What Songs on 12 Strings (List Link added to 1st Post)

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hogwldfltr	What Songs on 12 Strings (List Link added to 1st Post)	Lead	[-]
(07/09/06 5:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None For me I focus on some of the more common songs: Byrds/Seeger/Dylan/Leadbelly/Beatles. Turn Turn Turn Kisses Sweeter ThenWine Mr. Tambourine Man You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 12 String List Download *********** I've been known to play with the following: D12-1 : D-35 : Backpacker : 000-18 : 000C Steve Miller : Gibson C-0 Classic : Alvarez MD90 : and a '98 Harley-Davidson FLTR Road Glide ***********
The Original Rattler	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#1	[-]
(07/09/06 6:25 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I suspect you know Leadbelly does a great version of "Gallows Pole" Also find a way to hear Blind Willie McTell do "Broken Down Engine" Further this affiant sayeth noteth... OK, I lied, affiant sayeth moreth...I put my Guild JF-65-12 in Open Gm and do "When The Levee Breaks" And of course Jimi's "All Along The Watchtower" has a 12 string on rhythm, so it's only right to do an original version of that... Doc Watson has a great 12 string version of "House Of The Rising Sun" which he calls Rising Sun Blues I believe adapting 6 string songs to 12 produces some cool results, so there's really no limit to what you can do... Ok, affiant is througheth Night Runner The scoundrels vilify us, when there is only this difference, they rob the poor under the cover of law, forsooth, and we plunder the rich under the protection of our own courage.
ScotsDave	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#2	[-]
(07/09/06 6:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There is hardly a song that I haven't tried on my 12 strings over the years. It is fun to see someone look up in surprise when they hear something like Norwegian Wood on a 12 string... Dave TGFC Scottish Chapter Ain't it funny...how time slips away.....(Willie Nelson) DIA 12 string\|LXM\|DX1\|000 15\|D18VMS\|HD28VS\|0018VS UMGF#8\|OM42\|D42\|D12 35\|Fender Clapton Signature Strat\|Fylde Octavius\|Michael Kelly Legacy Classic
12 Thumbs	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#3	[-]
(07/09/06 7:06 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I once saw a clip of old Blues great Robert Lockwood Jr. playing Love In Vain on a 12 string and it sounded pretty good! Another one that sounds good is Jesse Fullers San Francisco Bay Blues as done by Eric Clapton on the Unplugged CD. If you havent tried them already, some others are: Hotel California, Question - Moody Blues, Creek Alley and California Dreamin by the Mammas and Papas and Sundown and Beautiful by Gordon Lightfoot. Bill {Forum Intro - pg. 49} Martin 000-15 ( 2005 ) Takamine G-230 ( 2000 ) [ My Electric & Beater ] __________________________________________________ Founder & Certified Member > 15 Series Club 000-15 Division > a wing of the 000 Division __________________________________________________
Fogducker	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#4	[-]
(07/09/06 8:07 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	12 string song that comes to mind quick is "Walk Right In" , the Roof Top Singers made some money on it back in 1962. I think that was kind of the 1st 12 string thing in the "modern" era to make it semi-big. Fog
MartinD18	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#5	[-]
(07/09/06 8:20 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"To Emily Wherever I May Find Her" S&G
johnlg	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#6	[-]
(07/09/06 10:06 PM) Local user Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CSNY songs Eagles songs Tom Petty songs REM songs A lot of folky rock n roll sounds great on a 12 string.
collings0002h	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#7	[-]
(07/09/06 10:36 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd Early Morning Rain by G. Lightfoot Daniel
Unregistered(d)	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#8	[-]
(07/10/06 2:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Follow the Drinkin' Gourd Montana Sky For Bobby Goodbye Again . . . .Edmond Fitzgerald Thirsty Boots If I Had a Hammer Where Have All the Flowers Gone Wildwood Flower Ghost Riders in the Sky Louie, Louie..........Oh wait! NO-NO-NO!! Freudian Slip! Flashback bad! Chimes of Freedom Bells of Rhymney Home from the Forest G-L-O-R-I-A.......uh, I think I better go to bed. $:\$
hogwldfltr	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#9	[-]
(07/10/06 8:59 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Jimi's "All Along The Watchtower" has a 12 string on rhythm Now I never new that. Amazing. So many songs I can see my ipod bill is going to get expensive. Thanks. *********** I've been known to play with the following: D12-1 : D-35 : Backpacker : 000-18 : 000C Steve Miller : Gibson C-0 Classic : Alvarez MD90 : and a '98 Harley-Davidson FLTR Road Glide ***********
HD28HLA	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#10	[-]
(07/10/06 9:25 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Son of a Son of a Sailor Jolly Mon For Emily (whenever I may find her) Leavin' On a Jet Plane The Wedding Song '76 HD-28 '76 D12-35 '98 00-16DBR '02 000-15 '03 DC-16E Premium '03 OM-35Burst '05 D-15S '06 D-18VS
MikeHalloran	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#11	[-]
(07/10/06 11:32 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	>12 string song that comes to mind quick is "Walk Right In" , the Roof Top Singers made some money on it back in 1962. That was played on the first two Gibson B-45-12s ever made. Erik Darling played one and Bill Svanoe who played the other. Since no one was making 12s at the time, Erik had to wait 6 months for the guitars to arrive so that he could record the arrangement that was in his head. Erik tells the story here: www.erikdarling.com/history5.html Mike Halloran '49 00-28G, '63 000-28C, '69 N-10, '71 N-20, '03 000C-16SGTNE, '03 000-15S, Backpacker Mandolin, '50s Style 0 uke, '30s Style 2K uke, '67 D12-35, '26 T-18, Cowboy X, Cowboy II (I think that's all the Martins) Many Guilds, Gibsons and Goyas
pmprunty2	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#12	[-]
(03/21/12 3:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v...ed&search= Margaret Member-TGFC
Fstpicker	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#13	[-]
(07/10/06 7:15 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Surprised no one has mentioned him yet. Many of John Denver's songs sound great on a 12-string, especially the earlier ones. Here's a few to start you off with: Almost Heaven, West Virginia You Fill up my Senses Rhymes, Reasons, and Poems (might have the title wrong!) and many more... Jeff Martin D-16RGT (sold temporarily) Larrivee D-03 Fender GD-47S12 Orlando, Florida
jscio	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#14	[-]
(07/10/06 7:32 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've done Irish/Celtic tunes, P.P. & M songs, Kingston Trio songs, sea chantys, and anything that needed that little extra something. You can pretty much use a 12 string for anything you want; just vary your attack.
MAF51	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#15	[-]
(07/10/06 8:01 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Margaret: Thanks for the You Tube video of The Byrds' "I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better." It's always been one of my favorites, and I often perform it at jams and with my band. It's one of the reasons I went out and bought a Rickenbacker 12. Marshall
hogwldfltr	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#16	[-]
(07/11/06 3:39 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I also want to thank you for the pointer, Margaret, very cool indeed. *********** I've been known to play with the following: D12-1 : D-35 : Backpacker : 000-18 : 000C Steve Miller : Gibson C-0 Classic : Alvarez MD90 : and a '98 Harley-Davidson FLTR Road Glide ***********
ScotsDave	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#17	[-]
(07/12/06 2:19 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Just last night I was playing two Kristofferson songs on the D12 35 - Blame it on the Stones and Darby's Castle....sounded just fine to me... Dave TGFC Scottish Chapter Ain't it funny...how time slips away.....(Willie Nelson) DIA 12 string\|LXM\|DX1\|000 15\|D18VMS\|HD28VS\|0018VS UMGF#8\|OM42\|D42\|D12 35\|Fender Clapton Signature Strat\|Fylde Octavius\|Michael Kelly Legacy Classic
mikeoso	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#18	[-]
(07/12/06 3:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	just to get a bit weird...try "Dust in the Wind" on a 12 string..a little haunting, I think Mike Oso J1 J15 D12-35 "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" Hunter S. Thompson
pastorharry	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#19	[-]
(07/12/06 4:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"Eve of destruction"-Barry McGuire Isaiah 38:20
bobdcat	Re: What Songs on 12 Strings	#20	[-]
(07/12/06 5:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* It is fun to see someone look up in surprise when they hear something like Norwegian Wood on a 12 string Dave, I couldn't agree more. Having the lead line on the octave strings really echoes the sound of the sitar on the Beatles recording. It sounds like it's missing something when I play it on six string. Most any song will sound new on a 12. Roger 187? Edmund Valentine parlor \| ~37 Martin S2 Uke \|1951 Martin 00-17 \| 64 Guild M20 \| 71 Martin D-12-20 \| 01 Martin D-18GE \| 04 Martin LXM \| 05 Martin 00-28VSMM1 #9 - Intro pg.19 The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible. - Albert Einstein

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