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My best friend's son is 15 and beginning at guitar. I want make him compilation of rock songs & artists. So far I know he's into Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, AC/DC & Living Colour.
My angle is that I want to make him a mix cd of songs, first of all Black rock artists (without labelling it 'Black rock'). Then possibly one of simply good guitar-oriented songs from any artists of any race.
Add on your suggestions. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Rosenda on -
Chambers Brothers "Time", Love "Little Red Book", Sister Rosetta Tharpe "Up Above My Head", anything by The BellRays cause Lisa Kekaulas voice and the bands music is HOT!, any song from Boston's first album (my personal faves Rock and Roll Band, Smokin), Sheer Heart Attack by Queen, Death on Two Legs by Queen, "Ogre Battle" by Queen, Tie Your Mother Down by Queen, Downed by Cheap Trick, Come on Come on by Cheap Trick, Gimme Two Steps by Lynrd Skynrd, Justice Keepers by Bad Brains, Cult of Personality by Living Colour, Ballroom Blitz by Sweet, Action by Sweet, Cross Town Traffic by Jimi Hendrix, Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix, Ace of Spades by Motörhead, Last Child by Aerosmith, Walk this Way by Aerosmith, Eighteen by Alice Cooper, Radar Love by Golden Earring, Queen Bitch by David Bowie, Golden Years by David Bowie, Cherry Bomb by the Runaways, Jeepster by T Rex, Got My Eye on You by Brian Jonestown Massacre, I'm Free by The Who, My Generation by The Who, Baba O'Riley by The Who, Were Not Gonna Take It by The Who, Born Under A Bad Sign cover by Cream, Strange Brew by Cream, Cross Eyed Mary by Jethro Tull, Hello I Love you by The Doors, Baby You Can Drive My Car by Beatles, Helter Skelter by Beatles, Kansas City cover by Beatles, Deuce by Kiss, Black Diamond by Kiss, Strutter by Kiss, Strutter cover by The Donnas, Take It Off by The Donnas, Rock and Roll cover by The Runaways, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap by Ac Dc, TNT by Ac Dc, any song from Countdown to Extinction by Megadeth, Master of Puppets by Metallica, Rusty Cage by Soundgarden, Toxicity by System of a Down, Chop Suey by System of a Down, No One Knows by Queens of the Stone Age, any song on Betty by Helmet, any song on first two albums by Everclear, I Want To Take You Higher by Sly and The Family Stone. Whew, I'm out of breath and types. Was gonna add my fave Led Zeppelin and George Thorgood songs (like Madison Blues and One Bourbon One Scotch and One Beer both of which are kickass old blues covers, the second one I think is John Lee Hooker's).
That's off the top of my head, hope you find some stuff you like for him. You know, when a family friends wanted some music for his then 14/15 yr old nephew, I gave him a few albums (including Boston and The Who and Nirvana and Queen) and between me and his Dad, I think we opened up his music head even more.
Cause within a few months, he came to ME and said, "'Chenda.......have you ever heard of Bad Brains? They are COOL!":)
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Permalink Reply by Rosenda on
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Wait! Look Up Kings X, they were THE BOMB diggity their first few albums were awesome. And you ought to add the new blokes on the block, Killswitch Engage and She Wants Revenge. Seven dust had some good songs too. And if you can find songs on recordings by Sistas In The Pit and DFE that would be pretty intense. Happy researching and compiling, Dr Dao Mystic Nine! You rock on bow down now!
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Permalink Reply by X-D-D-M*9 on
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Si Rosenda. rock on! Thanks for the detailed list of songs, albums & groups. He's a cool young catwho knows rock's proper history in the Black foundation so I will add those past to present you mentioned, then the all-around good songs.
I'm gonna scope the others for myself too. Thanks for mentioning King's X, SWR, KE, and also T.Rex & Cream; forgot them plus many you listed I haven't heard before.
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Permalink Reply by Q Manchu on
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u gotta include chuck berry and b.b. King,jesse johnson of the time, the bots! Blackbyrd mcknight,eddie hazel,joan armitrading,rocky george of suicidal&fishbone,any current or ex fishbone guitarist,follow for now (if u can find a copy)funkface,tom morello,wyclef jean,and of course prince.the last song on 1st prince album 'for you' called 'im yours' the instrumental at the end both bass and guitar,early van halen with dlr,1st 5 metallica albums,joe satriani, exodus 'toxic waltz'. Just a few 4 now
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Permalink Reply by Rosenda on
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The Bots are SO good. Those kids rock!!!! Good mentioning Joan Armatrading. loooove her. And I thought of more crazy rock, Yngwie Malmsteen and Rush. My friends used to pronouce the first guy's name "Youngowie Malmsteen". Hee hee.
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ikr! The bots! Best new live act in a long time.i was gonna mention yngwie&the guy from triumph, but i started 2 name the great black guitarist who are overlookt,like joan
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Permalink Reply by Andre Lovett on -
Sevendust, Black Tide and Pantera are great bands to add.
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Q & Andre, good-looking out! Thanks to y'all, I have a vast list to choose tracks for young bro's cd's as well as my own. I'm confident he's going to dig it, gotta get started.
Mars Volta too, must add them.
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Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on -
Multiple things and more than you asked for...
tunes and stuff not mentioned so far:
Anything with Richie Blackmore.
The Pretenders, The Police, The Specials, INXS. Great guitar oriented music, but not really a lot of solos...
Nationwide, Cheap Sunglasses-ZZTOP
ice cream man-Van Halen
more later.
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Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on
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Don't know how your friend feels about shredding, but a little goes a long way. It's good to build dexterity and theory, but if the song is crap, nothing will save you. Good examples of shredding...
Vinnie Moore-cover of While my Guitar gently weeps
Ratt-Back for More, Round and Round, Wanted Man
Ozzy's "Tribute" album
Ohm-Live at KPFK ZZ Top, but from space with no vocals. They do a jam of Machine Gun as well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqp7oSS0Oek
This concert is in pieces on Youtube. Vivian Campbell with Dio live in Philly from 1984. Epic playing, but always reigned in in favor of the song.
Good Holiday presents...
This book called the chord wheel. diagrams all key signatures and notes like a periodic table and has a movable wheel on the cover. The info is available for free online, google "circle of fifths" but you can take the chord wheel book with you wherever, and the wheel is great for quick reference.
Metronome
DVDs
Intense Rock-Paul Gilbert. Volumes 1 and 2 are available on 1 DVD. Once everyone stops laughing at the lame jokes and glam fashion, this is your three notes per string patterns and sweep picking basics.
Rock Discipline-John Petrucci Really gets into using a metronome to practice, target notes, and a lot of other good stuff.
Hendrix goes without saying, but one thing that gets overlooked sometimes is just his accompaniment and chord work. Purple haze, Stone Free, Crosstown Traffic, etc, are the bomb, but stuff like Castles made of Sand or Little Wing??? EPIC. Stevie Ray Vaughn also does a great cover of it. In that same 60s realm, the Cream catalog is great.
Two additional tips for your friend's son...
try to learn the whole song before moving on to the next. It puts you miles ahead of many guitar players and will get you off the couch quicker if that's what you want.
look at the neck like a piano keyboard as opposed to isolated positions. There's a G on the third fret 1st string and another one an octave higher on the third string 5th fret, on and on. Good luck.
Additional quality tunes...
Cemetery Gates, Great Southern Trendkill-Pantera
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^^^ Yo CE, good-looking. I'm gonna suggest some of this to my man as presents for his son.
I'm gonna make sure to add The Smiths & Morrissey; Marr, Boorer & Whyte gave Moz the sweetest guitar chords for him to moan over. Chic with Nile Rodgers. Won't forget Carlos Santana/Santana & Journey with Neil Schon either.
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Permalink Reply by Compound Egret on
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No problemo.
Good stuff that I forgot
Ozzy's Diary of a Madman Album
Dio's Holy Diver and last in Line
Both of these have some uh "heathen" cover art as my Mother would say. Great playing on both though.
Not rock by any means, but Joe Pass' Virtouso #2 is great. It might make him want to quit playing guitar though.
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