Topic: Just an electric guitar and a voice. (Read 6582 times)

the tree · « **on:** 11 Jul 2006, 08:37 »

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No-one else [other than Billy Bragg] does that. Just a singing over a guitar with nothing else.

Help prove this guy wrong! List anything that I should include the proving-wrong playlist that I'm making and show me where I can download if it's very obscure.

Thrillho · « **Reply #1 on:** 11 Jul 2006, 09:11 »

An electric guitar, that's tricky.

Richard Archer of Hard-Fi regularly plays 'Move On Now' with just an electric guitar at Hard-Fi gigs. It should be on 'In Operation', their new DVD/CD package.

Graham Coxon did it on Gonzo about two years ago, he played 'Freakin' Out' with just an electric guitar.

Every show Green Day has played in the last two years has ended with Billie Joe playing 'Good Riddance' solo on an electric guitar.

GuitarJunkie · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 Jul 2006, 09:31 »

"Answering Machine" by The Replacements

Wow thats the only one I can think of

cracking song though.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #3 on:** 11 Jul 2006, 11:01 »

There are a lot of Cat Power songs that are like that, especially her covers.

Like this one

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=40E6C0673CF0431B

Soidanae · « **Reply #4 on:** 11 Jul 2006, 11:27 »

Isn't that sort of the point of a lot of electric blues?

Or are there just a lot more drums/harmonica involved than I would normally associate?

Johnny C · « **Reply #5 on:** 11 Jul 2006, 11:30 »

Paul Westerberg sometimes, if I'm not mistaken. And City & Colour.

the tree · « **Reply #6 on:** 11 Jul 2006, 11:49 »

Thanks guys. I haven't managed to find most of the tracks that you've mentioned, but you've given me loads of ideas.

I've put on a couple of Keb' Mo' tracks, but there really are a helluva lot more drums + harmonicas + keyboards in songs than you'd expect.

There is currently too many Mountain Goats tracks in my playlist, I think I'll take some out.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #7 on:** 11 Jul 2006, 13:18 »

Ted Leo has some stuff where it's just him and his guitar. "You Could Die (Or This Might End)", "The Sword in the Stone", etc. there's a solo version of "The High Party", too.

also, A Radio With Guts's "acoustic" album is really just the lead singer playing solo through the clean channel of his amp because he doesn't own an acoustic guitar.

Spartan Pho3nix · « **Reply #8 on:** 12 Jul 2006, 04:26 »

Play the first half of "Timorous Me" for him. 100% Ted Leo by himself playing his electric and singing. It's insane. I saw it live at coachella.

Inlander · « **Reply #9 on:** 12 Jul 2006, 06:10 »

I wish Billy Bragg still did that.

Rubby · « **Reply #10 on:** 12 Jul 2006, 11:10 »

The "Superwolf" album by bonnie prince billy and matt sweaney is mostly just electric guitar and voice.
I would recoment "Only Someone Running" and "Beast for Thee"

Johnny C · « **Reply #11 on:** 12 Jul 2006, 11:39 »

I forgot that Metric's "Love Is A Place" should be on this list.

vivouk · « **Reply #12 on:** 12 Jul 2006, 11:42 »

JEFF BUCKLEY.

Scuba_Steve · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 Jul 2006, 21:08 »

Quote from: Johnny C

And City & Colour.

To be perfectly fair, he has a keyboardist when he plays live

there are alot of blues musicians who did that. Check out T-bone Walker, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, buddy guy etc.

corwinzor · « **Reply #14 on:** 02 Aug 2006, 21:02 »

Scout Niblett

Gryff · « **Reply #15 on:** 02 Aug 2006, 22:08 »

Quote from: tommydski

like a billion bands i see play in pubs every week.

also, the beatles, scout niblett, jandek, the legend!, jana hunter, will oldham, papa m, matt sweeney etc.

Tommy, the Beatles were a four piece band and everyone knows it. Don't be foolish! Next you'll be telling me that someone was stupid enough to try and hijack the name to create some kind of controversy and interest over his own act. No one would ever do that!

Night Rocker · « **Reply #16 on:** 02 Aug 2006, 23:32 »

Bob Dylan, i believe(feel free to call me a noob and point out my mistake for the whole forum)had some early music with just him and acoutic and ocassionally a harmonica. I have heard he went electric but i have not gone that far in the Dylan universe, so i guess im posting wit out the whole picture...here is half of it any way

Bag of Nash · « **Reply #17 on:** 03 Aug 2006, 17:52 »

Quote from: Night Rocker

Bob Dylan, i believe(feel free to call me a noob and point out my mistake for the whole forum)had some early music with just him and acoutic and ocassionally a harmonica. I have heard he went electric but i have not gone that far in the Dylan universe, so i guess im posting wit out the whole picture...here is half of it any way

The first 4 albums are all acoustic (with harmonica), as soon as the electric guitar enters the picture there's a band with him.

Patrick · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 Aug 2006, 18:17 »

My band does a song like that. It's me on guitar, and the vocals are these two dudes I know in Luxembourg, Travis and Jan. Listen if you wish, it's called "Strawberry Song, take 2."

www.myspace.com/internationallyacclaimed

(when the opportunity for shameless self-promotion, you harness it and ride it like a cheesy bondage erotica film)

Night Rocker · « **Reply #19 on:** 04 Aug 2006, 17:12 »

Quote from: KimJongSick

My band does a song like that. It's me on guitar, and the vocals are these two dudes I know in Luxembourg, Travis and Jan. Listen if you wish, it's called "Strawberry Song, take 2."

www.myspace.com/internationallyacclaimed

(when the opportunity for shameless self-promotion, you harness it and ride it like a cheesy bondage erotica film)

shit, you guys sound gooder then the stuff on MTV...well thats not saying much...better than VH1? yeah thats good i guess

Patrick · « **Reply #20 on:** 04 Aug 2006, 17:16 »

Sweet, sign us?

Night Rocker · « **Reply #21 on:** 04 Aug 2006, 17:22 »

sorry, I'll talk to my agent Fredi S. Buttsecks. Anyway, any chance of you guys making your songs add-able to other myspace? free publicity !

on topic-wasnt there that song by Poisen, every rose has its thorn just guy+guitar?

Patrick · « **Reply #22 on:** 04 Aug 2006, 17:32 »

I didn't realize it wasn't add-able. I'll take off the download option and whip out the add option. Thanks for pointing that out!

TheFathomist · « **Reply #23 on:** 05 Aug 2006, 05:00 »

The title track from Dave Matthews' solo album, Some Devil, is just him and an electric. It's actually pretty good.

Patrick · « **Reply #24 on:** 05 Aug 2006, 08:06 »

I think George Thorogood has done at least one or two songs with just him and an electric guitar, played with a bottleneck slide.

...do acoustic-electric guitars count? 'Cause then you could technically count just about any decent blues music.

ayePod · « **Reply #25 on:** 05 Aug 2006, 08:58 »

Why would you want to look for anything like that if you know about Billy Bragg?

Keith Decent · « **Reply #26 on:** 05 Aug 2006, 14:01 »

My friend has a band, inspired alot by Billy Bragg actually, called The New Dress. They play in and around New York City a bunch.

They have some really good songs and a myspace (of course)

http://www.myspace.com/thenewdress

there's others, if anyone's interested in getting their hands on more, I'm sure I could send a few mp3s out.

Keith Decent · « **Reply #27 on:** 05 Aug 2006, 14:02 »

and holy god i havent posted here in so long that my avatar ran away, i'll have to fix that.

Patrick · « **Reply #28 on:** 05 Aug 2006, 14:54 »

Damn, that lot is awesome. I've added them.

Keith Decent · « **Reply #29 on:** 05 Aug 2006, 18:11 »

you'd probably also like "The Drinkers Themselves"

Bill, from The New Dress is in that duo, also, with another amazing guitarist, CJ

http://www.myspace.com/thedrinkersthemselves

Patrick · « **Reply #30 on:** 05 Aug 2006, 18:16 »

Haha, I love their drunken singing. It's so abrasive that I can help but enjoy it.

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Night Rocker

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