Originally Posted by: fretsmithKasperow- Grats on all the progress, you're doing fine. Back to your original query I have a couple thots on "first time jams" ... I love to jam with new people. Sometimes it's rocky and other times it goes quite well. Just 1 guitar and drums is not the easiest scenario. Having a bass, keys, or guitar 2 gives you something to lean on and takes off a lot of pressure. If it has to be just drums / guit 1 you're shouldering a pretty big load and you better have some go-to chops in the bag. A good grip on some 12 bar blues with some nice turn arounds will get a lot of mileage. (( make sure drummer doesn't bust out of the gate with double kicks at 150bpm = disaster)). Then make sure you have a couple of really easy, broadly recognized tunes that you can play all the way through. (( my #1 go to: Living After Midnight/Judas Priest ... simple with a very short lead break ... then onto some Skynrd, old Aerosmith and easy grunge-era classics)). There's not many things more fun than jamming and your next step could be to go to an open mic type jam and test your skills against an audience. Terrifying and exhillerating at the same time. Good Luck

Yeah, I know how to play the Rhythm Guitar for a couple of songs of different Genres, and I have a few I'd like to add too, for the sake of having some songs I can play at family parties or when my brother comes over. So far, my repertoire of Rhythm Guitar songs pretty much amounts to:
Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple)
La Grange (ZZ Top)
I Used To Love Her (But I Had To Kill Her) (Guns N' Roses)
Patience (Guns N' Roses) (Acoustic)
Chinese Democrazy (Guns N' Roses)
Whole Lotta Rosie (AC/DC)
Every Rose Has Its Thorn (Poison) (Acoustic)
Dream On (Aerosmith)

It's not a lot, but that's mostly due to me making the mistake of not valuing learning Rhythm Guitar parts for songs before learning the Lead parts. Also, I think there's maybe two of the songs that aren't as recognized as the rest...

Do you have any suggestions for some easy, cool songs that can be easily recognized? I'm already thinking of learning "Train Kept A' Rollin'" by Aerosmith because the Rhythm in that song is almost more awesome than the Lead. I'm also in the process of learning "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses, but I haven't learned the whole thing yet so it doesn't count as being in my repertoire yet. I'd prefer to stick with older songs, since I'm not a huge fan of modern Rock.

Either way, I think I'm going to try learning some more songs before trying to start a serious band.