Guitar Players: Favorite tunes to zone out on when playing alone

[BurtWorm]

My all time favorite is Sweet Jane, which I can do forever and ever and ever amen.

[XNASA]

1. Blackbird.

Playing alone usually means playing the acoustic, so Blackbird usually pops into my head.

Also, the intro to "Over the Hills and Far Away".

Or, sometimes "Fake Plastic Trees"

[nedlogg]

13. Little Wing or . . .

The Wind Cries Mary

Wish You Were Here

'Round Midnight

Blackbird

Hesitation Blues

[RandomKoolzip]

2. "Eyes of the World" by the Grateful Dead. That Emaj7 chord..

I could play that over and over and over......

[toddzilla]

3. little wing

little wing or voodoo child..

or any slow blues..

[sangh0]

6. Lots of Dead songs are like that

The Other One
Playing In The Band

and all of the other 2nd set songs.

[Dudley_DUright]

4. Pink Floyd: Wish you were here

I love the into to this song. Very hypnotic. I play it a lot on my acoustic. Have you ever heard "Mott the Hoople's" version of "Sweet Jane"? Great stuff.

[BurtWorm]

5. Mott the Hoople's SJ

Yes, I've heard it. Wasn't it on "All the Young Dudes?" Is that the version with the spoken phrase, "a little classical music for you there, kids"? I love that line.

[Dudley_DUright]

8. That's the one

"All the Young Dudes" is a great song too.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. It's The Opening Song On All The Young Dudes

The Professor

[Squeech]

7. Si Bheag, Si Mhor

If I spelled that right, it's a tune by the 17th century Irish harpist and composer Turlough O'Carolan, a standard in Irish music. It's gorgeous.

The main thing I've played too much of lately is "October Song" by Robin Williamson, from the first Incredible String Band album.

Although, in a complete change of pace, I've been trying to figure out the voicings for Husker Du's "Chartered Tours" so they sound good on an acoustic guitar. (Everybody and his brother plays "Never Talking to You Again," which really was played on acoustic guitar. That's no fun!)

[Fenris]

9. "Across the Universe"

"Pyramid Song"
The intro to "The Draize Train" (over and over and over again)
"Cold Brains" (actually, anything off of "Mutations" will work)
"Gates of Eden" (verrrrrrrry slowly)
"Everything Is Green" and "Primrose" (both by obscure but brilliant New York neo-psychadelia band the Essex Green)
"One More Cup of Coffee"
"Love Will Tear Us Apart Again" (also very slowly)
"The Gnome" (ahhh, Syd...my brother used to play this for me when I was a wee lad)

That's all I can think of now.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

10. Needle and the Damage Done....

[Fenris]

11. I Am A Child or Comes A Time are also good

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. Another one: Lucky Man by ELP

[ProfessorGAC]

14. A Bunch

Slide work on any Allmans Tune. Except for slide, i don't play blues much on guitar and NEVER on piano.

Some tuned Leo Kottke stuff on acoustic.

Like XNASA, "Blackbird" on standard tuned acoustic, along with ELP's "In The Beginning".

"Surfing With The Alien" (Satriani) and "Out Of Control" (Utopia) or "Elephant Talk" (King Crimson) when i just want to go loud and crazy.

The Professor

[fla nocount]

16. Whipping Post.......Susy Q

Lots of em. Many are in a major 7th.........hmmmmmmm.

[Gato Moteado]

17. don't get around much anymore....fingerstyle

one dime blues - etta baker

i used to zone out with joplin's "the entertainer" but i haven't played it in so long i doubt i could get past the 2nd or 3rd measure.

[JohnyCanuck]

18. Malaguena

A classical guitar arrangement of the classical piece by Ernesto Lecuona. Sounds very flamencoish and closes with a blood pounding rasguedo.

[mitchum]

19. "Wildwood Flower", "Dark Was The Night", "No Expectations"...

"Death of the Clayton Peacock", "Baby Blue"