Want some more songs to strum and sing

sev112

Getting a bit bored with my collection of open mic songs

pkayed lots of Ralph McTell, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, John Prine, etc fingerpicking and strumming

instead of Spotify algorithms, I thought I’d ask for suggestions from the algorithm of FB members’ ideas 

so, some wild and wacky suggestions for acoustic/singer please - suggestions gratefully received 

stickyfiddle

Jason Isbell (look for the acoustic stuff; Cover Me Up, If We Were Vampires, Elephant, Flagship, Travelling Alone)
Death Cab for Cutie (I Will Follow You Into the Dark is incredible, and most of Asphalt Meadows, which is a phenomenal record)
Bon Iver (some gorgeous acoustic things amongst the electronica - check out the For Emma... record plus Marion, Holocene, Towers, 29 Strafford APTS)
Phoebe Bridgers / Boygenius (lots of open tunings inc baritone open tunings as well) 
Justin Townes Earle
Fionn Regan
Ian Noe

stickyfiddle

Also Ryan Adams, though he's a bit of a messed up dude, he's written song incredible songs - basically everything off Heartbreaker, Gold, Love is Hell and Cold Roses is brilliant. 

LionAquaLooper

No Cat Stevens or Elvis Costello in your repertoire? 

RocknRollDave

James (the band)

Billy Bragg

Taylor Swift (seriously - see how long it takes people to twig)

Prince

sev112

LionAquaLooper said:

No Cat Stevens or Elvis Costello in your repertoire? 

Yep you are right, couple of each  

thecolourbox

I sometimes have to play songs by similar  artists to what you've listed there, in similar styles i like playing and singing the following...

First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes
Needle of Death by Bert Jansch
Driftwood by Travis
Song to the Siren by Tim Buckley

munckee

RHCPs wet sand or black summer are both nice. 

The La’s Feelin is really nice song. 

Lenonheads shame about ray or into your arms.  

Radiohead, black star, high and dry, fake plastic trees. 

hollywoodrox

 Rolling Stones - Angie 
  Guns n Roses - Patience 
  Rolling Stones - Spider & the Fly 
  Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
  Bon Jovi - wanted Dead or alive 
  

flying_pie

RocknRollDave said:

Taylor Swift (seriously - see how long it takes people to twig)

Agreed. If I ever do open mics i usually do acoustic versions of either pop or rock/metal and the reaction is great. I hate when open mics are a guess what's coming next of acoustic cliches

Here's a very rough recording I made of Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne using a fake acoustic patch on a Boss GT (credit to Puddles the clown)

Listen to Crazy Train by TheFlyingPie on #SoundCloud

https://on.soundcloud.com/9Fs2J

Travis also do an acoustic version of Hit Me Baby One More Time by Britney Spears which goes down a treat when people are drunk enough

Hurling_Fruitmig

Karl Wallinger/World Party recorded plenty of songs that might fit the bill.