I was just wondering what everyones favorite instrumental guitar songs were. Favorite to play, or just favorite to listen to.
Favorite Songs
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Jul 1, 2008 8:54 p.m. WFCharlie:
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Jul 1, 2008 9:17 p.m. Bear:
Wow, there's a lot of them so I'll limit myself to the top 5 I enjoy playing and listening to.
- All I Ever Need is You
- Cannonball Rag
- The Bells of St. Mary's
- In the Good Old Summertime
- Freight Train
I've also written a few originals that I really enjoy playing.
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Jul 1, 2008 9:59 p.m. Spartanman:
Buckaroo -- Don Rich and Buck Owens
Rebel Rouser -- Duane Eddy
Eruption -- Eddie Van Halen
To name a few. I'm just learning guitar, but I do try to play the first two -- sort of...
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Jul 1, 2008 10:13 p.m. Daddy-O:
I like to play bebop Conformation, Parkers Mood, Star Eyes, Stella By Starlite ,Orithology come out of me when I pick up the guitar. Late at nite I sometimes play changes ballard like usually in Eb for some reason.
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Jul 2, 2008 1:50 a.m. bonedaddy:
I like to play Sleepwalk, in almost any incarnation. Also, Spies In The Night (James Bond theme), Pipeline, Walk Don't Run. All the good stuff
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Jul 2, 2008 5:23 a.m. WFCharlie:
Cool....how about favorite Rockabilly songs?
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Jul 2, 2008 6:20 a.m. chetarmpinkie:
hmmmm for rockabilly for me its anything from stray cats and if ya want a little edge to ur billy i really like koffen kats perfect suicide or massacre instrumentals though for me are anything from Chet Atkins after RCA (when he was free to explore jazz with Columbia rec) or Howard Roberts
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Jul 2, 2008 7:36 a.m. jbeadle:
Theme From Atomic 7
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Jul 2, 2008 12:49 p.m. sassy:
The Bells of St. Mary..Three Little Words..Little Wing..Lenny..Hells Bells..I like to noodle around most of the time though.
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Jul 2, 2008 3:07 p.m. GhostRadio:
Here are my favorites (mostly to listen to - my playing just isn't that hot yet), in no particular order:
- Sleepwalk - Just about any version
- Throttleneck (Brad Paisley)
- Pipeline (again, by just about anyone)
- E-Boogie (The Living End)
- Little Wing
(By the way, how do you make a bulleted list here? I tried using the HTML tags, but they got stripped out when I posted.)
Edit 2: Nevermind. Looks like I figured it out.
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Jul 5, 2008 7:36 a.m. Bernw:
As a rhythm guitarist I still enjoy playing:
Apache
FBI
Walk Don't Run
Dance On
Diamonds
Sleepless Nights (Everly Brothers) Not an instrumental but some lovely chord sequences.
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Jul 5, 2008 7:46 a.m. gretschiam:
Probably Apache 65 because it was one of the first I ever heard.
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Jul 5, 2008 1:48 p.m. Gigatron:
"Sweet Dreams" by Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler, Roy Buchanan, Gary Moore, and the Hellecasters.
"Get Smart Theme" by Agent Orange.
"Pacifica" by Los Straitjackets.
"Hide Away" by Jeff Healey.
"Going Home" by Mark Knopfler, and also the version by Hank Marvin.
"Cruise Control" and "Cruise Missile" by Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs.
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Duane Eddy.
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Jul 5, 2008 1:51 p.m. Gigatron:
Oh, and how could I forget: "Doc's Guitar" by Doc Watson.
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Jul 5, 2008 2:57 p.m. crowbone:
TV Show themes:
Spider-Man
Andy Griffith
Hawaii 5-0
Munsters
Rawhide
etc...
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Jul 5, 2008 6:17 p.m. Rocketman:
Walk don't run is cool. It's so easy that we played it at last gig, flawlessly, without ever having it practiced, ever.
It helps of course if the drummer know his songs though. Otherwise we would have gotten a strange look at the the drum break.
Another completely unnecessary to rehearse song is Rumble. At least seems like it. Never did it. Also a great song for wearing sunglasses.
I am also gonna do Lullaby of the Leaves. Very easy as well.
It's good to have some instrumentals in the set.
One song that I can't do on my Gretsch is Misirlou. But it's a nice song.
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Jul 5, 2008 6:34 p.m. Rocketman:
Surf rider.
And this everything this girl does:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=chicchi&search_type=&aq=f
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Jul 5, 2008 9:11 p.m. greg:
Switchblade-Link Wray. Sparks-The Who.Nice list Crowbone!i like that Jazzy version somebody does of the Andy griffiths tune on the Tube
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Jul 5, 2008 11:36 p.m. crowbone:
Oh yeah,
That Jazzy version isn't me!
I can't get all those notes goin' at the same time.
Although I tried playing Mr. Sandman after reading a thread posted here, and I got some of that down cold already.
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Jul 6, 2008 12:23 a.m. Mark Synchro:
Amen Rocketman, isn't Chicchi great? I visited her web site and loved it. She had some of her drawings from school on it. Somehow the fact that she's a typical little kid makes her playing seem even better.
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Jul 8, 2008 6:31 p.m. Parabar:
Top 5 to listen to (and occasionally attempt to play ... usually badly)
Meetings of the Spirit - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Incident at Neshabur - Santana
Manha de Carnaval - Luiz Bonfa
Gold and Silver - Quicksilver Messenger Service
Walter L - Gary Burton & Larry Coryell -
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Jul 11, 2008 9:52 a.m. SJB66:
Some I like to play: Rumble In Brighton Honey Don't Matchbox Kansas City Hungry (Raiders) Dirty Water (Standells) Memphis Secret Agent Man Pipeline Any Beatles, Who etc.
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Jul 11, 2008 1:06 p.m. dubkitty:
"Sheebeg and Sheemore" by Turlough O'Carolan (my own arrangement); "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" by Charles Mingus (which is the first song i always work out on any new instrument: piano, mandolin, pennywhistle, whatever); "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" by the Allman Brothers Band; "Water Song" by Hot Tuna; "Frankenstein" by the Edgar Winter Group; "Watermelon Man" by Herbie Hancock.
i've been playing in Eb a lot lately too...i've been practising over a two-chord Eb/F change from the end of a Phish tune lately, and i've gotten to like Eb a lot. it's got a certain gravity to it that E and D just don't have. e.g. try playing "Goodbye PorkPie Hat, which is in Eb, in the key of E...totally different feeling.
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Jul 11, 2008 1:20 p.m. Tsar Nicholas :
Sí Beag agus Sí Mór you mean, Dubby ol' pal. I couldn't help myself..
Favourite instrumentals.. now that's tough. I listen to quite alot of jazz but then again an heap of Link Wray.
Jazz: Red Clay- Freddie Hubbard Well, You Needn't- Jimmy Smith Midnight Blue- Kenny Burrell Chameleon- Herbie Hancock Footprints- Miles Davis Quintet
Un-Jazz: Big City After Dark- Link Wray Run Chicken Run- Link Wray Jack The Ripper- Link Wray Thunder- Eddie Angel Taylor's Rock- Hound Dog Taylor
Classical: Prelude No. 15- Frederic Chopin Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2- Franz Liszt Fratres- Arvo Part Super Mario Theme- Koji Kondo 1812 Overture- PI Tchaikovsky
I cheated a little bit.
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Jul 11, 2008 1:41 p.m. dubkitty:
sorry...i can't do the classical titles auf Deutsch, either. and don't get me started on trying to find the special type characters necessary for Sigur Ros songs. speaking of which, i should also have mentioned "Samskyeti," which is the third track on the "( )" album.
