TOP 5 SONGS TO KNOW FOR AN ACOUSTIC GATHERING

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    • #2165
      Chrisakadigdog
      Participant

        Thought this might spark some on going dialogue.   I had a potential buyer for one of my guitars over a few days back.

        As we we were discussing preferences on acoustic music styles the band Traffic came up and boom off we both went on playing Wasted and I cant find my way home, Blind Faith.    Been there maybe once in life haha..  Anyhow both of us are in our 60’s so 60’S folk to rock tunes were of strong interest for both of us.

        For fun I thought it could be an enjoyable thread to start listing tunes that might be required for a player’s in the round/square ,triangle what ever for whenever we should all gather again for SCGC celebration.

        Maybe 3-5 tunes with basic chord progressions could help us all to be on the same page.

        One of my favorites has been the Bands “The Weight” in the key of A,    A-C#m-D-A  as played on The Last Waltz.

         

        Lets here/see your suggestions

      • #2176
        haasome
        Participant

          We also go off on The Weight using same progression you mentioned above — and we do some great (and awful ) things to that song. The other night we got into a groove playing Deportee, Hobos Lullaby,  Mr Bojangles (Jerry Jeff version), and Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright. Kind of a kumbaya time for all.


          – Paul –

        • #2182
          Old 97
          Participant

            Friend of the Devil and Ripple are pretty popular these days.

            Angeline the Baker two chords for jamming. I learned it from Daniel Nestlerode.

            Deep Ellum Blues. Deep River Blues. Hey Joe.

          • #2191
            Hank
            Participant

              Had my insurance agent over on friday. Played these
              Friend Of The Devil
              Blackbird…beatles
              Greenback Dollar
              The Weight…In G, Bm, C.D
              The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

            • #2221
              Hank
              Participant

                Sooo…. Dee leaned over my shoulder and looked at what I had posted……
                She said you forgot the “BEST”….Blue Sky- and A Pirate Looks At Forty….she is right !!!!!!!!!!!!

              • #2222
                Chrisakadigdog
                Participant

                  Willie Blue Sky?    A good Waylon song always perks some attention as well.    Momma  don’t let your baby’s grow up to be Cowboy’s /Cowgirl,s

                  • #2223
                    Hank
                    Participant

                      Not Willie….Allman Brothers

                    • #2224
                      Chrisakadigdog
                      Participant

                        What chord progression due you use for Bluesky?

                      • #2225
                        Hank
                        Participant

                          E,B,A,E= VERSE
                          B,A,E,A,F#m = Chorus
                          E,A,E,A,E,B,C#,A5= riff after 1st/2nd Chorus

                        • #2229
                          Hank
                          Participant

                            By the way……Who here can play the Dickey Betts lead on this ?
                            When I worked at Squaw Valley about 1973 we used to put batteries and a tape deck in our backpacks connect some earphones and run KT-22 nonstop to this song as we cleared the mountain at the end of a day…….”But , I was much younger then, and I’m older than that now. “

                        • #2228
                          Daniel
                          Participant

                            Every country/culture seems to have a different word for jam or a different way to jam if that use that word.

                            In the UK, a participatory event is called a “session,” but it’s not really a jam.  More of a song circle, and if you play along, you sort of need to arrange that with the person singing before the song starts.

                            A jam here in les-Hauts-de-France is an amplified event (Rock being KING in this neck o’ the woods –not sure about other parts of France).  It starts with a short set from a band and then people in the room are encouraged to get up 2 or 3 at time and play a few numbers before relinquishing their spot to someone else.  You Do Not bring your own amp.  You can bring your own instrument or borrow one from the organiser, a guy who has carried in and set up the PA, a drum kit, a decent keyboard, a bass, an electric guitar, an acoustic guitar, and all the required sound reinforcement along with a few lights.

                            (I learned all of this the hard way and speaking very little French. 😉 )

                            Claudine and I have hosted house concerts in England, and done one in France so far.  At these I usually lead a more American version of a jam afterward.  I find three chords songs indispensable:
                            Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
                            Helpless
                            Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
                            You Ain’t Going Nowhere

                            But my guitar player, Julien, is a huge Neil Young fan.  So we end up playing
                            Powerderfinger
                            Down by the River
                            Old Man
                            Harvest Moon
                            …etc, etc…

                             

                            🙂

                            Daniel

                          • #2230
                            Hank
                            Participant

                              A bunch of good songs suggested here…Hope I can make the party.

                            • #2233
                              Chrisakadigdog
                              Participant

                                Daniel I’d think Cinnamon Girl, acoustic or electric would fit nicely.    Three chord songs , nice and easy. YEAH

                              • #2235
                                Daniel
                                Participant

                                  Y’all are welcome any time you’re in France.  We’re a little over an hour from Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris.  🙂

                                  Daniel

                                • #2240
                                  Old 97
                                  Participant

                                    I’m working on it.

                                    • #2243
                                      Daniel
                                      Participant

                                        I’m warming up the coffee maker!

                                        😀

                                        D

                                    • #2254
                                      Chrisakadigdog
                                      Participant

                                        We need some more song and chord progression suggestions

                                      • #2255
                                        indexless
                                        Keymaster

                                          How ’bout electric gathering?

                                        • #2256
                                          Hank
                                          Participant

                                            When did SCGC build volt eaters ?
                                            St. James Infirmary…. Am,E7th/E, Am, E7th/E, Dm, E/E7th, Am, F, E7th, Am.
                                            The way Ramblin Jack Elliott and Dave Van Ronk Did It….WITH FEELING..
                                            ” Can’t You See”….D,C9th, G…..WITH FEELING..
                                            “Born On The Bayou” C7th (5th fret), D(5th Fret), A (5th Fret)….With Feeling)
                                            ……………Y’ALL………….

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                                            • #2262
                                              Chrisakadigdog
                                              Participant

                                                A couple of our very own Bay Area troubadours,  Jack n John.  Good stuff

                                            • #2259
                                              indexless
                                              Keymaster

                                                That’s funny…..I thought all were welcome 🙂

                                                • #2261
                                                  Hank
                                                  Participant

                                                    Mate… Just a question…not a rejection.

                                                • #2260
                                                  Chrisakadigdog
                                                  Participant

                                                    Acoustic/electric lady land band@@?

                                                  • #2263
                                                    Daniel
                                                    Participant

                                                      Tear My Stillhouse Down, Gillian Welch

                                                      Just Call Me Lonesome, Radney Foster

                                                      Old Silver, Radney Foster

                                                      Up on Cripple Creek, The Band

                                                      Ophelia, The Band

                                                      🙂

                                                      D

                                                       

                                                    • #2264
                                                      Chrisakadigdog
                                                      Participant

                                                        The music of Traffic has been a steady soundtrack for me through the decades

                                                        Forty thousand Headmen.  Am- Dm-Am-Dm-Am-Dm-Am-Dm-C-Am

                                                        Dear Mr Fantasy. A-G-D-A.   CHORUS. Fm-A

                                                        • #2267
                                                          Chrisakadigdog
                                                          Participant

                                                            Headman should be . Em- Am-Bm-Am-Bm-Am-Bm-G-Em

                                                        • #2266
                                                          tadol
                                                          Senior Moderator

                                                            Running thru my list –

                                                            Act Naturally – Beatles

                                                            Bad Moon Rising – CCR

                                                            Brown Eyed Girl – VM

                                                            Crazy Love – VM

                                                            Don’t Think Twice – BD

                                                            well crap – thats 5 and I didn’t even make it thru the Ds –

                                                          • #2268
                                                            Hank
                                                            Participant

                                                              Can’t have a jam without Jimmy Buffett .
                                                              “One Particular Harbor”…
                                                              Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season”
                                                              “A Pirate Looks at Forty”
                                                              “Fins”
                                                              I won’t include Margaritaville….because I’m SICK OF IT.

                                                            • #2269
                                                              indexless
                                                              Keymaster

                                                                Nobody know’s you when your down and out    Derrick and the Dominos

                                                                Honey Bee  Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

                                                                Honey Bee   Mudy Waters

                                                                Everything is going to be OK Ry Cooder

                                                              • #2270
                                                                Chrisakadigdog
                                                                Participant

                                                                  Tom Petty a must! Van Morrison a classic got to.

                                                                • #2271
                                                                  Chrisakadigdog
                                                                  Participant

                                                                    John Prine’s  “Angel from Montgomery”.  D-G-A.   Verses.     D-C-G.  Chorus

                                                                    John Hyatt.  “Cry Love”. C-G -Am.        G-D-Em. Alt.

                                                                  • #2276
                                                                    tadol
                                                                    Senior Moderator

                                                                      Ok – more –

                                                                      First cut is the deepest –

                                                                      Have you ever seen the rain – CCR

                                                                      If you could read my mind – GL

                                                                      Jambalaya –

                                                                      King of the road –

                                                                      that gets me up to K –

                                                                      if anyone else uses OnSong or keeps their music in ChordPro format, lemme know if you wanna swap some  charts!

                                                                    • #2277
                                                                      indexless
                                                                      Keymaster

                                                                        Tadol,

                                                                        I use Guitar Tabs..huge library

                                                                      • #2278
                                                                        Hank
                                                                        Participant

                                                                          ultimate-guitar.com
                                                                          just renewed…. $21.99 p/y
                                                                          Tabs, chords,backing tracks,

                                                                        • #2280
                                                                          indexless
                                                                          Keymaster

                                                                            Z Man  there is a lot there for sure

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