Great Guitar Songs
 

Hey, all. I tend to shy away from theme shows on the DRH; they're usually way more trouble than they're worth. However, if the theme is loose enough, it could be fun.

I want to do a series of shows on great non-prog guitar songs, keyboard songs, etc. So, if you have a few or so songs that you think are GREAT guitar songs, let's get them in so I can build some guitar-centric shows.

Same guidelines as before: Can't be on AM, has to be good.

Now, great guitar song is not necessarily synonymous to "watch me play a lot of notes!" They can be, but don't have to be.

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3 classics

The Ventures- Apache
Ten Years After- I'm Going Home(Woodstock version)
Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath

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Certainly agree with
Ten Years After- I'm Going Home(Woodstock version)

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hard ...tricky..here some of what it sounds in my head all the time,,and something I feel it like good guitar songs,, cant think in them if there s no guitar.....

The Yardbirds - stroll on
Beck - guitar shop
Hendrix - machine gun
LZep - whole lotta love and uff pick any,,
Cream - sunshine of your love,,,crossroads ..I m so glad
Beatles - dear prudence,,while my guitar gently....
Sabbath - war pigs
couple of great covers
Jeff Healey - communication breakdown
Johnny Cash - personal jesus

( ...given what I see written by KEN and Andrew P..it s just short list,,so dont add more....saludos YESSS !)

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cant do this without Hotel California and Stairway To Heaven.....if you need them i can send them...

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Eric Clapton: Forever Man from Behind the Sun

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Send it.

Already played Stairway. I have Hotel already. However, for my money, the best guitar song by Eagles is this.
Send them.

Send it.

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IMO, any non-prog guitar show should have a song from one of the greatest guitar albums of all time (UFO-Strangers in the Night) featuring guitarist Michael Schenker. You also should include the great Frank Marino. His "Real Live" album will melt your face :D. Also there are so many great blues guitarists that are so much better than Eric Clapton (And I am a fan of Clapton). How do you chose for a 1-hour show? :dunno:

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:yougo

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Send them.

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Don't have that Clapton album, Spaz. Anybody else happen to have it?

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i have that album and song...how should i send it?

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another great guitar song would have to be "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

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No, not Freebird. I can't go to a single show without someone shouting "Free Bird." Ugghh. I really think places should start to throw out people who yell "free bird." I"m serious. It was fun for a while but it's not funny anymore and it's just annoying as hell.

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Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4 - one of the best guitar leads ever.

(as tired as I am of Hotel California, the outro also a top something guitar lead ever)

(Clapton - years ago, a guitarist friend of mine and I started working on a list of guitarists that were better than Clapton - we gave it up, as the list got so long. I think we quit at about 75.)

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For me it is the song "Chord Change" from the Camel LP Moonmadness

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went through my mp3 collection. here are some more great guitar songs...if you want any of these and dont have it let me know and i will send it to you


van halen-hot for teacher
the doors-light my fire
jimi hendrix-purple haze
the who-wont get fooled again
acdc-you shook me all night long
allman brothers-whipping post
pearl jam-yellow ledbetter
bon jovi-wanted dead or alive
ccr-heard it through the grape vine
the doors-the end
allman brothers-jessica
pearl jam-alive
zz top-sharp dressed man
queen-brighton rock
led zepplin-whole lotta love
radiohead-paranoid android
bb king-the thrill is gone
ted nugent-stranglehold
joe satriani-surfing with the alien
steve vai-for the love of god
stevie ray vaughn-pride and joy
nirvana-smells like teen spirit
metallica-fade to black
dire straights-sultans of swing
queen-bohemian rhapsody
pantera-floods
jimi hendrix-little wing
led zepplin-heart breaker
deep purple-highway star
derek and the dominos-layla
stevie ray vaughn-texas flood
chuck berry-johnny be good
jimi hendrix-voodoo child
ozzy osbourne-crazy train
metallica-one
guns and roses-november rain
jimi hendrix-all along the watch tower
van halen-eruption
bob seger-old time rock and roll
the band-up on cripple creek
george thorogood and the destroyers-bad to the bone
guns and roses-sweet child of mine
don mclean-american pie
guns and roses-paradise city

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Fleetwood Mac Oh Well

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Just that requested song to thedigressiverockhour@hotmail.com and thanks. :cool:

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I have it.

I have them. The ones on AM are out. As for the others, I really, really, really want to stay away from the "Radio Classics" as much as possible. Curiously enough, I consider "Light My Fire" more of a keyboard song.

I don't have these two, so send them on.

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hey spaz. I sent you the TYA track. Don't have the Ventures. Thought you would have it.

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i have that Apache song if you need it

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Lou Reed - Rock N Roll Animal

Intro/Sweet Jane

I put a copy in your "spaz' stuff folder on "E"

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There are many....But this sounds very cool

Joe Bonamassa - The ballad of John Henry

Greetings

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Funny you should mention this one. I was going to send this to spaz.

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Thin Lizzy Live and dangerous LP : Still in love with you ( Blues)

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almost any track of the welsh band MAN ( Banana is a good example)
lot of Wishbona Ash tracks ( the king will come, Phoenix, ..)
Live Golden Earing tracks like Mad love, Eight miles high, Candy's going bad

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Hey everyone. Send the picks you have and I'll get 'em sorted for the shows.

Thanks!

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Tommy Bolin - Post Toastee (If you still have my first DRH submission, you have it)

Foghat - Stone Blue (great slide guitar playing!)

Art

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Hot Tuna-- Water Song. Great acoustic jam.

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another great one would have to be peter framptons "do you feel like we do"...makes his guitar talk for the first time in music...

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Obviously I have a huge list of non-prog great guitar songs, but won't mention them so as not to spoil. One thing I'll say is I'm not necessarily looking for "Hey, watch this solo" type songs. Killer rhythm tracks make for great guitar songs too. For example, this song. So keep piling up your guitar songs, but think outside the "amazing solo" category too. :D