The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #54574   Message #846014
Posted By: C-flat
12-Dec-02 - 12:53 PM
Thread Name: You're not a guitar picker unless...
Subject: RE: You're not a guitar picker unless...
Angie/Anji? was cetainly one of the first "fingerstyle" tunes I learnt to play but it took me a long time to get it right. I also felt obliged to learn "Blackbird" and "Classical Gas" but only recently decided to learn past the opening bars of "Classical Gas".
I remember these songs as being guitar playing benchmarks by which one was measured, but rarely heard anyone actually perform the whole song.
The only time I ever heard them was in the acoustic section of the local guitar shops, played by other young wannabees. A short walk into the Solid body section and you would be met with a mixture of "Smoke on the Water" and "Born to be Wild".
A few years ago everybody was playing "Tears in Heaven" and "More than Words".
It must be torture to work in a guitar shop!