Favorite Acoustic Tunes?

Originally Posted by: LordathestringsBack in the day, you weren't taken seriously unless you play Paul McCartney's "Blackbird"

heh..I'm probably one of the few people that truly can't stand that Blackbird song. it's like nails on a blackboard... or blackbird as it were...

Originally Posted by: earthman buckYou sound a LOT like my dad. So much so that I'm willing to bet you're secretly him.

I'm with Ben on this one: anything by Nick Drake. Anything off Pink Moon in particular, because that's the album with just guitar and him singing. Pure genius.

What a second, isn't it your Dad that you're always cracking on for saying goofy things? :) Hmm. Maybe I do sound like your Dad. And I don't think I'm your Dad but if I am;

1) Where were you last night?

2) Is your homework done?

3) Get out there and cut the grass.

4) No, you can't borrow the car.

Okay. I feel better.

Being that you loved Bron-yr-aur, naturally there's also Zep's other acoustic instrumental (+ Bonzo on percussion) Black Mountain Side. Also recorded on BBC Sessions was an epic 8:00 min electrified version...White Summer/Black Mountainside. It's also in an open tuning.

Otherwise a few of the ones I've especially played a lot are Babe I'm Gonna Leave You-Zep, From the Beginning-ELP, Greensleeves, Wish You Were Here-Floyd.
Also, Tom Petty's pretty fun and relatively easy: Learning to Fly, Runnin' Down A Dream, Into the Great Wide Open, etc...


Forgot one of my earliest songs that really stretched my pinky...Is There Anybody Out There-Floyd.

Woke Up Dreaming - Joe Bonamassa

All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan... but Michael Hedges version is my favorite.

Jimi Thing, Gravedigger, Grey Street, Grace is Gone, pretty much anything by Dave - Dave Matthews

Originally Posted by: LordathestringsPaul Simon's >"Anji"<.

I LOVE ANJI. thats one of my favorite acoustic instrumentals to work with. its really easy to improv off of it and do your own thing.

Originally Posted by: aschlemanWoke Up Dreaming - Joe Bonamassa

All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan... but Michael Hedges version is my favorite.

Jimi Thing, Gravedigger, Grey Street, Grace is Gone, pretty much anything by Dave - Dave Matthews

joe bonamassa=god

anyways, those are all great songs.... Dylan gets credit for the sick song, but all goes out to hendrix for making that song what it is today. And I kinda dislike his vocals, so It all worked out well for me.

Listen to Gordon Lightfoot.