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Black Queen - Stephen Stills

Amazonia - Stephen Stills

Tree-Top Flyer - Stephen Stills

Winterwood - Don MacLean

Vincent - Don MacLean

Melissa - The Allman Brothers

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I am and have always been primarily an acoustic player and most of my favorite songs to play on acoustic were not originally acoustic. Playing the standard acoustic fare on an acoustic guitar is great. However, while gigging or playing with friends, the biggest compliments I receive are when I pull off some Hendrix: Little Wing/ Purple Haze/The Wind Cries Mary

 

SRV: Crossfire/ Pride and Joy ( I know it was later recorded acoustically for Unplugged- still that in itself proves my point)

 

Brian May:Tie Your Mother Down / Crazy Little Thing

 

Clapton: original Layla

 

You really have to wrench and muscle your acoustic to pull off some of the bends, hammers, pull-offs and accomodate for the lack of sustain with pick dynamics.

 

Having said that, here's some more

 

1. Tempted by Squeeze (Crowds love this one and Jenny)

2. Last Goodbye by Jeff Buckley

3. Rikki Don't Loose That Number - Steely Dan

4. Jenny/867-5309 by Tommy Tutone

5. Never Going Back Again - Fleewood Mac / This took me 3 months to learn to play well and most crowds don't give a rip.

 

Great thread. I often find myself putting together a playlist on my IPOD of the perfect "unplugged" set for my coffee house gigs. Thanks.

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Over the Hills and Far Away-led zeppelin

Tripping Billies-dave mathews

Two Step-dave mathews

Do You Remember-jack johnson

Angie-Rolling Stones

Classical Gas-Mason williams

 

those are just a few of my fav's... they never get old or boring

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I'm into fingerpicking stuff mostly, but I still play a lot of the rock standards mentioned above. Here's what I can mostly play by memory:

 

(* = working on/noodling with)

 

 

Chet Atkins

Vincent (Starry Starry Night)

La Vie En Rose

La Madrugada

 

Nuno Bettencourt(sp) (Extreme)

Hole Hearted

More Than Words

 

Garth Brooks

The Thunder Rolls*

The Dance

 

Eric Clapton

Tears in Heaven

Change the World

 

Bod Dylan

All Along the Watchtower

Knockin' of Heaven's Door

 

Tommy Emmanuel

I've Always Though of You

Questions

Since We Met*

Those Who Wait

Windy and Warm*

 

Edward Gerhard

The Water Is Wide

 

Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits)

Romeo and Juliet*

Why Worry

 

Laurence Juber

In my Life

 

Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)

Babe I'm Gonna Leave You

Friends*

Kashmir*

Stairway to Heaven

Wonderful One*

 

Martin Simpson

Georiga On My Mind*

True

 

Cat Stevens

Wild World

 

Stevie Ray Vaughn

Life By The Drop

Little Wing* (Jimi Hendrix)

Pride and Joy

Tightrope

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A couple of my favorites:

 

"World on a String" by Neil Young

 

"Before you Accuse Me" by Eric Clapton

 

"Fire and Rain" by James Taylor

 

"Pocahontas" by Neil Young

 

"Love Song" by Third Day

 

"It could've been Me" by Phil Keaggy

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