What's your favorite acoustic cover to play?

[Hotrod Lincoln]

It doesn't have to be a stricly acoustic song that you covered, but you do have to only play it with 1 acoustic .

 

Anyway, what are your favorite covers to play on an acoustic?

 

Me, I love playing CCR. It simple, yet fun. I'm starting to learn some Dylan songs, but it's hard to remember the damn lyrics and not fudge em up

 

How about you?

[dwerlin]

To play and sing, I like Long Black Veil (Johnny Cash), Cortez the Killer (Neil Young), Angel from Montgomery (John Prine), The Maker (Daniel Lanois), I'll Back You Up (Dave Matthews), Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Nirvana version), Elderly Woman (Pearl Jam)

[SpaceCowboy409]

Lately I've been worrying:

 

The Trawlerman's Song - M. Knopfler

 

Postcards from Paraguay - M. Knopfler

 

First Cut is the Deepest - Cat Stevens

 

River Will Take You - Greg Brown

 

Moving the Goalposts - Billy Bragg

 

Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

[Godot]

Let's see, lately I've been playing:

 

Dylan, "Desolation Row"

Dylan, "The Man in the Long Black Coat"

Dylan, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"

Dylan, "Tangled Up In Blue"

Eagles, "Hotel California"

 

Yeah, lots of words.

[Michael Martin]

Originally posted by IMA Rockstar Me, I love playing CCR. It simple, yet fun. I'm starting to learn some Dylan songs, but it's hard to remember the damn lyrics and not fudge em up How about you?

 

I've been spending all my time lately making stuff up, because my goal is to perform original work. Funny you ask this though, because I have been thinking of what covers I might include if I did decide to go that route.

 

I haven't played CCR in a long time, but what great stuff. "Proud Mary" is one of the first songs I ever taught myself to play.

 

Covers I love playing:

Behind Blue Eyes (Townshend)

Won't Get Fooled Again (ditto)

Substitute (ditto)

Heart to Hang Onto (ditto)

Try Not to Breathe (REM)

Ebow the Letter (ditto)

Exit Music [From a Movie] (Radiohead)

Lucky (ditto)

Hey Hey What Can I Do (Led Zep)

Gallows Pole (ditto)

Thunder Road (Springsteen)

If You See Her Say Hello (Dylan)

Tangled Up In Blue (ditto)

 

I share your love of, and frustration with, some of Dylan's stuff. I don't know how he ever learned his own stuff cold enough to play it without a lyric sheet! Of course, he has been known to change things up in live performances...maybe that's why...

[jonthegm]

I'm still learning, but No Rain by Blind Melon is a guilty pleasure of mine...

[Bitt81]

I have several favorites lately

 

Bittercreek-Eagles

The Waiting-Tom Petty

After Midnight (As JJ Cale does it)

Who'll Stop the Rain-CCR

Norwegian Wood-Beatles

Love Ain't for Keeping-Who

Gettin' in Tune-Who

Clovis, New Mexico-Hank Williams Jr.

Love is a Rose-Neil Young

Sister Golden Hair-America

Feel a Whole Lot Better-Byrds/Petty

 

I'm learning 39 by Queen...It's one that you don't hear much but is virtually all acoustic and really "folky" for Queen.

[recordingtrack1]

The Rain Song; Led Zeppelin

Blackbird; Beatles

Hesitation Blues; Somebody, Hot Tuna, I think

Wooden Ships; Crosby, Stills and Nash

Laughing; David Crosby

Something In The Way She Moves; James Taylor

Carolina In My Mind; James Taylor

Fire And Rain; James Taylor

Walkin' On a Country Road; James Taylor

Sweet Baby James; James Taylor

Wish You Were Here, The Floyd

 

Oh crap, You shouldn't have got me started.

 

I'll stop here

 

Rt1:cool:

[EvilTwin]

Lately, the first thing I play on my acoustics are either "Key to the Highway" or "Me and the Devil."

[drvmusic]

"Fly" by Eddie From Ohio

 

"Cowgirl In the Sand" (Neil Young - 4-Way-Street version, but in the original key)

 

"If I Can't Change Your Mind" by Sugar

 

"Flake" by Jack Johnson

 

"One" by Eddie From Ohio

 

"Stupid American" (not a slur against the US, don't worry, it's about language barriers in relationships) by Eddie From Ohio

 

"Fearless" by Pink Floyd (my friend and I have turned it into an acoustic song)

 

"Bandit" by Penniweather Wholesome

 

SONGS I WANT TO LEARN

 

"Java Man" by Michael Hedges

 

"Sor-Variations on Magic Flute" as performed by Andres Segovia

[tiger roach]

Shake Sugaree - Lib Cotton

Casey Jones - MJ Hurt

Louis Collins - MJ Hurt

[Luca1369]

Pamela Brown-Tom T. Hall (Leo Kottke version)

Me and Bobby McGee-Dead version

Friend of the Devil-Dead

Revenge-David Allan Coe

Greenville Trestle High-Doc Watson Version

Muhlenburg County-traditional-don't know who wrote it

When I loved her-Kristofferson

Wreck of the Old 97-not sure who penned this one either

Old Black Rum-Great Big Sea

Georgia on my mind-Ray Charles

Midnight Train-Doc Watson

Little Pink Houses-Mellencamp

and lots of other stuff...

[dadgad7]

I very much enjoy playing Pink Floyd's

 

Wish You Were Here - simple but nicely constructed tune.

 

I play it solo, doing his first solo note for note, then improvise some nice blue type licks for the second time around.

 

You really need a dreadnought for that one to sound right.

very pretty tune!

[guitarist21]

Jack Johnson and John Mayer both write songs that sound great with just acoustic guitar and singing. And, as a girl, if I tranpose them up a couple steps, it gives them a new sound but a familiar feel. I also cover In My Life (The Beatles) at almost every show I play. Flying on the Ground (Buffalo Springfield) is a great tune as well.

 

Ellen

[KATMAN]

A couple of mine:

It Could've Been Me---Phil Keaggy(Open G)

 

World On A String.------ Neil Young

 

Thrashers----------Nel Young

 

Layla---------Eric Clapton,unplugged

 

Fire and Rain----- James Taylor

 

Love Song------- Third Day

 

Over The Hills and Far Away---- Led Zepplein

 

Holtel California----The Eagles

[catdaddy]

This thread is really a great tribute to the eclectic tastes of the forumites that have posted. I've got to admit that I was simply astounded to see songs like The Maker (Daniel Lanois), Laughing (David Crosby), and Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) being covered by folks here. Those are some favorites of mine and ones I've never heard anyone cover! Love to hear your versions dwerlin, recordingtrac1 and Eric Martin.

 

My fave:

Political Science (Randy Newman)

[thatsbunk]

my (recent) favorite covers to playon acoustic;

 

dear abby (john prine)

the other side of town (ditto)

carmelita (warren zevon)

how i spent my fall vacation (bruce cockburn)

babylon (david gray)

im from nj (john gorka)

the man who couldn't cry (loudoun wainwright)

genesis (jorma)

melissa (allman bros)

you ain't goin nowhere (dylan) (not too wordy)

lay lady lay (ditto) (also not to wordy)

sweetheart like you (ditto) (pretty wordy still have to go to the lyric sheet for this one)

dead flowers (stones)

2 of us (beatles)

[Buttcrust]

I like to play Zep's "Tangerene" on my little 12 string.

[babablowfish]

my favorites of the songs I do are:

 

Tiny Dancer

City of New Orleans

Desperados Waiting For A Train

Pancho and Lefty

Desperados Under the Eaves

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away

American Tune

Only Living Boy in New York

Heart of the Matter

Levon

Rocket Man

El Paso

Ring of Fire

Mama Tried

Daydream Believer

[kwakatak]

Here's my list with the following annotations:

 

(1) Some I've been playing for a while and I pored over the tab when I learned them so feel I know them pretty well,

(2) some I fake my way through but can get through the whole song without many hesitations,

(3) others I only know parts of but just like to groove with and usually end up improvising with (on a good night) or only play parts of (on a not so good night).

 

Many of these get played a lot, others not so much but when I do play them I usually have a good time on my couch. If I remember enough of them off the top of my head (usually on a nice quiet night with no distractions) I can play for a couple of hours without repeating any songs :

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Vincent (Starry Starr Night) - Chet Atkin's fingerstyle arrangement of Don McLean's tune (1)

 

On Eagles' Wings - Pete Huntlinger's fingerstyle arrangement (1)

 

The Water is Wide - Edward Gerhard's fingerstlye arrangement (1)

 

In My Life - Laurence Juber (from LJ Plays the Beatles) (1)

 

Why Georgia - John Mayer (2)

 

Pride and Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan (2)

 

Life By The Drop - Stevie Ray Vaughan (1)

 

Tightrope - Stevie Ray Vaughan (2)

 

Life Without You - Stevie Ray Vaughan (3)

 

Chitlins Con Carne - Stevie Ray Vaughan (3)

 

Little Wing- Stevie Ray Vaughan (3)

 

Riviera Paradise - Stevie Ray Vaughan (3)

 

Friends - Led Zeppelin (2)

 

Wonderful One - Led Zeppelin (3)

 

Who We Are - Bill Deasy (local Pittsburgh musician) (2)

 

Naked - Bill Deasy (local Pittsburgh musician) (2)

 

Wishing Well - Bill Deasy (local Pittsburgh musician) (2)

 

Angelina - Tommy Emmanuel (1)

 

Those Who Wait - Tommy Emmanuel (1)

 

Questions - Tommy Emmanuel (2)

 

All I Want Is You - U2 (2)

 

People Get Ready - Jeff Beck (3)

 

Cindy and Norm - Guy Van Duser (1)

 

La Vie En Rose - Chet Atkin's arrangement from the solo sessions CD (1)

 

Windy and Warm - John Loudermilk/Chet Atkins/Tommy Emmanuel all mixed up in my own informal arrangement (2)

 

Ave Maria - Chet Atkins' arangement of of the classical Schubert composition (3)

 

Boulevard - John Knowles (1)

 

Wild World - Cat Stevens (2)

 

The Fisherman - Simon Fox (2)

 

Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton (1)

 

Change the World - Eric Clapton (2)

 

More Than Words - Extreme (1)

 

The Dance - Garth Brooks (a fingerstlye arrangement that I found in the PowerTab archive before it go shut down) (1)

 

The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks (3)

 

The Closer You Get - Alabama (2)

 

Hotel California - The Eagles (2)

 

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (1)

 

Baby I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton (2)

 

Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles (2)

 

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... and there are bound to be some more that I can't remember off the top of my head without pulling out some dusty tab sheets or poring through some of myold CDs.

[gmax505]

great thread for ideas , i like

 

Beeswing - Richard Thompson

Mollys chamber - kings of leon

Silver and Gold - Joe Strummer , version

Things we said today - Beatles

Overkill - Colin Hay (from Scrubs TV show)

Bright side of the road - van Morrison

Brown eyed girl - Van Morrison

Fishermans Blues - The Waterboys

Everybody hurts - REM

Dont go back to Rockville - REM

Good year for the roses - Elvis Costello

Wild horses - Stones

 

Gordon