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April 28, 2019 at 4:41 pm #2165
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
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April 28, 2019 at 5:14 pm #2176
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 –
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April 28, 2019 at 6:01 pm #2182
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.
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April 28, 2019 at 8:20 pm #2191
Had my insurance agent over on friday. Played these
Friend Of The Devil
Blackbird…beatles
Greenback Dollar
The Weight…In G, Bm, C.D
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April 29, 2019 at 11:21 pm #2221
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 !!!!!!!!!!!! -
April 30, 2019 at 3:13 am #2222
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
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April 30, 2019 at 10:44 am #2223
Not Willie….Allman Brothers
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April 30, 2019 at 2:05 pm #2224
What chord progression due you use for Bluesky?
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April 30, 2019 at 5:08 pm #2225
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 -
May 1, 2019 at 1:26 pm #2229
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. “
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May 1, 2019 at 9:56 am #2228
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 NowhereBut 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
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May 1, 2019 at 1:28 pm #2230
A bunch of good songs suggested here…Hope I can make the party.
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May 1, 2019 at 4:21 pm #2233
Daniel I’d think Cinnamon Girl, acoustic or electric would fit nicely. Three chord songs , nice and easy. YEAH
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May 2, 2019 at 8:50 am #2235
Y’all are welcome any time you’re in France. We’re a little over an hour from Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris. 🙂
Daniel
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May 2, 2019 at 1:21 pm #2240
I’m working on it.
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May 2, 2019 at 3:36 pm #2243
I’m warming up the coffee maker!
😀
D
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May 7, 2019 at 9:29 pm #2254
We need some more song and chord progression suggestions
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May 7, 2019 at 10:10 pm #2255
How ’bout electric gathering?
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May 7, 2019 at 10:59 pm #2256
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)
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May 8, 2019 at 12:58 am #2262
A couple of our very own Bay Area troubadours, Jack n John. Good stuff
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May 7, 2019 at 11:16 pm #2259
That’s funny…..I thought all were welcome 🙂
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May 8, 2019 at 12:00 am #2261
Mate… Just a question…not a rejection.
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May 7, 2019 at 11:33 pm #2260
Acoustic/electric lady land band@@?
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May 8, 2019 at 3:29 pm #2263
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
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D
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May 10, 2019 at 2:12 pm #2264
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
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May 10, 2019 at 5:11 pm #2267
Headman should be . Em- Am-Bm-Am-Bm-Am-Bm-G-Em
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May 10, 2019 at 3:36 pm #2266
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 –
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May 10, 2019 at 6:54 pm #2268
Can’t have a jam without Jimmy Buffett .
“One Particular Harbor”…
Trying To Reason With Hurricane Season”
“A Pirate Looks at Forty”
“Fins”
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May 10, 2019 at 7:50 pm #2269
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
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May 10, 2019 at 11:15 pm #2270
Tom Petty a must! Van Morrison a classic got to.
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May 11, 2019 at 3:35 pm #2271
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.
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May 14, 2019 at 3:16 am #2276
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!
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May 14, 2019 at 2:38 pm #2277
Tadol,
I use Guitar Tabs..huge library
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May 14, 2019 at 3:40 pm #2278
ultimate-guitar.com
just renewed…. $21.99 p/y
Tabs, chords,backing tracks, -
May 14, 2019 at 8:30 pm #2280
Z Man there is a lot there for sure
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