, listening to that! And thanks for playing it straight like the record, although you must have been tempted to throw in some riff lines! And thanks for showing us that tuning!! Great job!

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Thanks for sharing, awesome stuff.

So soulful dude! That is just mesmerizing. Beautiful song and so well done my friend.

Fantastic 👍👍👍🎸🎸🎸🎸🎵🎵🎵😀

Doug, I have listened to this probably 50 times since discovering it a few weeks ago. Your style and sound has moved me to tears, and there's nothing that encapsulates life more than this song, and how elegantly you play it. Thank you for this, and thank you for sharing your talent with the world!

Sleepwalk was composed by two brothers in Brooklyn, New York. We love it here in Haleiwa, Hawaii…the surfing capital of the world.

Such a beautiful tune, haunting and mysterious. Hot night, aching for some relief, a cool drink or a breeze.

So beautiful!! The way it cries, whines, sings, is just too beautiful

To the 1K people who disliked: you should feel ashamed of yourself.

i'm telling y'all this is the best version, crying right now 😢❤

my dad passed in 2001 and this was his fav song..TY so much :)

Oh, my! This was...dreamy!! I was transported to a time when life was so much better. Thanks for the journey my friend!

This is the most charming song ever. The guitar tells the whole love story.

I met my lovely wife and sat under the stars and listened to this song during our first kiss. 50 years later and our love hasn’t faded. Right now I got her face down, ass up and I’m clapping her cheeks like it was honeymoon. Don’t let the music stop.

I remember the first time I heard that song as a child and the feeling it gave me. Still till this day hits the same.

I love this melody, wow, amazing.

You play wonderful..love that old familiar tunes, best ever. Thanks

Santo and Johnny would be so proud

Another one of my favorites made better by you. What an amazing, God given talent!

Plot twist: he is Ritchie valens

I just love it Santo and Johnny should be proud of this gentleman, Blessings

Amooo esta canción y que forma de interpretarla grande maestrooo

What a wonderful performance. When I was 18 years old, this song was played while I was driving on the highway crying because of a broken heart.

Awesome doesn’t even touch the extreme quality of this artist! Best ever!❤️❤️❤️❤️

Plot twist : he was playing this while sleep walking.

Beautifully done!

my brain when I wake up everyday

A classic, yet a fabulous rendition. Perfect touch and tone, tasty and a joy listening to it. Thanks for keeping sharing these gems

This song is perfect

Santo and Johnny, this music really takes me back to such good old days. Outstanding job

the talent that’s been displayed is truly amazing.

Thanks Glenda, I’m glad you like it!

Santo & Johnny would give you a deep bow! Beautiful, brother, beautiful.

I come back here every couple of months and play this song like 10 times. I love it.

This song reminds me of my girlfriend. I recently moved to Queensland because of family, 2500 kilometres away from her. I love you Sinead. ❤️

Gorgeously Played !! I Fell in Love with that song the moment I first heard it at a very young age !!! I’m 67 Now and it Still Moves Me like it always Has !! Beautiful !!!

Wonderful job of playing that song, so pure, and true. Many slow dances to it. Love that song. Thank you for sharing

This came out when I was 7 years old and I just get a wonderful feeling whenever I hear it now. And this is the purest sound I’ve heard in ages, thanks for the memories . BEAUTIFUL !!

Doug; you are THE Master of the steel guitar and as such I could (and many times do) listen to you play on these RU-vid Vids for hours at a time. Thank you for sharing your beautiful, yet so humble, talent with the thousands of your fans across our nation!

Superb technical skill yes, but also a beautiful touch and ‘ear’, I’ll keep this in my favourites, thank you

Wow! Such a beautiful song! Great job!👍

It was a perfect choice for the movie La Bamba.

NOT MY RITCHIE!!!!!!!

be my neighbor & played this at 02 am please 🙏

PRECIOSO, ERES EXTRAORDINARIO, DIOS TE AYUDE. GRACIAS!!!!

RITCHEEEEEE !!! 2:08

Un solo instrumento es capaz de generar tantas emociones juntas

“Now for a job like this, you’re gonna need two guns”

You could do a video on all your guitars. My favorite one so far is the emmons pedal must be worth a fortune the new ones are about 8 grand. You've got quite a collection and that's one fun of guitar playing I have so many I can't remember or don't want to admit it to my wife for fear she'll make me sell some.

If this was playing when you cross into the light at the end of the tunnel...(sigh)