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Location: Upper Left USA | "Windy and Warm"! You sparked a memory there W2. That was my first attempt at learning Tab. Great "jam tune. |
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Location: nyc area | "The Water is Wide" Ed Gerhard |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I'll second that too Matt.
So many great acoustic players, it's just that they're not pop stars. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Saw a special with Roy Clark a long time ago (yeah, always been a fan and catch him on the tube when I can) and he was asked who his favorite player was and his response was along the lines of "All the guys you can mention, Chet, Jerry, Glenn, are great but if you ever go up in the hills, you'll find that some truly great players never even make it off the front porch."
That always gave me focus that you really didn't have to sell a million records to be pretty damn good. I've always told my friends and family that I'm the best player to ever grace my bedroom and will be until I'm gone (and I tell my wife it better stay that way too!). |
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Location: Churchville, NY USA | always liked Pete Townshend's performance of "Drowned" at the Secret Policemans ball...damn agressive acoustic player...love it. |
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Location: Parkersburg, WV | Watching the River Run - Loggins & Messina
Changing Horses - Dan Fogelberg
Box #10 - Jim Croce
I've Just Seen A Face - Beatles
Texas Love Song - Elton John
Mona Ray - Leo Kottke
Time OF Your Life - Green Day
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | How 'bout these:
Thom Bresh-My Guitar Heroes
Chet Atkins/Tommy Emmanuel-Road to Gundaghi/Waltzing Matilda
Janis Ian-Marching on Glasgow
Bryan Sutton-Oh Lady Be Good
Merle Travis-Goodbye My Bluebird
Tony Rice-Manzanita (1st Variation)
Doyle Dykes-The Road Back Home
Peter Lang-Young Man, Young Man, Look at Your Shoes
Peter White-Coast Road DriveJonathan Butler-Song for Elizabeth
Jesse Cook-Breeze from Aaintes Marie
Anything by David Wilcox, Jonatha Brooke, anything that Dean Parks, Pat Flynn, or Richard Bennett plays on. I left a lot out......... |
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Location: Cincinnati, OH | "Little Martha" - Duane Allman & Dicky Betts (once read an interview with Duane and he said that Jimi Hendrix came to him in a dream and gave him the melody)....Leo Kottke said that this was the best acoustic guitar instrumental ever written.
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Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | You are right. Little Martha is a masterpiece. If you have not hear Jerry Douglas cover it yet, it will be a treat. It was the first cut on his recent Lookout for Hope album. |
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Location: Studio City, California, USA | Hello,
Wow! That is a tough question. There are many great accoustic tunes that are as good as one another. So to me, it has to have some more than just a great song. It has to have that special something that makes it in a league of its own. So i have to go with:
- John Lennon - "Watching The Wheels" - To me, not only it is one the best accoustic song ever written, but you got Lennon performing it. You just can't beat that, again my opinion. I don't want to offend anyone.
Thank you very much
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | I forgot my most recent favorite:
Persuasion - Richard Thompson, from Austin City Limits |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | everything by Richard Thompson...
Paul did u ever get that RT email I sent a week or so ago...I got caught in your spam blocker (nice move) but I perried by filling out an "allowed sender request" |
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Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | Classical Gas with a full orchestra is keeper...
Rocky Mt. High, John Denver
Yesterday, Sir Paul
Whiskey Someting or other song by Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley raises some hairs. on the back of my neck, when I see the video, on CMT
"Let It Be" by Beatles is one favorite, even I can play...
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Just picked up the Jerry Douglas "Lookout For Hope" CD.
You are right Prairie Dog....what a great cover of Little Martha and an overall outstanding CD. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Jerry Douglas, started this thread ;) |
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Location: Tennessee | The ones that come to mind that "opened my ears" to acoustic guitar tracks include:
Norwegian Wood -- The Beatles
Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness) -- Donovan
Only You Know and I Know -- Dave Mason
Amie -- Pure Prairie League
Cruel to be Kind -- Nick Lowe
Runaway Train -- Soul Asylum
The early ones initiated me, and the later ones made me want to go learn something new. |
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Location: chicago | Mediteranian sundance-Al Dimeola
mood for a day- Steve Howe
Horizons- Steve Hackett |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Paul did u ever get that RT email I sent a week or so ago...I got caught in your spam blocker (nice move) but I perried by filling out an "allowed sender request"
Yes I got it, thanks. Did you catch the interview/performance on NPR's All Things Considered? He did "Let it Blow" on there:
Richard Thompson - ATC 08-20-2005
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Shesshhh Jeff, don't sprain your arm patting yourself on the back :D . It is obvious you are a master of good taste (at least when it comes to music! ;) )
Lotta good songs mentioned in this thread.....and a lot I have never heard. Wish there was an easy way to hear them all. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Actually, i sprained my arm doin' sumpthin' else...
I can't believe how many tunes listed on this thread are tunes I've never heard. |
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Location: Indiana | I wouldn't call any of them my favorite acoustic songs (yet), but here of late the 2 acoustic CDs that have been getting the most play time in my car are of a certain OFC member's daughter.
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Jeff, you shouldn't be lifting any long heavy objects like that :eek: A sure way to sprain something! |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | use both hands.... |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Or do what we married men do - get the wife to lift it! :D |
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Favorite Acoustic Tune?
