Songs you played (30 years ago) and still like to play

Joefish · November 21st, 2009, 10:30 AM

denny · November 21st, 2009, 12:49 PM

From playin covers 30 years ago...

Blue Jean Blues, Beer Drinkers Hell Raisers - ZZ Top
Rock n Roll - Led Zeppelin

One tune that I have made my own and play all the time is Robin Trower's version of "I am Sailing". The original folk song was in a major key - a la Rod Stewart's version. Robin Trower remade the tune with relative minors - G, Em7/9, C, Em7/9, Am, Em7/9, Am, G.

Buckocaster51 · November 21st, 2009, 12:55 PM

Wildwood Flower
I Still Miss Someone
Walk, Don't Run
Pipeline

asatfan · November 21st, 2009, 01:05 PM

Long May You Run
Mr Spaceman
Dead Flowers
Friend of the Devil
So Begins the Task
Pretty Woman
Cinnamon Girl
The Loner
Feel a Whole Lot Better
Melissa
Like a Rolling Stone
Why Ya Been Gone So Long
USSR
Powder Finger
Back to the Country
I Can't Help Myself
Brown Eyed Girl
Stuck in the Middle
Last Time
Run For Your Life
Guess I ought to stop. Our set list is 90% 30 years and older. The other 10% is 20 years old.

musicalmartin · November 21st, 2009, 01:28 PM

I have two party pieces to play on any guitar ,acoustic or electric ,or even clockwork .Anji by Davy Graham ,and Shazam ! by Duane Eddy ,Sadly a bit older than 30 years ago .I can follow this up by Peggy Sue and Apache.;If I want to go daringly modern I do a one man band version of Sultans of Swing ..badly .

raf · November 21st, 2009, 03:14 PM

All of 'em I can remember except for the slow ones

Mark Davis · November 21st, 2009, 04:32 PM

Pretty much all the CSN and CSNY songs James Taylor Neil Young and Hendrix.

nvilletele · November 21st, 2009, 05:01 PM

Just about all of the songs from Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan . . . e.g.:

Tangled Up in Blue
If You See Her, Say Hello
Shelter from the Storm
Idiot Wind
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
Buckets of Rain
Meet Me in the Morning
You're Gonna Make Me Loneseome When You Go.
Simple Twist of Fate
You're a Big Girl Now

buddywayne · November 21st, 2009, 07:27 PM

Under The Double Eagle
Down Yonder
San Antonio Rose
Wildwood Flower
Wabash Cannonball
Black Mountain Rag

Durtdog · November 21st, 2009, 08:04 PM

Sultans of Swing
Pancho and Lefty

Groovey Records · November 21st, 2009, 08:23 PM

All those songs are not 30 years old are they?

I Can't Explain

sonserve · November 21st, 2009, 08:27 PM

Bojangles, Amazing Grace, You Are My Sunshine. I will think of others.

Wardpike · November 21st, 2009, 08:58 PM

30 years ago... onset of puberty basically. Hmmm, ACDC Highway to Hell and You Shook Me, Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way, Desperado, other Eagles chunes, No Matter What you do, I want you to want me... Centerfold, Lukenbach Texas, Workin Man Blues,

I'll prolly do all those tonight aamof.

goinpostal · November 22nd, 2009, 12:32 AM

Folsom Prison Blues
Uriah heep tunes
Muddy Waters tunes
a few ZZ Top tunes
Two Bugs and a Roach

P Thought · November 22nd, 2009, 08:43 AM

Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away
Amazing Grace
Are You Ready for the Country
Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain
Crawdad
Crazy
Down By the Riverside
I Saw the Light
Jambalaya
Majesty
Pony Boy
Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Your Cheatin' Heart
You Win Again
White Rabbit

Thirty years ago I used some kind of thumb-'n'-strum finger-style method. For the past couple years I have used flatpicks, and I find that I have to relearn the songs when I dig them up, or put down the pick for a minute. Then I try to develop some kind of solo bridge for them, too, something that's awkward for me now, but it was impossible back then. Now that my partscaster is cookin', I hope to learn chicken pickin'.

david_lewis93 · November 22nd, 2009, 08:58 AM

Any Credence,
Mississippi your on my mind,Pissin in the wind,Texas cookin,,Charlie Dunn,Londinarie home sick blues,Jaded Lover,,
Amanda,Wurlitzer Prize,
Amie,
Marshall Tucker,any of theirs.
Delbert Mc Clinton,anyof his.
And the list goes on.Dont for get J.J.Cale either.
I am just too old to rember and too young to forget.

bend em tight and let er scream.

zook · November 22nd, 2009, 09:26 AM

Great selections, In addition to those mentioned:

Riot in Cell Block 9
Born on the Bayou
Gloria (the doo wop by the Cadillacs, not G-L-O-R-I-A)
Heard it in a Love Song
Fire on the Mountain
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Don't fear the Reaper

Ad infinitum...

Winnie

Ricky D. · November 22nd, 2009, 10:15 AM

Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
Soul Man
Knock on Wood
Way of the World
Mighty Mighty
Hip-Hug-Her
Can't Stand it When you Touch Me
Wedding Bell Blues
Who's That Lady

casadyrocks · November 22nd, 2009, 02:07 PM

I still play Willin

getbent · November 22nd, 2009, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by casadyrocks

I still play Willin

me too.

Telemarkman · November 22nd, 2009, 02:39 PM

I always come back to this one (guitar or bass):

Thin69 · November 22nd, 2009, 04:19 PM

Me too with The Weight. It seems to get better every time I hear it or play it. Simple stuff that sounds great!

mrBun · November 22nd, 2009, 09:46 PM

I still play Castles made of Sand as my warm up tune, or if trying out a guitar for the first time.

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asatfan Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: IN Age: 54 Posts: 760	Long May You Run Mr Spaceman Dead Flowers Friend of the Devil So Begins the Task Pretty Woman Cinnamon Girl The Loner Feel a Whole Lot Better Melissa Like a Rolling Stone Why Ya Been Gone So Long USSR Powder Finger Back to the Country I Can't Help Myself Brown Eyed Girl Stuck in the Middle Last Time Run For Your Life Guess I ought to stop. Our set list is 90% 30 years and older. The other 10% is 20 years old. __________________ "......gotta keep rockin' while I still can....." - Steve Earle www.myspace.com/rugtheknuckleheads

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raf Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2007 Location: Indiana Age: 43 Posts: 1,212 14 Photos	All of 'em I can remember except for the slow ones __________________ "Great playing! Awesome tone! Cool Tele! All is right with the world!"...raf '08

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Mark Davis Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Bakersfield Ca. Age: 59 Posts: 18,635	Pretty much all the CSN and CSNY songs James Taylor Neil Young and Hendrix. __________________ I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.

November 21st, 2009, 12:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
denny Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: North of Dallas, TX Age: 52 Posts: 528	From playin covers 30 years ago... Blue Jean Blues, Beer Drinkers Hell Raisers - ZZ Top Rock n Roll - Led Zeppelin One tune that I have made my own and play all the time is Robin Trower's version of "I am Sailing". The original folk song was in a major key - a la Rod Stewart's version. Robin Trower remade the tune with relative minors - G, Em7/9, C, Em7/9, Am, Em7/9, Am, G.

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musicalmartin Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Age: 62 Posts: 1,389	I have two party pieces to play on any guitar ,acoustic or electric ,or even clockwork .Anji by Davy Graham ,and Shazam ! by Duane Eddy ,Sadly a bit older than 30 years ago .I can follow this up by Peggy Sue and Apache.;If I want to go daringly modern I do a one man band version of Sultans of Swing ..badly .

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nvilletele Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California Age: 52 Posts: 838	Just about all of the songs from Blood on the Tracks by Bob Dylan . . . e.g.: Tangled Up in Blue If You See Her, Say Hello Shelter from the Storm Idiot Wind Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts Buckets of Rain Meet Me in the Morning You're Gonna Make Me Loneseome When You Go. Simple Twist of Fate You're a Big Girl Now

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buddywayne Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: missouri Age: 64 Posts: 1,262 10 Photos	Under The Double Eagle Down Yonder San Antonio Rose Wildwood Flower Wabash Cannonball Black Mountain Rag

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Durtdog Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 4,233	Sultans of Swing Pancho and Lefty

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Groovey Records Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Desolation Row Posts: 2,389	All those songs are not 30 years old are they? I Can't Explain

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sonserve Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Colony, Tx. Age: 54 Posts: 463 8 Photos	Bojangles, Amazing Grace, You Are My Sunshine. I will think of others. __________________ I may not be a Tele picker, but I play one on TV.

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Wardpike Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland Age: 44 Posts: 2,783	30 years ago... onset of puberty basically. Hmmm, ACDC Highway to Hell and You Shook Me, Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way, Desperado, other Eagles chunes, No Matter What you do, I want you to want me... Centerfold, Lukenbach Texas, Workin Man Blues, I'll prolly do all those tonight aamof. __________________ Proverbs 3:6 Matthew 5:44

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goinpostal Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Greer,SC Age: 51 Posts: 107	Folsom Prison Blues Uriah heep tunes Muddy Waters tunes a few ZZ Top tunes Two Bugs and a Roach __________________ Today is only yesterday's tomorrow If practice makes perfect,and no one's perfect,then why practice?

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P Thought Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Age: 56 Posts: 576	Ain't It Funny How Time Slips Away Amazing Grace Are You Ready for the Country Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain Crawdad Crazy Down By the Riverside I Saw the Light Jambalaya Majesty Pony Boy Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette You Can't Always Get What You Want Your Cheatin' Heart You Win Again White Rabbit Thirty years ago I used some kind of thumb-'n'-strum finger-style method. For the past couple years I have used flatpicks, and I find that I have to relearn the songs when I dig them up, or put down the pick for a minute. Then I try to develop some kind of solo bridge for them, too, something that's awkward for me now, but it was impossible back then. Now that my partscaster is cookin', I hope to learn chicken pickin'. __________________ viva yo

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david_lewis93 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: dawson texas76639 Posts: 324	Any Credence, Mississippi your on my mind,Pissin in the wind,Texas cookin,,Charlie Dunn,Londinarie home sick blues,Jaded Lover,, Amanda,Wurlitzer Prize, Amie, Marshall Tucker,any of theirs. Delbert Mc Clinton,anyof his. And the list goes on.Dont for get J.J.Cale either. I am just too old to rember and too young to forget. bend em tight and let er scream.

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zook Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Cochise, AZ Posts: 1,000	Great selections, In addition to those mentioned: Riot in Cell Block 9 Born on the Bayou Gloria (the doo wop by the Cadillacs, not G-L-O-R-I-A) Heard it in a Love Song Fire on the Mountain Jumpin' Jack Flash Don't fear the Reaper Ad infinitum... Winnie __________________ I have noticed that happy people are often evaluating themselves and unhappy people are always evaluating others. -William Glasser

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Ricky D. Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Maryland Age: 59 Posts: 2,224	Papa's Got a Brand New Bag Soul Man Knock on Wood Way of the World Mighty Mighty Hip-Hug-Her Can't Stand it When you Touch Me Wedding Bell Blues Who's That Lady

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casadyrocks Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: colorado Posts: 460	I still play Willin

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Telemarkman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Age: 63 Posts: 6,653	I always come back to this one (guitar or bass):

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Thin69 Tele-Meister Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Teleland USA Posts: 300	Me too with The Weight. It seems to get better every time I hear it or play it. Simple stuff that sounds great!

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mrBun TDPRI Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 68	I still play Castles made of Sand as my warm up tune, or if trying out a guitar for the first time.

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