[GratefulFloyd]

I'm looking to learn an acoustic Dead song that sounds good when just one person plays. what is everybody's favorite to play? I just finished learning High Time and i like that a lot. i can play Friend of the Devil, Loser, and Duprees. what are some other good choices that are not too advanced?

[guyute414]

China Doll

[guyute414]

Also:
Must Have Been the Roses
To Lay Me Down
Ripple

[Billbbill]

Dire Wolf, one of my solo acoustic favs it is. Also Birdsong.

I like doing solo lead on Birdsong by letting the high and low e's and the b string ring open and working different chord inversions, progressions etc. on the other three strings.

Heck, Deep Elem, Valerie, Gomorrah. I suppose I could keep going.

[caspersvapors]

althea

[Cosmic Jimmy]

hands down Operator

[HOWEYMAN]

Been all around this World

Black Throated Wind

Deep Elem Blues

Recently I've been playing an acoustic Version of "If I had the World to Give" that I thnk sounds cool. I love this tune.

Also I like to play

Beat it on Down The Line acoustic.

Half Step sounds sweet on the flat top as well.

Plus all the others mentioned are great as well and I play those as well.

It's all good acoustic or electric!!

Play what gives you what you are looking for.

[amyjared]

Comes a Time

Sugar Mag

[HOWEYMAN]

hands down Operator

So right!. This song does sound sweet acoustic.

But, with no Harmonica, I just couldn't fill up the song on my own. I tryed to learn harmonica a little, but never invested in a hands free to play both at the same time.

Need to do so. thats for sure.

[BlobWeird]

This is as easy as it gets. Iko Iko. D to A thats it man. Very fun to play by yourself. alot of energy in that song.

[otherones90210]

Sugaree and I Know You Rider are both fun to play acoustic.

Box Of Rain is another tune that sounds great acoustic.

[Crazy 9.5 Fingers]

Black Peter - works nicely if you aren't worried about depressing everyone who listens to it. Not the cheeriest of tunes, but ya gotta love it.

Cassidy - perfect acoustic tune, and you can rock the fat E Lydian jam with a nice Open E drone.

A few people have said it before and I agree with them Birdsong is unstoppable done acoustic. I like to do it the way it is on "Reflections", I think it's on Reflections. Anyway, done of a D7 with a little variation on the riff.

[tigerstrat]

Dire Wolf
Lazy River Road
Run For The Roses
Uncle John's Band

[bodiddley]

I think "Wharf Rat" would be great on the acoustic...damn shame the boys never did it that way.

[nedcat]

Friend of the Devil\\