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Old 11-09-2013, 10:29 AM
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Smile Which song made you fall in love with the acoustic guitar???

Just wondering... for me it was Paul Simon in this version of American Tune... wonderful i think...

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Old 11-09-2013, 10:36 AM
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For me it was Peter, Paul and Mary's version of "Don't Think Twice It's Alright".

Then the Beatles hit the scene......
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:43 AM
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Don't know about guitar in general, but after hearing the "Church Street Blues" album, i dropped fingerstyle, took up a pick and never looked back.
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:46 AM
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angels son by sevendust. weird tuning, but on my baritone sounds Amazing
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:48 AM
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:50 AM
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My dad used to play and sing "Where Have all the Flowers Gone?" by the Kingston Trio when I was a kid. That's what did it for me.
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:50 AM
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#41 by Dave Matthews. Specifically on the Dave an Tim Live at Luther College album.
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:52 AM
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I was about ten or eleven years old, and my dad took me to the Queen Elizabeth theatre in Vancouver. There was a single chair on the stage. A short guy in a bad suit came out with a guitar, sat in the chair, and leaned forward to speak in the mic positioned just in front of him. He said a single world: "Malaguena."

His name was Carlos Montoya. I was hooked.
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Old 11-09-2013, 10:53 AM
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'El Paso' by Marty Robbins
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Old 11-09-2013, 11:08 AM
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"And I Love Her" ........Beatles

and of course! El Paso, by Marty Robbins
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Old 11-09-2013, 11:10 AM
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Not sure if it was the song or the fact that it was the first time I got to sit close to a very nice guitar and the sound blew me away.

When I was a teenager I was working in a gas station and some guy came in to get the oil changed in his car. He had a Guild guitar and was noodling around in the office while he waited. I was sitting at the desk and asked him to play something and he ripped into Neil Young's "Damage Done." Many years ago, but never forgot it.
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Old 11-09-2013, 11:13 AM
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Cool Which song made you fall in love with the acoustic guitar?

Back in '58, when I was 10, I heard a song by Bobby Bare, entitled "All-American Boy" and I knew I wanted to play the guitar! Enjoy the lyrics of my life!

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Old 11-09-2013, 11:13 AM
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My dad used to play and sing "Where Have all the Flowers Gone?" by the Kingston Trio when I was a kid. That's what did it for me.
Great tune and rendition -
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Old 11-09-2013, 11:19 AM
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'El Paso' by Marty Robbins
I loved that song (and still do) when I was a kid.

It wasn't one song for me, it was Bob Dylan.
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Old 11-09-2013, 11:25 AM
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"Tom Dooley" ... Kingston Trio
"500 Miles" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" ... PP&M
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