Favorite Acoustic Songs

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

I was listenin to my Ipod and thought about some of the numerous songs that i love that are mostly acoustic. sooo post your favorite acoustic songs, heres a few of mine.

Fuel - Daniel

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

Shinedown - Simple Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgFQ6WmxdMs

SRV - Life by the Drop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwCiTkt2Jg

whaddya got?

- kayla.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

Either the original version of You've Got A Friend by Carole King or the James Taylor version.

Mysterytrain · Post by **Mysterytrain** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

It's all right ma...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtW6crUOFQs

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

Classical Gas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQJ1k2HMoRU

And You And I---Steve Howe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gE8YVH46RCw

Mysterytrain · Post by **Mysterytrain** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

Grisman and Garcia

Sitting in limbo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QCJ9mflho8

Shady Grove - Beautiful version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFX5L1It ... re=related

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

Just about anything Willie plays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVJQAmxGKw

Just about anything Django plays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIJ4W7kXiQ

kayla · Post by **kayla** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

undercoverjoe wrote:Just about anything Willie plays...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pVJQAmxGKw

yowser, that guitars taken a beatin.

ToonaRockGuy · Post by **ToonaRockGuy** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

John Prine - "Paradise"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vC65_cq0Js

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

PACO DE LUCIA , John McLaughlin , AL DI MEOLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cadbYIzhqQ

Bag · Post by **Bag** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

ANYTHING by these guys, but this is my favorite...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zISiQ6PqATI

GoneForever · Post by **GoneForever** » Tuesday Jun 05, 2012

Michale Graves-Locked Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rSv9dnRoc

Michale Graves-Dig Up Her Bones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JJjVHlkETc

Walls Of Jericho-Ember Drive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACo0wxwxpT4

Trivium-Iron Maiden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGXIx2EQ9pY

autumnsky · Post by **autumnsky** » Wednesday Jun 06, 2012

"Little Martha"---Allman Brothers

DickShackBass · Post by **DickShackBass** » Wednesday Jun 06, 2012

In Spite of Ourselves-John Prine and Iris Dement

Blackbird-Beatles

Fire and Rain- James Taylor

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, If You Could Read My Mind, and Sundown-Gordon Lightfoot

Andrea

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Wednesday Jun 06, 2012

Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Wednesday Jun 06, 2012

There are many acoustic based songs that I dig, and while I'm not a purist, for this thread, I'll stick with songs that are entirely acoustic...at least acoustic in the mainstream sense (i.e., pickups and microphones are okay).

Two true genuises of the acoustic guitar, both on the Candyrat label...

Andy McKee:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIzuSi3dEqI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSnWhsml ... ure=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddn4MGaS ... re=related

Antoine Dufour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCJL3Buw0l0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGxWETZi ... ure=relmfu

Punch Brothers...features the former mandolinist of Nickel Creek...this Strokes cover is incredible:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qayc6yJXG-8

Bonnie Riatt's Fred McDowell tribute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-xjhiNpAkw

Chet Atkins and Leo Kottle doing the standard, Sleep Walk...I assume this is Priarie Home Compansion since Garrison Keeler introduces them...the comedy's cheesy, but PHC features a lot of great acoustic music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5oExc78IKE

Wilson Gomes...a relative unknown, I discovered him last year...he appears to be jazz trained, but he does a lot of 12-tone serial music...it knocks me out how much he can make this stuff swing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HWra3di ... ure=relmfu

...and he needs no introduction...probably the greatest acoustic guitarist of all time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9efHwnFAkuA

And just for fun...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMvYHFeH60

onegunguitar · Post by **onegunguitar** » Wednesday Jun 06, 2012

Kansas-Dust in the Wind

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Wednesday Jun 06, 2012

Thick As A Brick

(often interrupted by a lot of instruments)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9JEPeeohYs

StumbleFingers · Post by **StumbleFingers** » Wednesday Jun 06, 2012

A song about a motorcycle:

Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

LIMB BY LIMB · Post by **LIMB BY LIMB** » Thursday Jun 07, 2012

alice in chains - nutshell
pink floyd - wish you were here
manson - last day on earth

whitedevilone · Post by **whitedevilone** » Thursday Jun 07, 2012

StumbleFingers wrote:A song about a motorcycle:

Richard Thompson - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Rumor and Sigh.One of the greatest albums of all time.The solo in the song "Why must i plead"could be my favorite guitar solo ever recorded.

Don Hughes · Post by **Don Hughes** » Thursday Jun 07, 2012

[quote="DickShackBass"]In Spite of Ourselves-John Prine and Iris Dement

Blackbird-Beatles

Fire and Rain- James Taylor

Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, If You Could Read My Mind, and Sundown-Gordon Lightfoot

Andrea[/quote

My dad is HUGE Gordon Lightfoot fan. Carefree Highway came on at work and I was singing it. Everyone was looking at me weird cause I knew the song!

nakedtwister · Post by **nakedtwister** » Saturday Jun 09, 2012

My all time favorite is " Seagull " - Bad Co.

RobTheDrummer · Post by **RobTheDrummer** » Sunday Jun 10, 2012

Trains by Porcupine Tree

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

MistValkyrie · Post by **MistValkyrie** » Sunday Jun 10, 2012

I'll admit it, I'm a huge John Denver fan, so I'm probably biased when I say this, but he's written some amazing acoustic music:
Annie's Song: http://youtu.be/C21G2OkHEYo
Country Roads: http://youtu.be/MWzeInQaUk4

Same goes for Jim Croce:
I've Got a Name: http://youtu.be/YcqauC49Xmc
Time in a Bottle: http://youtu.be/dO1rMeYnOmM

Also, pretty much anything by Simon and Garfunkel is amazing, but alot of the folk music coming out of the late 60's and 70's was great acoustic stuff too.
The Boxer is my favorite of them though: http://youtu.be/AdKjEHfHINQ

This was the favorite of my father's old 33's as a kid, but I would always cry at the end. Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter, Paul, and Mary: http://youtu.be/3OiOlnoyljk

Of course, Blackbird by the Beatles: http://youtu.be/P5CUHHGlQg0

Regression by Dream Theater is beautiful, albeit short(in fact, that whole album is amazing). The music starts at about the 1 minute mark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x29pdFce1g0

Classical Gas is awesone, but I think someone already posted a link to it so I won't bother, same with Thick as a Brick by Tull.

Strangely enough, I've always thought Patience by GNR was pretty cool (despite having to listen to Axle singing over it): http://youtu.be/ErvgV4P6Fzc

Thats all I can think of at the moment.

5stringlowb · Post by **5stringlowb** » Thursday Jun 14, 2012

Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad

What it's Like - Everlast

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