Recommend some Classic Rock songs

[Jaebird]

Ive decided that I want to learn one Classic Rock song every week. I dont read notation well, so I assume that a week would be a fair amount of time to get through a piece and have a handle on it.

With that being said, what would you recommend as easy to moderately easy Classic Rock songs to sight read?

Ultimately I plan find a Classic Rock band, so those with experience, what songs would you recommend as songs that every Classic Rock band should know?

 

[Mikata]

Learn anything Rush. They have almost 200 songs so find the ones you are really digging now and put some time into learning them, its alot of fun. Learn the best and then you can play the rest!

 

[lunarpollen]

Try some Warren Zevon

 

[reedo35]

Owooo...Werewolves of London. Just in time for Halloween!

 

[fearceol]

How about "Money" by Pink Floyd"?

 

[crucislancer]

"Rock & Roll" by Led Zeppelin. It's really easy, just a 12-bar blues progression in A.

 

[5StringBlues]

 

[PaulStone]

Learn anything Rush. They have almost 200 songs so find the ones you are really digging now and put some time into learning them, its alot of fun. Learn the best and then you can play the rest!

+1 Rush has the most fun basslines of any classic rock band, imo.

try far cry, dreamline

 

[mambo4]

+1 to Zepplin. John Paul Jones has lots of useful influences.

 

[Ric5]

Listen to a classic rock radio station and then learn the ones you like.

 

[rayzak]

Green Eyed Lady- Sugarloaf

 

[stratovani]

You can't go wrong by learning anything from The Beatles!

 

[Ric5]

All Right now - Free
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Badge - Cream
Tush - ZZtop
Come Together - Beatles
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
New Years Day - U2
Walk this way - Aerosmith
Surrender - Cheap Trick
The Real Me, Baba OReily, Won't get fooled again, Behind Blue eyes, - The Who

 

[Thunderthumbs73]

Ive decided that I want to learn one Classic Rock song every week. I dont read notation well, so I assume that a week would be a fair amount of time to get through a piece and have a handle on it.

With that being said, what would you recommend as easy to moderately easy Classic Rock songs to sight read?

Ultimately I plan find a Classic Rock band, so those with experience, what songs would you recommend as songs that every Classic Rock band should know?

Google: "Classic Rock Band" and you'll find hundreds, if not thousands of classic rock bands, many with setlists of songs.

 

[brotherbassj]

Two more votes.........

Rock N Roll Hoochie Coo

Cold Gin (Kiss)

 

[Nashrakh]

Paranoid and Iron Man by Black Sabbath. Classics.

Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple. The song is worn out, but the bass line is pretty cool.

Anything by Hendrix. Fire, Purple Haze, All Along the Watchtower etc

Lots of AC/DC... Pick any song you want. Most popular ones are stuff like Hell's Bells, Highway to Hell and others.