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Darkbar |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535 Location: Flahdaw | this has probably already been done, but I don't care.... Here's the scenario....you're at a music store and ask the salesperson if he can pull down that guitar from way up high... Or you're at a party and someone says, "oh do you play?" and hands you a guitar... Everyone's watching and listening... What's the very first tune that rolls off your fingertips? | ||
G8r |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 3969 | "Dope Smokin' Blues" segue straight into into "Before You Accuse Me", then an easy singalong that everybody knows, like "Jack and Diane" or "Pink Houses" | ||
CrimsonLake |
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Joined: August 2006 Posts: 3145 Location: Marlton, NJ | Guitar Store - "Mood For a Day" Party - hasn't happened. | ||
2ifbyC |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6268 Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Store? Norwegian Wood... ... what was the other? | ||
Captain Lovehandles |
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Joined: July 2005 Posts: 3408 Location: GA USA | I'm thinking, I'm thinking... and I'm thinking I may not have one. But when I sit down to play, here are the ones I play a lot: Just One Victory (Todd Rundgren) Lost and Found (Kevn Kinney) -also enjoy it on uke Undergound Umbrella (Drivin' n' Cryin') -or another DnC song Soulshine (Govt. Mule) Pinstripe Suit (Cigar Store Indians) Memories Of You (Ryan Adams) -or another RA song like "A Kiss Before I Go" or "Magnolia Mountain" And thanks to Crimson Lake for tabbing it- Six O'Clock in the Morning (Darrell Scott) | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | Store--Classical Gas. I always seem to play Am as the first chord on a guitar and it goes from there. No one has asked me to play at a party since the early 80s. | ||
muzza |
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Joined: August 2005 Posts: 3736 Location: Sunshine State, Australia | When I'm in a guitar store, I try not to be noticed in case a real guitarist is listening. At a party where everyone's too p*ssed to know the difference... Needle and the Damage Done followed by; Old Man Then the harp holder comes out for; Out on the Weekend My My Hey Hey. Seems to be a pattern here... If SWMBO isn't around, I might throw in Heart of Gold too. (She HATES that song.) | ||
GaryB |
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Joined: August 2007 Posts: 494 Location: Location Location Location | Her Majesty..geez, I can play it in my sleep. | ||
moody, p.i. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15654 Location: SoCal | The intro to Jerry Reed's The Claw. I start sounding horrible past the intro..... | ||
Old Man Arthur |
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Joined: September 2006 Posts: 10777 Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | "Wish You Were Here" "Heart of Gold" "Don't Think Twice" "Hide Your Love Away" "Rockstar" (nickelback not hanna montana) | ||
guitarcrazy |
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Joined: March 2009 Posts: 2 Location: Silicon Valley | What, no 'Stairway..' citations? :) For me, it's all mood and type of the guitar. 12 string? 'Hear my train acomin' (underappreciated Hendrix piece) Maybe 'Tangerine' 6 string? Totally depends on my mood or what I've been listening to recently. Could be a little Alice in Chains Unplugged stuff or Clapton (no Layla, though.. that's too hackneyed) | ||
Darkbar |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535 Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Mark in Boise: It's funny, I always fall into an Amaj or a Cmaj7. I do a coupla runs from there that I made up that sound impressive, but because I've done 'em a million times, come very easy to me. After that brief warm up, I'm ready to play. Usually a Keb 'Mo tune.I always seem to play Am as the first chord on a guitar and it goes from there. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles: Love that song. Jas, we'll have to play it together some time. Just One Victory (Todd Rundgren) Music store, whatever I happen to be working on at the time. Parties... eh. I don't play at parties. But if I do, I play something like "Mr. Guilty", or maybe "Powderfinger". | ||
Hossman21 |
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Joined: February 2009 Posts: 119 Location: New York | Hurt So Good or maybe Night Moves Crimsonlake: Mood For A Day is the song that inspired me to learn the guitar. That was in 1984. I learned about half of it. Still haven't mastered it, but I should make another attempt. I rarely play in the guitar shop. Everyone there is better than me. I can hear them snickering when I start to think about playing something. :rolleyes: | ||
Joe Rotax |
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Joined: February 2008 Posts: 747 | Store: whatever comes to mind; probably a jazz chord progression with some lead bits thrown in. Vocal: Water In The Fuel | ||
moody, p.i. |
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Joined: March 2002 Posts: 15654 Location: SoCal | Actually, I didn't want to admit it, but I normally play one of three tunes, Blackbird, Stairway, or Freebird. I am "That Guy"..... | ||
rededdie |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 387 Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Hey Darkbarguitar, you shoulda added the first song you play after you change your strings, I bet they're the same Moody, you forgot "Hotel California"...for some strange reason I have to play it every time I pick up a 12 string | ||
Omaha |
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Joined: November 2005 Posts: 1126 Location: Omaha, NE | Smoke on the Water. | ||
dweezil |
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Joined: April 2008 Posts: 2336 Location: Brighty in Blighty | Kinvarra's Child - Adrian Legg | ||
Damon67 |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6992 Location: Jet City | Depends... Electric: Freewill, Limelight, Revelation Mother Earth (solo), Hot For Teacher, Seek And Destroy, Still Got The Blues, or whatever else might pop into the brain Acoustic: Dee, Needle and the Damage, I Am A Child, Petite Etude, Typical Situation, or again whatever | ||
Fuzzyman |
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Joined: November 2007 Posts: 152 Location: Maple Shade, NJ. | In your eyes...........Peter Gabriel, Quickly through the chord progression, get a feel for how it sounds strummin. Maybe "Sunny"....Bobby Hebb? Jazzed up alittle Ramble on,.........Led Zep With an Acoustic anyway. | ||
Jewel's Mom a/k/a Joisey Goil #1 |
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Joined: April 2006 Posts: 1017 Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Guitar store? What's that....? Those rare occasions I'm in one, several finger-picking patterns that tell me right away whether the guitar is worth the effort or not. (Usually, it's not.....) Party? "Roses in the Snow," "Gold Watch and Chain," or "You Alone," "Amazing Grace." --Karen | ||
Darkbar |
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Joined: January 2009 Posts: 4535 Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by rededdie: Yeah, you're right. On the other hand, I'm usually by myself in a room when I change strings...no pressure. But yeah, I usually do that same run......strange/funny. :confused:Hey Darkbarguitar, you shoulda added the first song you play after you change your strings, I bet they're the same | ||
dobro |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 2120 Location: Chicago | If I'm not warmed up: "Follow Your Heart" (J. McLaughlin) or a bebop blues | ||
outlander03 |
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Joined: November 2008 Posts: 9 Location: Columbia, MD | A couple of O'Carolin tunes: Elenor Plunkett Bridgett Cruise (4th air) | ||
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