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Location: Vernon CT | In response to a reply on a post on a different subject I'm curious what are your favorite songs to play on a 12 string guitar? Mine are
Happy Christmas: John Lennon
Hotel California: Eagles |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | I do a bunch of other Eagles' songs on a 12 sometimes, but not Hotel California. |
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| Super Tramp Give a Little Bit. Zeppelin Thank You. |
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Location: SoCal | Almost anything I play on a 6 string.... |
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Location: big island | just about any hawaiian or hapa haole (hawaiian style with english lyrics) song.
WOTEF by gordo lightfoot is also a great 12 string song. |
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Location: Michigan | IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA the long version.GWB |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Wanted dead or alive by Bon Jovi |
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Location: CA | Mr. Tambourine Man
Sundown |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | Crazy Little Thing Called Love
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away |
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| Hotel California (one of 3 guitar parts)
Wanted Dead or Alive
Wish You Were Here |
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Location: closely held secret | As the Raven Flies (Fogelberg)
Give a Little Bit (Supertramp)
Even in the Quietest Moments (Supertramp) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Trying to Tune |
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| 'sthat a Mermaid topic Beal? |
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Location: Michigan | :rolleyes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxHGxQw9ws :rolleyes: GWB |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
As the Raven Flies (Fogelberg)
Give a Little Bit (Supertramp)
Even in the Quietest Moments (Supertramp) As tha Raven Flies....12 string eh Wabs?...no wonder we sounded off base in Gainesville....Capn LH, 12 STRINGS...whodaknown? |
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Location: closely held secret | Yeah, those Am full strums in the intro sound huge on a 12. |
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Location: Simpsonville, SC | you r right Waskel...sounds much better on a 12! |
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Location: chicago | Masquarade- Steve Howe
Prelude# 12-Styx
Horizons-STEVE hACKETT
Orient Blue-Al DiMeola
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Location: Lakewood, Ohio | Eruption van halen, just kidding, can that even be done on a 12? I bet even Eddie himself would struggle. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Hey Wannabe, how about the "B" side of that one
In a dan ny da Vito. The "short" version :D :D |
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Location: Rocky River, Ohio | Overture (song for Lily) - Preston Reed
Watermelon - Leo Kottke |
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Location: Jet City | Winds of Change - Y&T
My own rendition of Needle and the Damage Done |
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Location: Colorado | 39 By Queen |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Walk Right In by The Rooftop Singers. Just a good ol' Hootenanny song! (yeah, I'm really on ol' fart) |
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Location: NJ | ". . Daddy Letcher Hair Hang Down . ."
nuttin' wrong w/that . . . . |
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| Watermelon - Leo Kottke
Nice little tune there Eriewan, love the alternate tunings and a slide. I will have to work on that one! Leo is a master, some of his stuff is hands down genius.
I have to look up a couple more of the songs mentioned, I like finding music I never heard.
Here's one I have not added to my set lists, as I still don't have it all, but as I slowly meliorate I come closer. He plays this on a 12 string acoustic but this is the version I always liked.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq0EhIq1-YQ |
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Location: Lakewood, Ohio | This is probably one of the most useful, pragamtic threads on this entire bullitin bd. I think i accidently started it with an off in a recent Pacemaker 12 thread with a post indicating how I hardly ever play my (one and only)12 string, a sunburst Pacemaker, and when i do, its usually the same half a dozen old tunes (Not Stairway!!). I plan to print this out and list the songs and throw it in the Pacemaker case for future reference. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Father Christmas - ELP
Rivers of Babylon - Sublime |
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Location: Vernon CT | You're right Todd. You are the inspiration for this thread! :) |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I just heard a song that I have to try with a 12er: "Please Read The Letter That I Wrote". I heard it for the first time tonight on "Crossroads".
It's got that Kris Kristoferson feel with the Everly Brothers harmony. Roy O. would have nailed it.
Yeah, I'm an ol' fart, 61 years young! Move along, nothing to see here... |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
I just heard a song that I have to try with a 12er: "Please Read The Letter That I Wrote". You should check out the version from Robert Plant/Alison Krauss version of that song. Actually that whole Raising Sand album is great |
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Location: Lakewood, Ohio | I saw that Plant/Krauss Crossroad last night, in HD on a big screen lcd tv no less. I really like the rendition of Black Dog. Really focussed on the lyrics instead of Jimmy Page's classic riff. You know the riff, its the riff you always hear some 12 year old play at volume 11 on a Les paul at Sam Ash every time you visit. Robert Plant looks older than Kieth Richards, maybe he is. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Help Me Make It Through The Night
The first Time Ever saw your face
The Wreck Ole 97
Spanish Eyes
Wings of Dove
Your Cheatin Heart
You win Again
Walbash Cannonball
Long Black Viel
Busted
Pistol Packin Momma
My Heart SKIPS A BEAT
I still miss someone
I Won't back down
GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE
YOU`RE THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE
Suspicious minds
Some others
too
oh ya
I might be a redneck
But I'm not sure
I'll ask the guys at the gun club
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Location: Hicksville, NY | Melissa - The Allman Bros. Band
Push - Matchbox 20
I usually play them on a 6 string, but they also sound better on a 12-string ... that is only when I get the opportunity to play a 12 as I really don't own one :( |
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Location: Cherry Hill, NJ | A few of my 12 favorites:
Turn Turn Turn (Byrds)
Things we said Today (Beatles)
Wish You Were Here (P Floyd)
Any "Rubber Soul" Song |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Tommy M.:
Any "Rubber Soul" Song Oh YEAH! :p
I also like "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" on a 12er. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Kashmir. |
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Location: Indiana | My favorite 12-string songs(don't actually play them all) are,in no particular order:
Turn Turn Turn-Byrds
Nowhere Man-Beatles
You Were on My Mind-We Five
Give a Little Bit-Supertramp
Look Through any Window-Hollies
And since it still gets my vote for being the best rock song ever written-even though over the years a lot of folks have started hating it-until I hear one that I think is better(IMO), Stairway to Heaven-Led Zep |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by 2ifbyC:
Walk Right In by The Rooftop Singers. Just a good ol' Hootenanny song! (yeah, I'm really on ol' fart) One of my favorites.
I think that was one of the first popular sons to feature a 12 string.
I also like to play Danny Boy on a 12.
BTW: I'm an Ol'Fart too. :confused: |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Anything by the Byrds
Goodbye Again |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Found another after digging through my 'song book': 'Let's Live for Today' by the Grassroots.
Ya might want to check out the Yardbirds, Beau Brummel, Buffalo Springfield, CSNY, the Hollies, Kinks and Yardbirds. Lotsa good ol' stuff...
Day-um, havin' some major musical flashbacks... :cool:
Let's keep this link going... :D |
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Location: Jet City | Originally posted by Todd:
I saw that Plant/Krauss Crossroad last night, in HD on a big screen lcd tv no less. I really like the rendition of Black Dog. Really focussed on the lyrics instead of Jimmy Page's classic riff. You know the riff, its the riff you always hear some 12 year old play at volume 11 on a Les paul at Sam Ash every time you visit. Robert Plant looks older than Kieth Richards, maybe he is. Man. I'm glad I read this. I didn't know they did a Crossroads. I'm recording it tomorrow. |
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Location: North Carolina | To me, 12-strings are like boats - it's better to have a friend that has one than to actually own one myself. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | I just ran across another one of my favorite 12er songs:
"You've Got to Hide your Love Away" ! :cool: |
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What's you favorite song sto play on a 12 string???