Acoustic Music?????

[santucci218]

I have really been getting into playing my acoustic g***** and i want more stuff to listen to, but I just cant find anybody that i dig. I was wondering if you guys like any. I want to start playing and singing at the same time. Or even just play bass with my one friend who plays guitar and sings.

I asked a few girls that like contemporary music if they could help, but all the bands they said i just couldnt get into.

Bands I like:
Mr. Bungle
Dream Theater
Symphony X
Protest The Hero
Green Day
Frank Zappa
Victor Wooten
Rise Against
Chili Peppers (greatest hits mainly...)
80's and 90's pop rock music
Tantric
Buckethead
Andy McKee
Avril Lavigne
Between The Buried and Me
Blink 182
Days of The New
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
Estradasphere
The Fall of Troy

Bands recommended by teen girls that i don't like:

Secondhand serenade
Violent Femmes
Defiance, Ohio
The mountain goats
Fruit bats
Edith Frost
Maceman
the scene aesthetic
the apathy eulogy
amber pacific acoustic album
Circa Survive
Bright Eyes
a perfect circle
jack johnsons
Bayside

I like catchy singing lines and good supporting guitar. I dont need it to be crazy riffs and solos and stuff. I am just having trouble finding a nice blend of the catchy stuff that interests me and the stuff thats out now.

Any help, comments, or recommendations would be greatly appriciated, Paul.

[Jimbob Jones]

check out tenacious D (the first album mainly) even though they're a comedy act, there's a lot of musicality in there, and lots of acoustic guitar.

hope that helps

[JazzBassMayn]

Check out Will Hoge and Ray LaMontagne... they're bad ass.

[bassaficionado6]

Mayve you could try out a few of John Frusciante's solo albums, great stuff IMO.

If you want to get into more technical acoustic stuff, you could try 3. Joey Eppard is an insane player.

[Marcury]

Here's some old school (mostly British) stuff you might want to check out:

Fairport Convention
Pentangle
John Fahey
John Martyn
Bert Jansch
Richard and Linda Thompson (also Richard Alone)
First two Hot Tuna albums

[santucci218]

Originally Posted by Jimbob Jones

check out tenacious D (the first album mainly) even though they're a comedy act, there's a lot of musicality in there, and lots of acoustic guitar.

hope that helps

Already listen to them =]

i forgot to put em on the list though!

[Modulator]

Martin Sexton
Raoul Midon

[mellowgerman]

definitely check out Wilco!
they're my favorite still-around-today band.
specifically the albums "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and "Summerteeth" for acoustic.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ufVRMP2BQ00&feature=related

[santucci218]

Originally Posted by JazzBassMayn

Check out Will Hoge and Ray LaMontagne... they're bad ass.

i like Ray LaMontagne more than the other guy. I thought you were messing with me at first, the beginning of his video he was speaking a different language.

[santucci218]

Originally Posted by mellowgerman

definitely check out Wilco!
they're my favorite still-around-today band.
specifically the albums "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and "Summerteeth" for acoustic.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ufVRMP2BQ00&feature=related

They seem pretty cool, cool mysterious bass line. reminds me of that fastball song from the 90's

[santucci218]

Originally Posted by Modulator

Martin Sexton
Raoul Midon

amazing cool music man...way to hard for me to play though, im just a bassist posing as a guitarists..

more into the nice easy flowing chord progressions

but honestly, i will buy Raoul Midon's cd, this is great. i dig the slap guitar.

[santucci218]

Originally Posted by Marcury

Here's some old school (mostly British) stuff you might want to check out:

Fairport Convention
Pentangle
John Fahey
John Martyn
Bert Jansch
Richard and Linda Thompson (also Richard Alone)
First two Hot Tuna albums

John Fahey looks like Ryan Dunn, lol.

Thank you though, im checking all these out now.

[mellowgerman]

Originally Posted by Marcury

First two Hot Tuna albums

+1 great stuff!

[mellowgerman]

Originally Posted by santucci218

They seem pretty cool, cool mysterious bass line. reminds me of that fastball song from the 90's

yeah that song is actually from 97 i think, it's off of the summerteeth album.

[Marcury]

Originally Posted by santucci218

John Fahey looks like Ryan Dunn, lol.

Guess I'm showing my age: who?

Edit upon further consideration: Nevermind. Jackass of course

[Foxworthy925]

Ever heard of Iron and Wine? Take a listen- I dig it.

[Christopher]

I know you don't really need insane technical stuff, but these guys (and girl) are fun to listen to:

Justin King
Kaki King
Tommy Emmanuel
Don Ross
Martin Simpson
Tuck Andress

[Marcury]

Originally Posted by Christopher

I know you don't really need insane technical stuff, but these guys (and girl) are fun to listen to:

Justin King
Kaki King
Tommy Emmanuel
Don Ross
Martin Simpson
Tuck Andress

+! on Kaki King. She's great.