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Topic: Favorite relaxing songs?

Don't necessarily have to be soft songs. For me:

Tamp 'Em Up Solid-Joe
Mountain Time-Joe
Sloe Gin-Joe
Richmond-Joe
Around The Bend-Joe
Seagull-Joe
Jelly Roll-Joe
Gotta Leave-BDS
Roll Away-BDS
Stay-BDS
Little Wing-SRV (especially the one in Denver 1985)
Life Without You-SRV
Life By The Drop-SRV
Lenny-SRV (Carnegie Hall)
Tick Tock-Vaughan Brothers
Blackbird-Beatles
Hey Jude-Beatles
Let It Be-Beatles
Lengths-Black Keys
Grounds For Divorce-Elbow
Slow Dancing In A Burning Room-John Mayer
From Orange To Pink-Patrick Sweaney
Frannie's Blues-Patrick Sweaney
I'll Take Care Of You-Patrick Sweaney
Jambalya-Tab Benoit


.....Just for starters

-Eric

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Asking around for you - Joe
I dont live any where - Joe
Little Wing - Hendrix
Tears in Heaven - Clapton
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
While my guitar gently weeps - Jeff Healey
November rain - GNR
Dont cry - GNR
Knockin on heavens door - Clapton/Marley
Good Riddance - Green Day
India/Mountain Time - Joe


Im really pickin my brains here, coz i tend to listen to music that isnt rrelaxing! But if ya think about it, Joe really can perform a HUGE variety of styles of music.

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Perhape the most controversial song in history...To this day I dont believe Don Maclean has told HIS story of it's meaning...but this you tube clip is fascinating in my opinion....everyone who's my age... 50.... knows every word to the song...and it meens something personal to alot of people, reminds me of my childhood more than any song ever!

"American Pie"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycgegp0KdE4

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Anything Norah Jones, Eva Cassidy, most Tom Waits stuff (Heart of Saturday night, Asylum Years etc), Damien Rice. That stuff makes me so relaxed I start to nod off smile If im just working at the computer of somet I put on a mix of Joe, John Mayall, BB King, Clapton, Howlin Wolf, Muddy and John Lee Hooker etc these guys keep my head bobbin whilst im working smile

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Sade, Rippingtons, Spyrogyra, Fattburger, FourPlay AND

Ronnie Earl's Blues and Ballads

OF course there's always Parliament/Funkadelic...not sleepy now.
or albert collins

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

The ultimate relaxing song must be "Albert Ross" by Fleetwood Mac

I defy someone to still be uptight after listening to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSZHT2XvoLM

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

There are some good ones listed.

I want to give a shout out to a cat, Willy Porter.

One of his early albums-Falling Forward-is a great unwinding album, and seems to lead to some good times later in the evening.

Check him out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEVSdVVm … re=related

Also a very accomplished acoustic player.

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

RockinRon wrote:

There are some good ones listed.

I want to give a shout out to a cat, Willy Porter.

One of his early albums-Falling Forward-is a great unwinding album, and seems to lead to some good times later in the evening.

Check him out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEVSdVVm … re=related

Also a very accomplished acoustic player.

RockinRon & The BluesMistress

That guy is cool. I like stuff like that. Thanks!!!

-Eric

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

theres two songs i like to listen to when im on a sad mood and those are

Broken Down Cowboy - John Fogerty (from his latest album...really nice song)

and

Bold As love - Jimi Hendrix (that song is so great!)

And of course theres lots of bonamassa big_smile

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Pretty much anything by Indigenous...especially off their new album or Circle.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1oiiE7CyZ0

This is pretty relaxing right around this time of year.......

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Since I posted American Pie, I had to find "Vincent"....I love McLeans lyrics.... he has always been one that just grabs me emotionally, plenty others too, another day perhaps smile

Shred

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

easy....Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Bob Seger..."Turn the Page"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe7yOccq … re=related

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

bigjeffjones wrote:

Sade, Rippingtons, Spyrogyra, Fattburger, FourPlay AND

Ronnie Earl's Blues and Ballads

OF course there's always Parliament/Funkadelic...not sleepy now.
or albert collins

FDOL, if you were to toss around the label "super group" in the jazz ranks Four Play would foot the bill. I have two of their releases and dig their cover of Sexual Healing.

Some other tunes that chill me out, I Left My Heart In San Francisco, (they play this after every Giants victory as the fans file out of the ball park), Cast Your Fate To The Wind by Vince Guaraldi, and Aaron Copland's Fanfare For The Common Man. The entire CSN debut album does the trick too.

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Dan Fogelberg...either:

Same Old Lang Syne (one of my all time fav songs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYIWeow6W14


Leader of the Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBH_O1-7 … re=related

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Just got a new favorite one

Patrick Sweaney's "Rain In The Delta"


I love his stuff


-Eric

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Re: Favorite relaxing songs?

Spent some crazy days in a hospital last Spring and frequently listened to the song, A Minor Incident, by Badly Drawn Boy.