Favorite Songs with Acoustic Guitar

[chisag]

... Saw Stills do this live back when I was a DJ and introduced them at Poplar Creek outside of Chicago in the late 70's. They also did Suite Judy Blue Eyes and the band left the stage for a break but Stills stayed and played about a 10 minute jam acoustic solo that just blew me away. 


 

 

[Bob Cat]

Thought of this thread last night when this song came up during my evening walk.  Have always liked the acoustic guitar at the beginning of this one.

Can you hear the mandolin near the end?  Great jam.

 

 

[Argonne69]

This tune tears at the heart. 😕

 

 

 

[grm24]

 

[Argonne69]

Rush didn't have many commercial hit singles throughout their career, but Closer to the Heart is pretty close. 

 

 

 

[grm24]

Great Portishead cover.

 

 

 

[Argonne69]

Not known for their "soft" side at the time of its release, Green Day knocked it out of the park with "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)". Bonus for the string section. 

 

 

[Robert L.]

Any love for The Moody Blues?

 

 

[Argonne69]

 

I thought "Kiss Me" had an acoustic guitar, but it's actually an electric 12 string with no effects. 

 

[me05501]

I write and play mostly on acoustic. When I perform I'm doing mostly original songs but I've accumulated some covers over the years to try and keep the crowd engaged. 

 

Here are a few that I keep in rotation:

 

Springsteen "I'm On Fire"

Petty "Rebels" 

Carly Simon "You're So Vain" 

Doc Pomus "Little Sister"

Dwight Yoakam "It Only Hurts When I Cry"

Hall and Oates "I Can't Go For That"

The Band "Ophelia" 

 Rosanne Cash "Seven Year Ache"

[Argonne69]

This was a favorite of mine back in my progressive rock days, although it's more of a folk rock tune than a prog tune. 

 

 

 

[Hankshank]

Then, of course, there’s this

 

 

[Argonne69]

OK, it's a wee bit schmaltzy, but oh, to be young and in love. 

 

 

 

[rainkingjr]

Another great one.

 

 

[Argonne69]

One of my favorite Dire Straits tunes. 

 

 

 

 

[Bob Cat]

Short acoustic intro but I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity to post what I think's a great song from Cheap Trick.

 

 

[aloha b.]

This is Barry Flanagan from a group called Hapa in Hawaii, his guitar is about 40 years old and you can see a big hole in it. He has a unique style playing slack key. Both Stephen Stills and Kenny Loggins have played on his CD's many moons ago.

 

 

[DrOldSchool]

For some reason when I opened this thread, this was the first song to pop in my head.

 

 

 

[Argonne69]

 

[ChronicSlicer]

 

 

 

 

[Argonne69]

Classic "yacht" rock. 

 

 

 

[miamistomp]

 

[miamistomp]

 

[chinaski]

[Argonne69]

 

[Mr. Grumpy]

I have always returned to this for the rawness of it. Seems like an honest session...

 

[ohioglfr]

 

 

 

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[Joe85]

Ryan Bingham - The Weary Kind

[me05501]

Not sure if this will work...trying to link to a playlist I'm keeping that has songs I am slowly adding to my repertoire. 

 

This week I've been working on "Secret Heart" by Ron Sexsmith, "Hard Luck Woman" by Kiss and "Deal" by the Grateful Dead. 

 

 

 

 

[me05501]

On 3/16/2022 at 6:23 PM, Argonne69 said:

 

I thought "Kiss Me" had an acoustic guitar, but it's actually an electric 12 string with no effects. 

 

A guy from that era of that band lived and worked here for a while as the executive director of a visual arts org. He was invited to join The Mavericks as a keyboardist so he’s back in music now. Interesting guy.