Digory Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 ...They dont have to be the most difficult, or the most flashy, not nessecarily the ones to impress your mate's and your other half, they could be popular or obscure, simple strummers or tricky fingerpickers... just the ones that YOU LOVE to play on your own that just get you in that special way! So just THREE acoustic songs, your absolute favorites, what would they be?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Thats a pretty tough task to narrow it down to three, but probably the ones Im enjoying playing most in our set list right now is: (1) Personal Jesus (Johnny Cash version) (2) Wanted Dear or Alive (Bon Jovi) and this one: Dakota: Stereophonics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf3bvb6q18Q&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Currently, I would say Amarillo by Morning - Gary Nunn (George Straight) LIttle Bird - Jerry Jeff Walker Lucky Man - Montgomery Gentry. Amanda - Boston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moej45 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Three covers.....favorites to do on acoustic.... Paradise by John prine Corpus Christi bay....Robert earle kean Johnny come lately....Steve earle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickb Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 1) The Weight- The Band 2) Wagon Wheel- Old Crow Medicine Show 3) It Ain't Easy Being Me- Chris Knight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneS Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Ooooh...good topic! I'm gonna cheat a little and go with three songs each from some of my fav writers: 1. Return of the Grievous Angel or Sin City or A Song for You 2. Pancho and Lefty or Harm's Swift Way or If I Needed You 3. Greenville or Everything Has Changed or (recent addition) Ugly Truth Of course, check again with me next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digory Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 Interesting that most of you are chiming in with Country songs... having grown up in Old England you'll excuse me for not having a good grounding in Country, my Mrs is half Irish and Country is way more popular over there, shes into bands like Union Station so I have a little bit of knowledge. I am always in awe of the musicianship and song crafting but I just cant connect with it I guess it has to get into your blood when you're young. So here are my three that I always love to come back to... Paranoid Android - Radiohead Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Seasick Yet Still Docked - Morrissey (Along with those are almost all of The Smiths acoustic songs! ) ....oh and also Wild Horses - Rolling Stones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol fred Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I love all kinds of music. In my pre-teen years my folks drug me to a shindig called "Cliffie Stone's Hometown Jamboree" in Anaheim every Sat night. Serious traditional country and boy did I hate it. I could have been home listening to the Beach Boys on my ten pound transistor radio. My how times have changed. Currently Christmas in Prison / Lions in Rescue (John Prine/Ol Fred Big Butter and Egg Man (Merle Haggard's cover) Chiseled in Stone (Vern Gosdin) Interesting that most of you are chiming in with Country songs... having grown up in Old England you'll excuse me for not having a good grounding in Country, my Mrs is half Irish and Country is way more popular over there, shes into bands like Union Station so I have a little bit of knowledge. I am always in awe of the musicianship and song crafting but I just cant connect with it I guess it has to get into your blood when you're young. So here are my three that I always love to come back to... Paranoid Android - Radiohead Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Seasick Yet Still Docked - Morrissey (Along with those are almost all of The Smiths acoustic songs! ) ....oh and also Wild Horses - Rolling Stones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroAussie Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Great to see another Radiohead and Smiths fan here - we often play There is a Light from the Smiths and Creep plus Fake Plastic Trees from Radiohead, always go down a treat, great bands ! Interesting that most of you are chiming in with Country songs... having grown up in Old England you'll excuse me for not having a good grounding in Country, my Mrs is half Irish and Country is way more popular over there, shes into bands like Union Station so I have a little bit of knowledge. I am always in awe of the musicianship and song crafting but I just cant connect with it I guess it has to get into your blood when you're young. So here are my three that I always love to come back to... Paranoid Android - Radiohead Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd Seasick Yet Still Docked - Morrissey (Along with those are almost all of The Smiths acoustic songs! ) ....oh and also Wild Horses - Rolling Stones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Whatever I'm working on..... Once I learn a song, I put it aside, and play it when called to do so. If I just pick up a guitar somewhere, I tend to play anything I can remember the words to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Morton Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Pancho and Lefty: Townes VanZandt The Rain Came Down: Steve Earle Tupelo Honey: Van Morrisson I like to play most anything. JM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Hard to say since what I enjoy one day might not seem to be as much fun the next. But three that seem to always be there are: Electric Chair Blues - Bessie Smith Hesitation Blues - Rev. Gary Davis The Promised Land - Chuck Berry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookkeeper's Son Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Hello in There - John Prine Come Monday - Jimmy Buffett Here Comes the Sun - Beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 In this phase : It Stoned Me – Van Morrison Hejira – J. Mitchell I Surrender – M. Cohn. (only know it by Crosby/Nash on which I base my pick-version) Smiths, , , I was on the first wave and bought the debut. Started playing Please Please Please 26 years ago and do it a lot in this period. Yesterday during an allnite J-45 jam (four 45's involved) I ran through it again. Smiths - do Americans know Smiths. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Whatever I'm working on..... I'm kind of with Rob on this. But there are some songs I return to on a regular basis - Moondance - Van M . . just about any of his stuff would go in this slot, I love it all. Here Comes the Sun - George H . . Love everything about this one. Harvest Moon - Neil Y . . Seems the older I get, the more I appreciate his music. Digory - Interesting topic. I threw you a "+". B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 One for Jo - Bert Jansch Ripple - Grateful Dead Song of the Wonderin' Aengus - Donovan (<- Celeste, Lullaby of Spring, Sand and Foam.....) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAuHUOfaWqY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockanrolla Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I'm not sure if these are my favorites but I usually play them to warm up before a gig or just messing about at home. 1. Blackbird (The Beatles) 2. Death Comes Creeping (Stephan Grossman) 3. Pesonal Jesus (Johnny Cash Version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchie1281734003 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Good thread. My three favourite covers at the moment are:- Hung up---Paul Weller. Pineapple head---Crowded house. Oblivious---Aztec Camera. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digory Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 Digory - Interesting topic. I threw you a "+". B) Cheers dude Some really interesting choices, thanks to everyone for sharing Here's another that I love playing, quite tricky though, a staple for all the Smiths fans out there! (theres no live vid so I've just posted the track) beautifuly played by the genius, Johnny Marr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMkHnT2BB4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis57 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Obviously some Stones : Love in Vain, Country Honk, Sweet Virginia, Lady Jane etc... Neil Young - The Needle and the Damage Done Mick Jagger - Party Doll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelR Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 1) Shower the People - James Taylor 2) Old Man - Neil Young 3) The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J45 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 1 - Nowhere Man (Beatles) 2 - Operator (Jim Croce) 3 - Longer (Dan Fogelberg) Love these three! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardmodskin Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 back to the old house by The Smiths Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarrr Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 'Runaway' - DelShannon/MaxCrook 1961 (transpose the organ solo to guitar) Chuck Berry... doing the duck walk is the hard part Keith Richards.... anything from the riff man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beard Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Oval room- Blaze Foley Waltz #2-Elliot Smith Rose parade-Elliot smith waiting around to die-Townes Van Zandt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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