Good open-mic songs for 12-string players ???

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Permalink Reply by Phil Manuel on April 11, 2012 at 6:26pm

Take a YouTube search for "Love The One You're With".  There are a couple of nice live CS&N concert vids with them doing it with just Stephan playing his guitar.  Also, you might find a vid with the versio from the CS&N Demos CD, which is just Stills playing it.  I might add that the Demos CD is pretty good.  The other song, if you have the voice for it, is "Marrakesh Express".  It's not hard to play, which I finally learned from watching it on YouTube. 

Marrakesh Express

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4r_HWWQyCs

This guy will make you drool with his collection of guitars, and he has a lot of vids worth checking out, including love the one you're with.  He uses a similar alternate tuning to C-C-C-C-G-C, but again, on a 12-string you can just use regular tuning and play it in G.  You'll note in this vid, no organ solo - it's not needed - though I confess it plays in my head whenever I play the tune.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgAiVOHvcxQ

"There's a road on the way to love" is what I sang for the longest time. Funny.  Young pups don't know how good they have it now with all the stuff available on the internet, lyrics, tutorials, tabs, and my fav - YouTube.

Some others for 12-string: "Wild Horses", "Ooh, La, La", "Wild World" by Cat Stevens

Permalink Reply by Jud Hair on April 11, 2012 at 6:54pm

Love the videos ..thanks for posting them!!  Was David Crosby ever really that young and healthy looking??? :-(

Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on April 12, 2012 at 5:33am

Yes - but that was his first liver...

Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on April 12, 2012 at 5:37am

"Every Rose has it's Thorn", "Best of my Love", "Wish you were Here", "Landslide", "Space Oddity", "Time of your life" (Green Day)...

Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on April 12, 2012 at 10:41am

"More than Words", "What I like about You", "Signs,Signs, Everywhere a Sign", "Salsbury Hill", "Take it on the Run", "Give a little Bit"

Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on April 13, 2012 at 9:02am

Just heard "Have you ever really loved a woman?" - that would work nicely...

Permalink Reply by Jack Blackwell on April 30, 2012 at 2:05pm

Do you fingerpick? I do "Ring, Ring" by Leo Kottke, "Mr Bojangles", "Can't Find My Way Home" and Howard Emerson's version of "Maybelline".  Flatpicked, I found that "Burnin' Down The House" worked way better than I would have imagined (capo X so a cutaway might be necessary).

Permalink Reply by Jud Hair on April 30, 2012 at 2:34pm

I'm just getting into finger picking ... I'm doing okay on my 6-strings, but will probably find it challenging for a while to do on my new 12 string when it gets here.  No cutaway on the Taylor GA3-12 I ordered.

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