1 singer, 1 electric

Jetfire

So startwd jamming with a singer and id like to use my electric (tele) with a slightly driven sound for something different. What songs could be good? James Bay style im thinking but open to ideas etc.

thecolourbox

Bang bang, you shot me down

Check out Jeff Buckley live at Sine, especially Night Flight

olafgarten

Do some White Stripes. 

Schnozz

2 Girls, 1 Cup

stimpsonslostson

Blank Space by Taylor Swift. No, dont laugh, really, I'm serious. I learned it as a joke & it's become a staple at my jam sessions. Lots of Ed Sheeran work too. 

 Graham Parker released an entire album of himself and his Tele. Live alone in America. 

For something completely different the first Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes album (Blossom) is very sparse & is sometimes just Frank & his guitarist- who's playing a tele. 

I'd try whatever music you both like & come up with arrangements that suit their voice. That's how Ed & Taylor happened for us. 

SteveRobinson

Anything by Billy Bragg 

EricTheWeary

Pops Staples did a lot with just voice and guitar plus John Lee Hooker, Lightning Hopkins, Muddy Waters,etc, although I appreciate it's not very contemporary...

Green Day Time of Your Life seems to tick all the boxes.  Probably some Ed Sheeran and that Mancunian lad with the tele who everyone on here hated. It'll come to me  

EricTheWeary

...still not going to come to me. Skinny, young man, telecaster? Anyway, I was watching this the other day - vocal and tele:

victorludorum

Check out Neil Young's Le Noise album on YouTube

EricTheWeary

...floppy hair and blonde tele?C'mon  Okay I'll stop now but first Glycerine by Bush and bloody loads of Billy Bragg - New England would be the obvious one:

RocknRollDave

Lots of reverb and/ or delay, you'll fill out the sound nicely.

TimmyO

Work around songs she wants to sing and arrange to taste

slacker

Love yourself Justin bieber
No diggity check the ed sheeran version
St Louis slim seasick steve
Boom boom boom John Lee Hooker check out where he busks is it in blues brothers
you gotta move Fred McDowell but Google for Tom jones
Soul of a man Steven stern from mad max
Any johnny cash from the last album, hurt etc
Sweet dreams Marilyn  Manson version
Add a drum machine and look at stuff from black Keyes white stripes slaves kills etc

dogload

EricTheWeary said:

...floppy hair and blonde tele?C'mon  Okay I'll stop now but first Glycerine by Bush and bloody loads of Billy Bragg - New England would be the obvious one:

+1 for BB

Also how about some Teardrop Explodes (trumpet optional)

thecolourbox

stimpsonslostson said:

Blank Space by Taylor Swift. 

Listen to Ryan Adams version for chills that are multiplying.

EricTheWeary

Jake Bugg, that's the one. Anyway, that thing he had a minor hit with . 

Veganic

Lots of Velvet Underground and Lou Reed would probably work. 

Might not suit your audience though.

UnclePsychosis

Billy Bragg

thecolourbox

EricTheWeary said:

Jake Bugg, that's the one. Anyway, that thing he had a minor hit with . 

I was hoping you wouldn't remember his name so we wouldn't have to be reminded of him

EricTheWeary

thecolourbox said:

EricTheWeary said:

Jake Bugg, that's the one. Anyway, that thing he had a minor hit with . 

I was hoping you wouldn't remember his name so we wouldn't have to be reminded of him

I was driving MrsTheWeary to her nurse reunion thing this evening and we were talking about the traffic and I suddenly went 'Jake Bugg' and had to type it in here as soon as I got back. 
He seemed to be everywhere for a bit and then disappeared. I didn't mind him. 

HAL9000

Song to the Siren. Either the Tim Buckley version, or if you look on YouTube there's a version of This Mortal Coil doing it with just singer and guitarist.

Edit - here it is...