Rock, Folk-Rock, Roots, etc. Jam Tunes

[Mandobart]

I did an advanced search and came up with lots of discussions on Bluegrass or Old Time "must know" jam tunes. I'm asking about good selections for song-circle jams that focus on the rock, folk rock, country rock etc. genre that most people in my age group would be familiar with. I'm mostly into Gypsy Jazz, Hawaiian Slack Key and Americana/Alt Country these days; stuff that never gets radio air play. Basically I'm out of touch with much of the music I grew up with, so when I pull out a tune by Stochelo Rosenberg, Moses Kahumoku or Slaid Cleaves at a jam I get a bunch of blank stares.

I'm looking for fairly simple, acoustically playable songs that old guys like me would be familiar with in a circle jam. Here's what I came up with so far:

The Joker (Steve Miller), Pancho and Lefty (TVZ), Dead Flowers (Stones), The Weight (The Band), Lodi (CCR), Who'll Stop the Rain (CCR), Werewolves of London/Sweet Home Alabama/Take the Money and Run (Warren Zevon/Skynyrd/Steve Miller), Me and Bobby McGee (Kris Kristofferson), Slip Sliding Away (Paul Simon), etc.

Looking for more suggestions. Thanks!

[Eric C.]

You Ain't Going Nowhere (The Byrds), Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd). A couple more easy and fun ones would be Rag Mamma Rag and Up On Cripple Creek (The Band). Hey Hey What Can I do? (Zeppelin) I'll try to get Mr. Goist over ehre to leave some. His band plays a lot of this genre.

[Richard J]

Crazy Mama (J.J. Cale), Going up the country (Canned Heat) , Behind Blue Eyes (Who), Drive my car (Beatles)

[Paul Merlo]

Traditional (yet made famous by the Grateful Dead) staples: I Know You Rider, Goin Down the Road Feelin' Bad
Bob Dylan: Knockin On Heaven's Door
Johnny Cash: Big River, Folsom Prison Blues

[rfloyd]

Willin', Dixie Chicken and Sailin' Shoes, all from Little Feat. Check out Sam Bush's take on Sailin' Shoes on youtube. Neil Young songs are good. Once you start jammin' on Down By the River it's hard to stop!

[jefflester]

Friend of the Devil
Ripple

[jaycat]

Sounds like my Saturday jam. We do lots of Dylan/Band. The host is a John Prine freak so we do a lot of that stuff. Merle Haggard, George Jones, Johnny Cash, a little Gary Stewart. Hickory Wind is a big favorite. Also "Four Until Late," Robt. Johnson.

I like to bring in "different" stuff. Last week it was "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right" (Eddie Hinton). Also "Loving You is Sweeter Than Ever" (Four Tops). And off the wall stuff like "Who Shot the La La" (Oliver Morgan), "A Thing You Gotta Face" by Polka Dot Slim. Tomorrow I'm gonna try "When I'm Gone" (Phil Ochs).

So we're all over the place. A lotta fun! We're all displaced refugees from the local bluegrass jam, which insisted on playing nothing but . . . bluegrass.

[niels]

Neil Young songs are good.

As I have only just begun playing the mandolin we are trying out different things.
The Neil Young song 'Pocahontas' goes well... we were inspired to try it by the Gillian Welch version of that song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iliCadW0s5Q (you need some patience for the intro )

'Car wheels on a gravel road' by Lucinda Williams has mandolin potential as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxpPL_aY190

[BlueMt.]

Copperhead Road(Steve Earle)
Take It Easy, Desparado (Eagles)
Paradise (John Prine)

[Gelsenbury]

Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd).

Sounds great with mandolin. There's also Acadian Driftwood (The Band), or Long Black Veil (which I think is traditional).

[Ben Cooper]

I like Neil Young and Grateful Dead songs. Also I will second on Dead Flowers (Stones) and Wish You Were Here. Let It Bleed (Stones) and Margaritaville (Buffet) are also fun. Mary Janes Last Dance (Petty) is another I just learned.

[bob_mc]

From this weekend:
Pink Floyd's "Breathe" - > Neil Young's "Down By The River"
Traffic's "Dear Mr Fantasy" -> Stones "Sympathy For The Devil"

[Canoedad]

Steve Earle's Warren Hellman's Banjo. Here's me as a repetitive rookie playing along
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsB_0YAF1KE

[Ben Cooper]

Barenaked Ladies "Brian Wilson"

[Ben Cooper]

Pink Floyd, Brain Damage

[Shanachie]

Atlantic City by Levon Helm is a fun one. It also has one of the best opening lines,"They blew up the chicken man in Philly last night. And they blew up his house too." Gotta love it.

[Steve Zawacki]

Most of the Jimmy Buffet stuff goes well for me. Some Eagles tunes (Take it easy, Lyin' eyes, etc.), CCR stuff, too.

Getting a little up-to-date with some Kid Rock, Zac Brown and Uncle Kracker tunes that daughter-in-law has dropped on me.

There's a lot out there other than b-grass.

[JeffD]

My band is not rock. We do something you mighty call "gothic Americana" with lots of old time tragedy and murder songs, (think Knoxville Girl) and tunes that fit the feeling, (Sally in the Garden played slowly), and old down and out blues. We do CCR's Bad Moon Rising, which seamlessly fits the context. Its a good one.

[Pasha Alden]

Wondered, have you ever tried playing Paint it Black of Rolling Stones, I am doing that now and it's a huge load of fun!

[bob_mc]

Hmm, no not yet, but I am sitting in with some guys later today. Do you try and cop the sitar sound (searches memory...was there a sitar...)? Great tune, I will call it at the session and see what happens.

[Mark Wilson]

Fairly simple Jerry Garcia tune
'Been all around the World' Grisman and Garcia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1VVYIT2dRc

[Barry Wilson]

can't you see, marshall tucker has become like my own song on mando now. gotta love 3 chord wonders. opens up a lot of room for solos too. D, C and G. same 3 chords do a lot of rockish songs like blue on black, midnight rider, sweet home alabama, werewolves in london, sweet child of mine and and...

I like any don felder eagles song too peacefull easy feeling,

oh and my woman's fav song yer so bad... mando does the banjo part just fine

simple man. god I could add a ton, as I am mostly a southern rock guy. I should just copy the setlist out hehe

[wsugai]

I'm glad to know there are others who like this oldies stuff. Our trio uses bluegrass as an excuse to get together and then ends up playing all this other stuff. We could go on for years just on Credence and Eagles material alone.

[Ben Cooper]

Creedence and Eagles would be very cool to try! I am going to look into that!