What was the very first song you learned to play on guitar?

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Permalink Reply by susi Lawson on August 15, 2012 at 2:24pm

Louise, by Bonnie Raitt and then "Helpless" by Neil Young, which was pretty easy :)
BTW Jud, thanks so much for sending the bridge pin, so very nice of you!!

Permalink Reply by Jud Hair on August 15, 2012 at 3:33pm

Glad to do it.  After I looked at it, I was afraid that it would be darker than your other 5.  Either it aged, or had an aging toner applied to it at some point.

Is it sold?  If not, any potential buyers yet??

Permalink Reply by susi Lawson on August 15, 2012 at 4:32pm

Oh, that just makes it cooler! Nope , I still have it, just posted it on my facebook and some guy in Switzerland said he wishes he could come over and try it, Ha!

Permalink Reply by michael schwartz on August 15, 2012 at 2:40pm

it might have been, "Go Tell Aunt Rhody" from an old Pete Seeger Folksong book...early mid 60's

Permalink Reply by Adriaan N Roggeveen on August 15, 2012 at 2:41pm

The first songs I learned to play were those that Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and The Kingston Trio recorded. I can not tell you the first though. My first "finger picked" song was Joan Baez's rendition of "Polly Von." I am still stuck in the "Folk Song Era" even wtih any other 'twist' I might have picked up along the way. Stories in Song......Keep on Picking, Time is Ticking."

Permalink Reply by Mike Jorgensen on August 15, 2012 at 3:31pm

First song I learned was Pink Floyd "Pigs on the wing"

Permalink Reply by Ian Miller on August 15, 2012 at 3:56pm

Louie-Louie.

Permalink Reply by FloridaGull on August 15, 2012 at 4:26pm

"The River" - Bruce Springsteen :-)

Permalink Reply by Jeff Lustick on August 15, 2012 at 5:08pm

Scarborough Fair from a Simon and Garfunkel songbook which I still have.

Permalink Reply by michael schwartz on August 16, 2012 at 8:34am

Just looked at my "Paul Simon Complete" book...found a receipt from 2.26.85(didn't know it was still there in the front page). Thanx for the memory and the smile it brought

Permalink Reply by Mike Marks on August 15, 2012 at 10:54pm

Glycerin by Bush... I started out playing strictly electric.

 

Permalink Reply by John Culver on August 16, 2012 at 7:53am

....ummm....I THINK...it was...Needle And The Damage Done....(Neil Young).  Unless....you count the intro to Smoke On The Water!...LOL!

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