dilemma. i have no band. i want to learn more covers.

[rockskate4x]

all in the title, almost. I would really like to own some songs without relying on a band to back me up. If there are songs that you know of that can be covered by a one acoustic guitar and one voice, or just a guitar, please list 'em hear. I'm open to just about every genre of music for suggestions.

 

[mullyman]

all in the title, almost. I would really like to own some songs without relying on a band to back me up. If there are songs that you know of that can be covered by a one acoustic guitar and one voice, or just a guitar, please list 'em hear. I'm open to just about every genre of music for suggestions.

Well, with a little imagination you can do just about anything like that. I think you'll have a good time re-writing some classic tunes. Elvis and The Beatles are always a good place to start.
MULLY

 

[nathan a]

all in the title, almost. I would really like to own some songs without relying on a band to back me up. If there are songs that you know of that can be covered by a one acoustic guitar and one voice, or just a guitar, please list 'em hear. I'm open to just about every genre of music for suggestions.

Well, with a little imagination you can do just about anything like that.
MULLY

+1  Rearranging tunes is really fun (I think), especially when there is a challenge. I would suggest, for practice, that you just pick a song in any genre with complicated parts and lots of instrumentation, then slowly slowly transcribe it and choose which voices you want to keep and then work them on acoustic guitar. It can be done!

 

[hannaugh]

My favorite simple acoustic song to do is called "Where I Fall" by The Reindeer Section.  It's fingerpicked and the whole song is just one guitar and one vocal. 

 

[Death by Uberschall]

You Tube is your friend. Search for any song title and add acoustic or unplugged after it.  :icon_thumright:

 

[tfarny]

I've learned a lot of good music from the Fred Sokolow DVDs - he has good, fairly simple solo arrangements and a nice mellow way of teaching / demoing. I learned basic alternating bass fingerpicking from the Dylan and Cash DVDs and some Jazzier stuff from the Cole Porter one. The slide and blues ones have good tunes too. They have some of these on netflix, there is a .pdf on the DVD you can print out from your computer that you'll need. The overall difficulty is not super advanced, which is good if you're trying to sing at the same time.

http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1259774457/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&rs=130&keywords=fred%20sokolow&rh=i%3Advd%2Ck%3Afred%20sokolow%2Cn%3A130&page=1

 

[Return of Guitlouie]

Most of  the old blues guys started as just guitar and voice.  Even when they did get bands, the instrumentation behind the main guitar and vocal was sparse.  Son House, Charlie Patton, even "younger" guys  like John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters all have material that is perfect for this type of arrangement.  Good for learning different tunings as well.

 

[NLD09]

Just learn Wonderwall.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QCs3PnQBc[/youtube]

 

[hannaugh]

LOL.  Good video. My friend Nick pretty much only knew "Wonderful Tonight", and I believe it was for that purpose. 

 

[MUYFUE]

Do Tenacious D! anything they do is at least funny.
Instead of individual songs, I'll suggest bands that have multiple songs that can be decently played solo.

Simon and Garfunkel, Dave Matthews, Incubus, Gypsy Kings, Eagles, Any song from Clapton unplugged, ZZ top, Aerosmith, the right AC/DC songs, Skynrd!, Radiohead, Nick Cave, QUEEN!, . Those should be crowd pleasers.

 

[AprioriMark]

LOL.  Good video. My friend Nick pretty much only knew "Wonderful Tonight", and I believe it was for that purpose. 

I'm all about Tom Waits' "Ruby's Arms" or Matthew Sweet's "Don't Go" for that exact purpose.

-Mark

 

[yyz2112]

Not a rocker, but Hallelujah-the original (?) by Jeff Buckley-is a thing of beauty and genius. If you covered it convincingly, I'd come to hear you just for that song.

 

[nathan a]

Not a rocker, but Hallelujah-the original (?) by Jeff Buckley-is a thing of beauty and genius. If you covered it convincingly, I'd come to hear you just for that song.

Leonard Cohen does the original, and all sorts of stuff that would be good acoustic.

 

[yyz2112]

Not a rocker, but Hallelujah-the original (?) by Jeff Buckley-is a thing of beauty and genius. If you covered it convincingly, I'd come to hear you just for that song.

Leonard Cohen does the original, and all sorts of stuff that would be good acoustic.

Thanks, I wasn't sure about the composer, guess I could have resaerched it...nah.
I still say Buckley does the deifinitive version, imo.

 

[hannaugh]

The original version of that song is for lack of a better word, kinda awkward.  :tard:  Especially in that one scene in Watchmen...

 

[CouchSpud]

This guy did a cover of Hey Ya by Outkast. It's sounds good and it's ridiculously easy to play.
:icon_thumright:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c745E7T_Wvg