Songs to learn?...

SouthernSounds · Dec 16, 2012

Hey Folks,

School is ending (finally!), and some spare time is coming, so Louise is going to receive the time that she deserves. Given that, I'm starting the search for some tunes to learn and I had an idea:

How about if you, fellow LTGers, suggest me your most loved song (hopefully not the most intricated one), to give it a try? Which song would you recommend? Why: what is the story of that particular song?

Have a happy holidays & Thanks in advance!

All the best,
B.

Brad Little · Dec 16, 2012

This is one that's on my list to learn, and thought it fitting considering your guitar's name:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAX3uuun_Ls
Brad

dreadnut · Dec 16, 2012

Brad, ya beat me to it! But thanks for posting the original writer of the song! I thought Kottke wrote that one, I learn something every day on this forum.

(By the way, my DeArmond Starfire Special is named "Louise.")

I play it in the gear of "G" but capoed up 3 frets, fits my vocal range better there. It's just G, A, C, and D and D7, with an Em and Am7 a couple times. Nice one to practice fingerpicking on, try using your thumb on the bass notes to walk up from from G to C and C to D.

dreadnut · Dec 16, 2012

I could suggest a thousand songs but right now "Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground" is coming to mind. I'd love to hear my mandolin next to your DV-52 on that one

Maybe someday I will travel to Chile, or you will come North!

griehund · Dec 16, 2012

SouthernSounds said:
Hey Folks,

School is ending (finally!), and some spare time is coming, so Louise is going to receive the time that she deserves. Given that, I'm starting the search for some tunes to learn and I had an idea:

How about if you, fellow LTGers, suggest me your most loved song (hopefully not the most intricated one), to give it a try? Which song would you recommend? Why: what is the story of that particular song?

Have a happy holidays & Thanks in advance!

All the best,
B.

What kind of music do you usually play? My favorite song for a long has been Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) but I hardly ever play it cause the chords are boring and I haven't taken the time to do it justice. Other than that, my favorite song is the one I'm working on at the moment, whatever it may be. Right now it's Alfred King Born Under A Bad Sign. Whatever you choose, have fun.

SouthernSounds · Dec 16, 2012

Gentlemen,

Brad Little said:
This is one that's on my list to learn, and thought it fitting considering your guitar's name:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAX3uuun_Ls
Brad

Thanks Brad: I like that song. I'll add it to my list!

dreadnut said:
It's just G, A, C, and D and D7, with an Em and Am7 a couple times. Nice one to practice fingerpicking on, try using your thumb on the bass notes to walk up from from G to C and C to D.

Thanks for the chords, Dread!

dreadnut said:
I could suggest a thousand songs but right now "Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground" is coming to mind.

I'll have it mind!

dreadnut said:
I'd love to hear my mandolin next to your DV-52 on that one. Maybe someday I will travel to Chile, or you will come North!

I'd love it too! Maybe we could arrange a meeting in somewhere half way. Whatcha think, Dread? :wink:

griehund said:
What kind of music do you usually play? My favorite song for a long has been Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) but I hardly ever play it cause the chords are boring and I haven't taken the time to do it justice. Other than that, my favorite song is the one I'm working on at the moment, whatever it may be. Right now it's Alfred King Born Under A Bad Sign. Whatever you choose, have fun.

Hey GH,

I mainly "try" to play Blues, but I've been trying to play whatever I hear. I'm learning fingerpicking. I'm hearing rag songs, jazz, country, bluegrass, folk. So if you ask me for something specific, I would answer: suggest me whatever you want. I want to play guitar and it implies I want to learn as much as I can.

Thank you, friends: thanks for your time and suggestions!

All the best,
B.

Brad Little · Dec 16, 2012

dreadnut said:
....thanks for posting the original writer of the song! I thought Kottke wrote that one, I learn something every day on this forum.

I always forget that Kottke played it, for some reason I never cared much for his playing, not sure why. There's a good version by Bonnie Raitt as well as Emmylou Harris. I have a version I like on a Bluegrass LP, name of which escapes me right now, I'll have to dig it out.
Brad

dreadnut · Dec 16, 2012

Yeah, I love the Bonnie Raitt version too

griehund · Dec 16, 2012

SouthernSounds said:
Gentlemen,

Brad Little said:

This is one that's on my list to learn, and thought it fitting considering your guitar's name:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAX3uuun_Ls
Brad

Click to expand...

Thanks Brad: I like that song. I'll add it to my list!

dreadnut said:

It's just G, A, C, and D and D7, with an Em and Am7 a couple times. Nice one to practice fingerpicking on, try using your thumb on the bass notes to walk up from from G to C and C to D.

Click to expand...

Thanks for the chords, Dread!

dreadnut said:

I could suggest a thousand songs but right now "Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground" is coming to mind.

Click to expand...

I'll have it mind!

dreadnut said:

I'd love to hear my mandolin next to your DV-52 on that one. Maybe someday I will travel to Chile, or you will come North!

Click to expand...

I'd love it too! Maybe we could arrange a meeting in somewhere half way. Whatcha think, Dread? :wink:

griehund said:

What kind of music do you usually play? My favorite song for a long has been Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) but I hardly ever play it cause the chords are boring and I haven't taken the time to do it justice. Other than that, my favorite song is the one I'm working on at the moment, whatever it may be. Right now it's Alfred King Born Under A Bad Sign. Whatever you choose, have fun.

Click to expand...

Hey GH,

I mainly "try" to play Blues, but I've been trying to play whatever I hear. I'm learning fingerpicking. I'm hearing rag songs, jazz, country, bluegrass, folk. So if you ask me for something specific, I would answer: suggest me whatever you want. I want to play guitar and it implies I want to learn as much as I can.

Thank you, friends: thanks for your time and suggestions!

All the best,
B.

Blues & finger picking = Freddie King. Plenty to choose from.

killdeer43 · Dec 16, 2012

Louise is one of my all-time favorite songs and I've been doing it for almost 40 years.
Here's a Leo Kottke version that really does it for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ1ynrFzbyY

:wink:
Joe

Songs to learn?...

SouthernSounds

Senior Member

Brad Little

Senior Member

dreadnut

Gone But Not Forgotten

dreadnut

Gone But Not Forgotten

griehund

Senior Member

SouthernSounds

Senior Member

Brad Little

Senior Member

dreadnut

Gone But Not Forgotten

griehund

Senior Member

killdeer43

Reverential Member