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Location: NW of Philadelphia | The very first song? I was 6 for Pete's sake. OK... it was Tom Dooley from an old Mel Bay instruction book... one not at a time. |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | Thats one NOTE at a time. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | In 1959, there was country, rockabilly, early rock and roll, and do-wop. I didn't know anything about jazz or the blues. I think the very first thing I ever taught myself was Red River Rock by Johnny and the Hurricanes. Not long afterwards, I thought I was on top of the world when I finally mastered the opening lick of Buddy Holly's That'll Be the Day. Another early song was In the Mood which was the type of music my parents listened to. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Little Black Egg and House of the Rising Sun: drove my parents absolutely nuts! |
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Location: NJ | Played bass before I learned guitar, and played drums before that . . .
First song on guitar was probably a Beatles tune . . . "Rain", maybe . . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I think it was some classical thing ... can't really remember. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Very first thing I ever played? Red River Valley, cause it's right there. First REAL song was Sweet Baby James. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | ca 1970
Mercedes Benz - JJ
Jug Band Music - JK |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | "Smoke on the Water", followed by the all-too-familiar "Stairway to Heaven" |
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Location: Delaware | "Helpless" by Neil Young. I was a drummer in a band, during breaks I'd have the guitar players teach me some chords. Man that was a long time ago. |
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Location: Agawam MA | My best friend and I decided to learn to play guitar together at 16. We were huge James Taylor fans and picked "Fire and Rain". We were blissfully ignorant and it took us 6 months to make anything that sounded somewhat correct come out of our guitars.
God bless,
Steve |
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Location: Waurika OK | About 1956, Tom Dooley, on my new Montgomery Wards Airline f-hole acoustic. Like someone else said also spent a whole Sunday afternoon learning the intro to Peter Gunn theme. |
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Location: Michigan | Im So Glad by The Scot Richard Case Band
Gloria by The Shadows Of Night..
GWB |
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Location: Melbourne Fl. | For me it was Kicks by Paul Revere and the Raiders........and The Monkees Daydream Beliver |
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Location: Omaha, NE | I traded a plastic record player for a guitar, complete with the first four books from "Alfred's Basic Guitar Method". This was with a friends older brother who was stepping up to a real guitar. I got the GLO.
So my first song was whatever the one note e-string plinker was on the first page of book 1. |
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Location: NJ | well I guess whatever songs are in the mel bay primer and mel bay one.
volga boatman seems to come to mind.
first pop tune I leard was Wendy by the association and if you ask me late some night when I am in a drunken haze I may even remmeber some of it.
that was the first sheet music I bought |
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Location: Chicago | "Old Joe Clark" "Gloria" |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | " Third man " by Anton Karas , after I`d seen the movie by Orson Wells , that was a million yrs. ago , and I`m still struggling / fiddling with it , fantastic piece.
Vic |
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Location: Georgia | Bad Moon Rising |
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Location: Crossville, TN | I learned to play the Rhythm for Smoke on the Water on an old acoustic that had such high action it could have easily been mistaken for a dobro lol, and after proving I was really interested in playing I got my 1st electric and learned Knockin on Heaven's door live at Ritz by GnR. |
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Location: Avondale, AZ | Ticket to Ride by The Beatles |
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Location: Hong Kong | It was "Today"... |
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| I'm impressed by the fact that you all remember that far back.
I think it was Mr Tambourine Man, but I wouldn't bet on it. |
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What's the first ever song you learned on the guitar?
