Acoustic Night song suggestions

I've recently started attending an acoustic night (open mic) which has been great its really inspired me to get back into my guitar playing, I'm looking for suggestions for songs to play and sing.

I currently do a few Neil Young, Behind Blue Eyes by the Who and a couple of Paul Weller songs I've got a couple off Scratch's excellent set list, but wondered what else you guys could suggest that goes down well or sound good on acoustic guitar.

I've got an OK voice but I'm no Jeff Buckley and although I would class myself as intermediate level on the guitar, when playing in front of people I like to try and keep it not to complex as the old nerves kick in a bit when I get up there.

thanks very much

Jase

Here's my songbook list - most if not all of these are fairly easy. You should find some inspiration there.

My songbook
Acadian Driftwood (Band)
AFTER THE GOLD RUSH (Neil Young)
Alison (Elvis Costello)
AND IT STONED ME (Van Morrison)
Angel From Montgomery (John Prine)
Bartender Blues (George Jones)
blue on black (Kenny Wayne Shepherd)
Can't Find My Way Home (Blind Faith)
city of new orleans (Arlo Guthrie)
Copperhead Road (Steve Earle)
Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
Cripple Creek Ferry (Neil Young)
Desperado (By The Eagles)
DOCK OF THE BAY (Otis Redding)
DOOLIN-DALTON (Eagles)
five days in may (Blue Rodeo)
ghost riders in the sky2 (Sons Of The Pioneers)
HALLELUJAH (Leonard Cohen)
Hasnt Hit Me Yet (Blue Rodeo)
Helpless (Neil Young)
Hotel California (Eagles)
House of the rising sun (The Animals)
I'm Yours (Jason Mraz)
Knocking on Heavens Door (Bob Dylan)
Leather And Lace (Stevie Nicks)
Lyin eyes (Eagles)
Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
Man Of Constant Sorrow (Soggy Bottom Boys)
Mystery Train (Band)
NIGHT MOVES (Bob Seger)
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Band)
Outlaw Man (Eagles)
Peaceful Easy Feeling (Eagles)
ramblin man (Allman Brothers Band)
Rocket Man (Elton John)
Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding / Steve Cropper)
Slip Sliding Away (Paul Simon)
Small Town (John Mellencamp)
Summer breeze (Seals & Crofts)
Take It Easy (By The Eagles)
Tangled Up In Blue (Bob Dylan)
Tequila Sunrise (By The Eagles)
The Needle And The Damage Done (Neil Young)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down ()
The Weight (Band)
Try (Blue Rodeo)
Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)
Walking in Memphis (Marc Cohn)
Wholl stop the rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Willin (Little Feat)

Great list Tunes, surprisingly similar to mine. :shock:

Graham said:

Great list Tunes, surprisingly similar to mine. :shock:

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Great Canadians think alike - or freeze alone !! :lol: :lol: :shock:

High Flyin' Bird-Jefferson Airplane also Richie Havens and pretty easy
If I Were A Carpenter (ok I know this is a chestnut but hey it's pretty easy and it's due for a nostalgia comeback!)
In My Life-Beatles-Also pretty easy once you get the "hook" figured out
All Along the Watchtower-Dylan and Hendrix-hey it's really only 3 chords and also ready for a nostalgia comeback.
If you haven't figured it out I'm BIG on '60's folk rock, our guitars are (were?) litereally just MADE for it.. there's a HUGE collection of the stuff over at Online Guitar Archives PS I'm sure you guys are like me and won't take money for playing other guys' stuff unless you're payin' 'em the royalty, after all we'd want our stuff to be respected and we probably understand better than anybody that the guys who wrote the stuff deserve their rewards!
Also, EVERYBODY loosens up after a couple of beers..... :lol:
Al

The Boxer usually goes down well - folks like doing sound effects in the Li-la-Li (wheee -phew) chorusy bits :mrgreen:

Jase
I am in the same category - have a blast in the comfort of the basement, but its a nervous, perspiration-drenched experience on the stage in front of people (even when they're encouraging fellow acoustic guitarists). Anyway, apart from the Dylan and Beatles catalog, here are a few that I've really enjoyed playing out with:

'Put the Message in the Box' - World Party
'Handle Me With Care' - Travelling Wilburys
'Love is All Around' - The Troggs
'New Slang' - The Shins
'Atlantic City' - Bruce Springsteen
'Wonderwall' - Oasis
'Drive' - Incubus

These are great suggestions guys keep em coming a lot I know but others I don't and it's great discovering new stuff, especially new stuff to learn on the guitar, so as others are doing the same I guess it's only fair that I should share as well so here goes

vincent - don mcclane
behind blue eyes - the who
iris - goo goo dolls
I can't make you love me - bonnie raitt
you do something to me - Paul weller
hey hey my my - neil young
rockin in the free world - neil young
machines - biffy clyro
talk tonight - oasis
come back baby - dave van ronk
kind hearted woman - Robert Johnson
stackerlee - mississippi john hurt
Mississippi blues - willie brown
the times they are a changin - bob Dylan
fire and rain - James Taylor
exit music - radiohead
wish you were here - pink floyd

cheers

Jase

Before I had the band I'm in now, I played solo jazz guitar. Before I did that I played solo acoustic (acoustic guitar, harmonica, vocals). I tried to play songs that I could finger pick, or play riffs, solos and chords simultaneously. Here's some of what I played:

Here comes the sun (based on the Paul Simon/George Harrison version from SNL)
Richard Cory (wings over America)
Love me two times (the doors)
Come on into my kitchen (Steve Miller version from The Joker LP)
Ain't no sunshine (Bill Withers)
Little Sister (Based on the Marshall Crenshaw version)
Fool for your stockings (ZZ Top Deguello LP)
message in a bottle (Sting solo version from The secret policeman's other ball)
Blackbird (Beatles)
Light my fire (jose Feliciano version)
Pride and joy (stevie ray vaughn)
You can't do that (Beatles)
I thank you (zz top version)
That'll be the day (buddy holly)
Take the money and run (very easy to play figure pick style)
Time in a bottle (jim croce)
going to california (led zepplin)
Don't mess around with Jim (jim croce)
Rock this town (stray cats)...this was tough one

I use to record myself playing out and I have recordings of these songs, if you're wondering how they sound I could post them.

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I use to record myself playing out and I have recordings of these songs, if you're wondering how they sound I could post them.

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Please do J, we're all ears. :shock:

Graham,

How did you insert that pic?

I'm in the process of making some mp3's from the audio CD I have. I should be posting "going to California" in a few minutes

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Graham,

How did you insert that pic?

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Photobucket and a picture of Carl. :lol: :lol:

Photobucket...OK thanks.

I can't use lightning mp3, so I tried uploading the song onto youtube as a video (even though I knew it wasn't a video). Youtube wasn't fooled. I'll stick a picture on it and upload it as a video. Hang on.

OK Graham, I have a couple of pics in photobucket. How do I get them to appear in a post?

Jake

oh yeah, I haven't even gotten to get those songs ready to post yet.

Vincent sounds like a good one................with a descent voice and playing ability, you could do this :wink: . They make it look easy anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI8fsi_a ... L&index=28

West

Graham said:

jmac said:

Graham,

How did you insert that pic?

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Photobucket and a picture of Carl. :lol: :lol:

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How did you get his ears smaller :shock:

West R Lee said:

Vincent sounds like a good one................with a descent voice and playing ability, you could do this :wink: . They make it look easy anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI8fsi_a ... L&index=28

West

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That guitarist is just an amateur like me - has to use a capo :mrgreen:

JerryR said:

Graham said:

jmac said:

Graham,

How did you insert that pic?

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Photobucket and a picture of Carl. :lol: :lol:

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How did you get his ears smaller :shock:

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Photoshop Jer. Another day another lesson. :wink:

Must say it was a challenge though. :lol: