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10-14-2009, 10:03 AM
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Could not disagree more - there's tons of great examples of acoustic and rock working well together -
1. Acoustic intro to Crazy on You - Heart. 2. Wish You Where Here - Pink Floyd - certainly one of the most heard / admired acoustic riffs around. 3. Tom Cochrane & Red Rider - use acoustic a fair bit. 4. Dust in the Wind - Kansas. Sure it was smaltzy, but great song. 5. Eagles - maybe you don't count this as "rock", but it ain't country. But an interesting view nontheless.
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10-14-2009, 10:13 AM
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REM Hootie and the Blowfish Dave Matthews Band Eric Clapton John Mayer Eagles Yes CCNY Kansas and 90% of most country rock/New Country bands the list is huge............ 
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10-14-2009, 11:01 AM
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Not ONE but TWO acoustics There are still a few of us in the world, however, who believe that a real acoustic guitar is one that cannot be plugged in ...
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10-14-2009, 11:33 AM
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Musically we ride the rails between Clarksdale, Memphis, Georgia and Tennessee, lot's of country in our blues, lot's of blues in our country.
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10-14-2009, 04:51 PM
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Yeah, that John Lennon. Ruined some perfectly lovely tunes with that Gibson J-160E.
The Stones - what were they thinking - following up a masterpeice like "Satanic Majesties" with "Beggars." Then screwing up potential gems like "Dead Flowers," a perfectly good British hillbilly tune. If they gotta play a Gibson, I'll take Brian Jones' Firebird over Keef's Hummingbird any day. Yeah, don't ya just hate it when someone throws an acoustic into a perfectly good rock band.
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10-14-2009, 05:37 PM
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Take a listen.....Long Time by Boston.
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10-14-2009, 07:27 PM
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Hmmm... I think some posters may not have read too far beyond the title of the post...
 The beef is specifically with live bands, not recorded music. You know the kind of thing; singer reaches for an acoustic, adds nothing of worth, all dynamism is sucked from the stage, etc. Quote:
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 ). If he's been reaching for an acoustic on stage since, maybe that would explain why they've been so duff for the last 15 years... Quote:
 You're a working band, and there's clearly a lot of integrity to your choice of instruments. As I admitted earlier, my argument is full of holes! For instance, there's a friend of mine, Tom Baxter, who's one of the most kinetic, charismatic live performers I have seen, and an excellent guitarist to boot. On stage he plays nothing but a battered Lowden, even with a full band. His material just wouldn't work with an electric. His website has guitar tutorials, which is handy... Quote:
(b) C'mon, that's a really lame look. It should be Harrison on Gretsch, and Lennon on Rick 325. With acoustics and those suits they look like a couple of office workers busking on their lunch break (c) I'm from Liverpool, so by birth-right I can out-scouse you on all Beatles issues. Quote:
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10-14-2009, 09:10 PM
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To the melody of "Gimme That Old Time Religion":
It was good enough for Elvis, It was good enough for Elvis, It was good enough for Elvis, It's good enough for me!!  Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, It's good enough for me!! It was good for Buddy Holly, It was good for Buddy Holly, It was good for Buddy Holly, It's good enough for me!!  Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, It's good enough for me!! It was good for Eric Clapton, It was good for Eric Clapton, It was good for Eric Clapton, It's good enough for me!!  Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, It's good enough for me!! It was good for all the Beatles, It was good for all the Beatles, It was good for all the Beatles, It's good enough for me!!  Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, It's good enough for me!! It was good for Los Lobos, It was good for Los Lobos, It was good for Los Lobos, It's good enough for me!!  Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, Gimme that rock and roll acoustic, It's good enough for me!! With complete and utter sincerity, Wade Hampton Miller
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10-14-2009, 10:10 PM
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I was wondering when someone was going to bring up Elvis. I'll take your acoustic Presley - and raise you this electric Elvis from the '68 Comeback Special:  No-one ever made a Hagstrom Viking look so drop-dead cool! Buddy and Clapton? Strat men, surely. And The Beatles were probably still the Quarrymen at the time of that photo. I'll give you Los Lobos though...
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10-14-2009, 10:24 PM
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Not much happening this time of day for an expat Brit in Phnom Penh, eh?
Okay, to counter your Hagstrom at Elvis's '68 Comeback Special (which I only ever saw in its entirety on Finnish television in Espoo, Finland, in 1981 - but that's another story,) I raise you with the Gibson L-5 that Elvis grabbed out of Scotty Moore's hands at that same concert:  We can actually both claim that one, since it had pickups on it, too.... whm
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10-14-2009, 10:49 PM
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10-15-2009, 10:18 AM
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Jethro Tull was one of very bands I paid to see, not only once, but several times! Great band, great music, incredible orchestration of acoustic with electric sounds. whm
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