Members pianoboy3333 Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Lenny - SRV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vantango84 Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 sometimes, actually, I play a cool Ska progression as fast as possible and try to spice it up and make it as complex as possible. Ska is just so cool sounding and easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mddawso Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 I just say no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nuke_diver Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 I say it would best for all involved if I didn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members falsethreats Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Blues improvisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 's mel gibson Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Having been put on the spot so-o-o many times it has come down to Pride & Joy to open, complete with intro, then something simple like Sunny by Bobby Hebb or Evil Ways by Santana. Stairway works too. Boston's More Than A Feeling. Then maybe Girl From Ipanema just to throw some Jazziness in there. And yeah,....it's all about showing off! Then you make it backfire on the people wanting you to play. Try to get them to sing along to some campfire songs like Yesterday and Yellow Submarine. When that doesn't work and they begin to shut t f up, it time for some surf tunes. Then I start asking for donations! JK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcooper830 Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 I can strum and sing a {censored}load of songs. Garth Brooks, Clint Black, George Strait, Beatles, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, Merle Haggard, Eagles, Little River Band, Creedence, John Cougar Mellencamp, Jackson Brown, Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Van Halen, Whitesnake, ........ Hell I could play a whole nights worth of stuff solo if I wanted to. Plus I know some jazz chord melody arrangements of "Satin Doll" "There Will Never Be Another You" "Cherokee" "Girl From Ipanema" "My Funny Valentine" "Little Darlin" and a couple others. Plus I know a two or 3 classical pieces half-ass. If I was at a party and someone handed me a guitar...... they'd have a hard time getting me to stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodwater Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KG/chavin/Chinga-Chavin_02_asshole_from_el_paso.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 I get that a lot. It's not necessarily a bad thing, especially when there are good-looking, single young ladies in the room. Many times I actually keep a guitar in the trunk of my car so I have something decent to play. Yeah, I've gotten the warped nylon-string-converted-to-a-steel-string-with-only-five-strings-on-it more than a few times. I usually play some campfire stuff: Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game," U2's "One," "Folsom Prison Blues," REM's "Man on the Moon," "Pride and Joy" and some of my own tunes. They're strong enough that they can hang with the covers. I've worked the cover scene for a few years, so I know a whole bunch of songs.If people keep demanding too many country tunes or songs I don't like, that's when I start with RHH's "Interracial Cowboy Homo Kinda Love" or Mojo Nixon's "She's Vibrator Dependent." It gets the point across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelSaulnier Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 If it's an acoustic, I usually start with the intro to "Crazy Train"... and then smoothly transition into "Kumbaya"... followed by "Feelings"...Someone's usually asked me to stop by then.M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members intothevoid Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Well if I know the person's taste and it's something I know how to play then I'll play that. Otherwise it's usually an awkward situation where I say "You've probably never heard this stuff before" but they say that doesn't matter, so after a few Sabbath riffs and improvisation they are bored {censored}less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 "Something" By: The Beatles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members instantsteve Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 "My Heart is Artificial, But My Love for You is Real" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GarysBlues Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Depends on the person asking really. I try to get something going that they would enjoy. Agree'd, depends totally on the specific situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Hard to say. There are thousands of possibilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Songwriter Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 I don't tend to play full songs because that would feel to me like I was putting on a performance, plus they would probably be bored by the time I'd finished, I usually just play a few chords to check the tuning and then do some Hendrixish noodling or other anything else I can think of that sounds good unaccompanied, a few Beatles riffs maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willeh Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 depends who it is, sometimes i say no sometimes a play something random, never been in that situation too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 If it's an acoustic, Mississippi John Hurt's Stagolee or Muddy Waters' Long Distance Call. If it's an electric either Chic's Good Times or The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again, depending on whether the amp 's set for dirty or clean. Freddy King's Hideaway would work either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ilovemystrat Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 blues tehn zepp no questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 12ax7 Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 D major. If thay apply beer liberally, I might play whatever happens to be my fad of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verence Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 Acoustic: A Decemberists or Jeff Mangum song.Electric: A medley of all the solos I've ever learned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burgess Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 I tell them "We have a show in a couple of weeks, why don't you come out and see the band play? If you can't make that, check out our website where we have lots of music." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members metalheadUK Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 If it's an Electric, I'll usually play the solo form "Boredom" by the Buzzcocks.If it's an acoustic, then some Celtic frost or Napalm death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhall Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 The opening riff to either iron man or smoke on the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted March 16, 2008 Members Share Posted March 16, 2008 One of the few chord melody things I can play _ Bluesette, All the Things you are, Days of wine and roses etc. Or some rock riff by a band I know they like = brownie points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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