What is your "Acoustic Repertoire"?

Teetonetal

RocknRollDave said:

dafuzz said:

Oh PS: Used To Love Her is a GnR song and a belter!

When he said Rolling Stones, he may have meant It's All Over Now - lyric being: "I used to love her...but it's all over now".

Yeah I meant the Rolling stones song - however the guns and roses  song is also a cracker I'm just rubbish at song titles

BigLicks67

As a warm up I start with Bach Cello Suite in G major (transposed to D major) I play this fingerstyle and flatpicked and it's good practice.

After that it will be stuff like :

Blackbird/Norwegian Wood - Beatles

Black Waterside/Anji - Bert Jansch style

Georgia on my Mind/Summertime - Martin Taylor style

Needle and the Damage Done - Neil Young

Variations on Blues in E (eg Good Morning Blues or Lonesome Couch Blues)

If I'm Strumming it will be songs by Bob Dylan, Wilco & The Waterboys.

Various classical stuff generally on the easy side.

Otherwise it's stuff I make up myself.

joneve

Added "22" by Deaf Havana to my repetoire last night. Needs a bit of practice, but sounds ace with just an acoustic and is properly easy to play. (Not so easy to sing though )

thomasross20

Does anybody know any good spanish-themed pieces that sound impressive and tuneful?

noisepolluter

thomasross20 said:

Does anybody know any good spanish-themed pieces that sound impressive and tuneful?

If you only want flatpicking - difficult. You're really looking at jazz or bluegrassy type stuff for fast plectrum work

If you fancy a crack at some fingerpicking - Anji by Bert Jansch (possibly arguably a TINY BIT Spanish sounding at a stretch, but certainly impressive).

If you want to hear some pretty mind-blowing stuff running the gamut of styles, get the album "Friday Night in San Francisco" by John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia and Al di Meola. It looks like there are some tabs and video lessons on youtube if you're feeling brave enough, I can't vouch for their accuracy as the idea of even attempting them is so far beyond my capabilities as to be laughable. 

spark240

We do this....wicked !

thomasross20

NP I have that album and it is amazing!
Maybe not the stand alone sort of music I'm looking for. I do plectrum work and finger style. Looking for more of both and less "chords".

Paul_C

richardhomer said:

Teetonetal;223067" said:

As previous poster I would also highly recommend 1952 Vincent Black Lightning  - Richard Thompson, such a tune!

Did anyone see him play this on Song Writer's Circle a few year ago on BBC4?

I'm a big fan of RT but it was striking watching that just what a brilliant player he is. I left my acoustic alone for quite a few weeks after that was on....

thomasross20

viz - get up a recording of you doing that song - it's awesome.
Delilah!? Lol...
Paul_C - that was awesome - never heard of the guy!! Sure you could do that!!

I'm definitely wanting to do something more dark and mysterious, a little flashy... maybe I'm better off just writing my own songs again lol!

Just listening to Bert Jansch just now - great stuff! Must listen to some more.

Obviously I've heard (and seen!) loads of Tommy Emmanuel. Great stuff he does - the best! Just wondering what other acoustic/fingerstyle artists I'm missing out on. Must admit I do prefer if there are vocals..

richardhomer

thomasross20;238113" said:

Just wondering what other acoustic/fingerstyle artists I'm missing out on. Must admit I do prefer if there are vocals..

John Martyn:



He didn't play like a granny!

wrinkleygit

 a few of my favourites-

may you never- john martyn

can't find my way home- steve winwood  ( bonnie raittes version)

dancin in the moonlight - thin lizzy

tracks of my tears

little wing

they are the ones that I always play first when I pick up a guitar, mike b.

tonyrath

I am working on a set or two for tapas and wine bars at present 

Tico Tico 

Granadinas

Tarantas

Sevillanas 

Rumbas of various sorts 

Feelings 

La Cumparsita 

Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps

Besame Mucho 

La Cocuracha 

La Bamba 

About 2 hours of music in my head and fingers using flamenco techniques I am 69 you know 

thomasross20

Would love to see vids or hear clips of those (and taht goes for everybody else, too!)

stimpsonslostson

My current list-
Hallelujah- Buckley/Cohen
The weight- the band
Redemption song- Marley
Times like these / learn to fly- foos
Californication/bridge- chilis
Over the hills- led zep
Radio / blue in the face- alkaline trio
Plus LOTS of Chuck Ragan (do you pray/the trench/ole diesel to name but three), Frank Turner is also good.

Songsterr is a great app for chord patterns, lyrics & tab- I get loads of inspiration there.

BigLicks67

For Spanish Style try - Alla Cubana from William Walton's 5 Bagatelles.

Here's a jazz style rendition by a Korean band - for the definitive version listen to Julian Bream.

thomasross20

BUMP for my own info as I'm playing acoustic a bit more now. 

thomasross20

What pickup do you think Richard Thompson is using in the linked video?

IanSavage

Holy thread necro Batman! alright, I'll play - current acoustic set looks something like:

45 - The Gaslight Anthem

Long Day - Matchbox 20

Check Your Armour (original)

Before I Even Had You - Dave McPhearson

Bound For Glory - Blackstar Riders

The Flame Still Burns - Strange Fruit (:) )

Run To The Water - Live

Downtown Train - Tom Waits

Woodeson - The Gaslight Anthem

When I Come Around - Green Day

Then on resonator in open tuning:

I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters

Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristopherson

She Talks To Angels - Black Crowes

Come On Up To The House - Tom Waits

(with Jeff Buckley's 'Hallelujah' in the canon for encores) 

Need to get a few more in there really, that lasts about an hour...and apparently I'm breaking some sort of rule by not doing an 'ironic' acoustic cover of a hip-hop / modern pop/R&B tune as well

EDIT: A few more I've remembered used to be in the set that I haven't done for ages...

Mr Jones - Counting Crows

Atlantic City / Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen

Outgunned - Rancid

Top Of The World - The Wildhearts

Wanted (Dead Or Alive) - Bon Jovi

thomasross20

My list (off the top of my head):

- La Bamba

- Women in Love (Van Halen)

- More than Words

- Big Love 

- Dust in the Wind

- Rebel Yell

- White Wedding

- Hole Hearted

- More than Words

And a bunch of others that I play on electric anyway. Probably some I forgot. Want to learn more. MUCH prefer songs like Big Love (fingerstyle + vox) as opposed to this acoustic tapping bollox. 

Many lols to "HOLY THREAD NECRO, BATMAN"  

fob

I've always liked this cover of VBL 1952 (actually prefer it to the original - sacrilege I know!). I think it works very well as a two man piece and the banjo 'fits' in with the story of the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQK2xFOAxrI