good grateful dead and DMB songs for one guitar

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good grateful dead and DMB songs for one guitar

Unread post by cclocke » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:31 pm

hey all,

new to the board here. I play a variety of stuff including Dave and after surfing all the forums online this seems to be the place where I belong. Been playing for almost 3 and starting to get serious. Anyways, my first question is what are some good Grateful Dead songs to play by yourself on stage? same with DMB and any others you can come up with. I'm looking to increase my playlist and I tend to focus on college type crowds.

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Unread post by mlb1399 » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:40 pm

Welcome to dmbtabs!

It really depends on what type of songs you want to play as far as mood. Do you want to play the more recognized songs or some of the more obscure songs from the average listener?

I would say:
Crush
Say Goodbye
Fool to Think
The Stone
Bartender
Granny
Warehouse

I don't listen to too much Grateful Dead but I would imagine songs like: Uncle John's Band, Friend of the Devil, Trucking, Sugar Magnolia.
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:10 am

bird song is pretty cool, ive heard keller williams do it...thats really the only dead song i can think of to play solo...its tough to do a jam band's songs solo
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Unread post by Easy E » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:30 am

perhaps Long Black Veil???!!??!
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Unread post by gumbomadness » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:57 am

Easy E wrote:perhaps Long Black Veil???!!??!
johnny cash?
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Unread post by i am sam2 » Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:27 pm

gumbomadness wrote:
Easy E wrote:perhaps Long Black Veil???!!??!
johnny cash?
yeah...thats johnny cash...but i think itd be good to do solo anyway
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Unread post by You_Enjoy_Myself » Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:08 pm

Friend of the Devil by Grateful Dead is a good solo one.
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Unread post by dmb66 » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:38 pm

If you're playing dead, Eyes of the World is a good one. Dave's done it as well (with Tim).
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Unread post by a1075dd63aa12 » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:23 pm

if you listen to the bands, find which songs you like, learn them, play them
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Unread post by iha » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:35 pm

For dmb: The Stone and Granny
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Unread post by Kahn » Sun Feb 12, 2006 4:07 pm

Friend of the Devil, China Cat Sunflower, Scarlet Begonias, Eyes of the World, Going Down the Road Feeling Bad, Loser, Jack A Roe, Fire on the Mountain
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Unread post by Easy E » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:31 pm

i am sam2 wrote:
gumbomadness wrote:
Easy E wrote:perhaps Long Black Veil???!!??!
johnny cash?
yeah...thats johnny cash...but i think itd be good to do solo anyway
yeah well i figured both DMB and the dead played it, so perhaps he could do it



ok fuckers i didn;t know it was cash, you guys are sooooo smart
Cor wrote:I mentioned awhile ago trying to bang this huge near 7 foot woman I know. Hit it last night. I got manhandled, it was sweet.
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Unread post by a1075dd63aa12 » Mon Feb 13, 2006 2:27 am

Easy E wrote:
i am sam2 wrote:
gumbomadness wrote:
Easy E wrote:perhaps Long Black Veil???!!??!
johnny cash?
yeah...thats johnny cash...but i think itd be good to do solo anyway
yeah well i figured both DMB and the dead played it, so perhaps he could do it



ok fuckers i didn;t know it was cash, you guys are sooooo smart
nope written by dill and wilkin, and performed originally by lefty frizell. garcia mentions him in the pizza tapes i believe
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Unread post by The Scarlet Pimpernel » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:59 am

grace is gone
bartender
what would you say, slowed down, like on the tim reynolds album
the stone
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Unread post by Easy E » Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:32 am

wkpggrvn2001 wrote:
Easy E wrote:
i am sam2 wrote:
gumbomadness wrote:
Easy E wrote:perhaps Long Black Veil???!!??!
johnny cash?
yeah...thats johnny cash...but i think itd be good to do solo anyway
yeah well i figured both DMB and the dead played it, so perhaps he could do it



ok fuckers i didn;t know it was cash, you guys are sooooo smart
nope written by dill and wilkin, and performed originally by lefty frizell. garcia mentions him in the pizza tapes i believe
alright well, still an easy song to play solo
Cor wrote:I mentioned awhile ago trying to bang this huge near 7 foot woman I know. Hit it last night. I got manhandled, it was sweet.
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