Great idea for a thread.

When I pick up a guitar that is in standard tuning, I will invariably strike an Am, and then launch into........are you ready????........House of the Rising Sun with a flat pick.........don't ask me why, but I think I must have learned this first back in the mid 60's cause I thought it was cool, and it just stuck with me. Then I will make a slight variation in the picking pattern and play...............I can't believe I am telling you this..............Hotel California. Then I will take off on something like Arkansas Traveller. Old habits die hard........

Big Mick