Good songs for rhythm guitar

screamsequence · #1 08-13-2006, 11:22 PM

yo... i know your all bass players but you probably know alot about guitars and most of you play em... so what are the best rythmic guitar songs.... i mean im talking about the ones with the easy fun solos... i wanna learn some cool solo's

borden · #2 08-13-2006, 11:24 PM

hmmm good rythm, easy song...Cake - I Will Survive is a good song.. repetitive but fun to play...

-1 for your introduction to this forum by the way!

screamsequence · #3 08-13-2006, 11:26 PM

haha thanks... i like rock, do yo know any rock songs that are fun?

EricF · #4 08-14-2006, 04:32 PM

scream - We're just trying to point you in a direction where you'll get better/more responses. Don't take it personally. It would be like one of us asking about a tube-swap for a SVT in a Strat forum.

tplyons · #5 08-14-2006, 04:50 PM

1) Where in Bethlehem are you from? I attend Moravian College in town.

2) I'll move this to misc. where you'll have much better response.

3) I changed the title so people actually know what you're talking about.

EunosFD · #6 08-14-2006, 05:06 PM

It would probably be easier to guide you if you gave a bit more insight into the type of music you like. There are a LOT of simple, fun, straight forward rock songs out there, but there are so many different generes of "rock" that it's tough to suggest something you might like. If you want to get real basic and fun I don't think there's another band out there that can beat the Ramones in doing that. Very simple chord progressions and just a fun uptempo vibe and will translate well to live performance as their stuff is just plain fun to play, sing, and dance along to.

Christopher · #7 08-14-2006, 06:15 PM

Helmet.

Woodchuck · #8 08-14-2006, 06:59 PM

It's not rock, but check out some of the Heatwave stuff. Excellent rhytym guitar work.

jwl · #9 08-14-2006, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by screamsequence

yo... i know your all bass players but you probably know alot about guitars and most of you play em... so what are the best rythmic guitar songs.... i mean im talking about the ones with the easy fun solos... i wanna learn some cool solo's

gimme' shelter by the stones, that's my fave anyway. keef played it in open g tuning but it can easily be played in standard tuning. peace, jeff

BassGod · #10 08-14-2006, 07:20 PM

The entire ...And Justice For All album by Metallica.

Graeme

Michael Jewels · #11 08-15-2006, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Woodchuck

It's not rock, but check out some of the Heatwave stuff. Excellent rhytym guitar work.

Yup!

Boogie Nights and Groove Line have some excellent and well-recorded rhythm guitar work in them.

I'd like to suggest these:

"Down on The Corner," and "Proud Mary," by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

"Taking Care of Business," "Let It Ride," and "Easy Groove," by Bachman Turner Overdrive, a band which was very underrated in my opinion. Randy Bachman was/is an excellent guitarist.

Mike

dave64o · #12 08-15-2006, 12:24 PM

I think Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, and Eddie Van Halen play some great rhythm guitar. Maybe try some of their material?

JimK · #13 08-15-2006, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael Jewels

Boogie Nights and Groove Line have some excellent and well-recorded rhythm guitar work in them.

Woodchuck nailed it...Heatwave's entire catalog. Going by the album credits, it was a couple different guys(at least)-
Eric Johns & William Jones (& maybe Roy Carter). Check out the non-hits like "One Night Tan", "Too Hot To Handle", "Party Poops", "Raise A Blaze", "All You Do Is Dial" (the flip side to "Boogie Nights"...I used to select it all the time in the college student center's juke box).

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Originally Posted by Michael Jewels

"Taking Care of Business," "Let It Ride," and "Easy Groove," by Bachman Turner Overdrive, a band which was very underrated in my opinion. Randy Bachman was/is an excellent guitarist.

Check out "Blue Collar".
...another Randy Bachman cool rhythm guitar tune is "Undun" by his previous band, The Guess Who.

Back in my HS garage band daze, some nice rhythm guitar work was on stuff like "Free Ride", "Beginnings", "Another Park, Another Sunday", "Cut The Cake", "Work To Do", "Funk #49", etc

If you could play those...you were considered PDB.

Michael Jewels · #14 08-15-2006, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JimK

Check out "Blue Collar".
...another Randy Bachman cool rhythm guitar tune is "Undun" by his previous band, The Guess Who.

Back in my HS garage band daze, some nice rhythm guitar work was on stuff like "Free Ride", "Beginnings", "Another Park, Another Sunday", "Cut The Cake", "Work To Do", "Funk #49", etc

If you could play those...you were considered PDB.

You and I are on the same page, Jim.

Blue collar is an excellent jazz-rock piece that I think very few people have heard, or remember. The first time I heard it I realized just how talented Randy Bachman was. Your other suggestions are pretty good too, especially, "Cut The Cake", and "Work To Do", by The Average White Band. I still have the vinyl album!

Mike