Josh James Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Just wondering what everyone's favorite song or songs performed on a Lester were? The song where you said..oh that is what a Les Paul guitar sounds like! Mine were Ocean by Zeppelin and Hideaway from EC on Beano. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 My favourites to play are; "Steppin' Out" - the 'Beano' (aka 'BLUES BREAKERS - JOHN MAYALL with ERIC CLAPTON' to be long-winded and accurate!), and "Worried Dream" by PG's Fleetwood Mac. Originally on the 'English Rose' album I believe (I only have it on a compilation). EDIT : I've just done a search to clear up that last sentence and it seems "Worried Dream" was never released during the lifetime of the original band. It can only be found on a few of the many compilation albums featuring tracks from this period. Seeing as it's my favourite track featuring my favourite blues guitarist I find this fact extraordinary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellen Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Gary moore-parisienne walkways and jimmy page since i've been loving you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 gary moore - still got the blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dleth Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Led Zep The Ocean brings me way back to when I first started learning guitar. Haven't played it on my new lesters. Time to change that. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 [YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] yea i forget about that, for the gary moore one...THIS is my fave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh James Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 Yeah, my dad had "Houses Of The Holy" on cassette and used to blast it when I was a kid! Now, you won't catch him listening to anything but George Jones...lol Gary Moore ripping it up huh....man! I never really heard of Gary till I saw his sig Les Paul, still haven't investigated his music much. Now, let me get this straight Fleetwood Mac was a blues band before they went more mainstream or pop or whatever they call it? J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lespaulj45 Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Allman Bros 1970 version of Willie McTell's "Statesboro Blues" 59 Les Paul main lead and Dickey Betts slidework on SG-It doesn't get any better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Slim Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byv3oBcTrjA&playnext_from=TL&videos=D48lF3gLxF0[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainNemo68 Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Gary Moore ripping it up huh....man! I never really heard of Gary till I saw his sig Les Paul' date=' still haven't investigated his music much.[/quote'] Gary has that fire behind everything he plays, whether it's metal with a touch of fusion (see the album Victims of the Future) or soaring blues songs (Still Got the Blues). The guy is just phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjarnett Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 while my guitar gently weeps. The Beatles with clapton playing lead on lucy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie brown Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Too hard to pick a "favorite," for me. I like a lot of what EC did on his lester, as well as Mike Bloomfield's work, with Paul Butterfield, Super Session, and The Electric Flag. Dickey Betts, and Duane Allman,....I could go on and on! Most of the "Zep" stuff, that I like, was with a Telecaster (on record, anyway). CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunBlues Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Funky Music -- Wild Cherry.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildobbin Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 'Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck (playing the original '52 Oxblood)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaklandude Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Do you feel like we do Peter Frampton.What a lead!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal Adelfio Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 I like playing any song from Led Zeppelin 2 and 4, ( Zoso ) on my '80 goldtop. Out of my Marshall JCM 900 too, of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh James Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 Another song that comes to mind for me is "Welcome To The Jungle". I was probably 7 when it came out and it blew my face off, and kind of scared me! J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Now' date=' let me get this straight Fleetwood Mac was a blues band before they went more mainstream or pop or whatever they call it? [/quote'] Yes. One of the very best of all-time. PG went deranged in the brain-stakes (too much weird, unknown, drugs at some Schloss in Germany one night seems to get the bulk of the blame) and Mick Fleetwood and John McVie needed to pay off the mortgages somehow, I suppose! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Bone Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Now' date=' let me get this straight Fleetwood Mac was a blues band before they went more mainstream or pop or whatever they call it? [/quote']Yup. Research Peter Green (a hint, you already mentioned John Mayall's Bluesbreakers- Green replaced Clapton when he left to form Cream, then left himself to form Fleetwood Mac). My own favorite? Too many to list. But yeah, much of what's already been listed above, and so much more. Iconic music played on the LP, so much... mostly Blues and Blues oriented rock for me, but lots of good classic rock too. Great idea for a thread BTW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rame Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Great songs listed here. I'll go with the aforementioned House of the Holy and throw in All Right Now. The A chord and Les Pauls go together like chocolate and peanut butter IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 "How High The Moon" wasn't bad, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellen Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Yeah' date=' my dad had "Houses Of The Holy" on cassette and used to blast it when I was a kid! Now, you won't catch him listening to anything but George Jones...lol Gary Moore ripping it up huh....man! I never really heard of Gary till I saw his sig Les Paul, still haven't investigated his music much. Now, let me get this straight Fleetwood Mac was a blues band before they went more mainstream or pop or whatever they call it? J [/quote'] Fleetwood Mac's guitarist peter green gave Gary Moore a Les Paul years ago. Gary made a album called blues for greeny, where he use this Les Paul. Amazing tone on that album[YOUTUBE] [/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstaf Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I absolutely love the solo on Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights played by Ian Bairnson. The sound of the guitar blew me away when I heard it first as a twelve-year-old, and still sounds magical. I also love Ram Jam's Black Betty. For me, that's the definitive LP sound. I could never imagine it played on any other guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sok66 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Hideaway - "Beano" Clapton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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