Your (personal) oldest song

David Mason · Post by **David Mason** » 21 Jan 2006 5:50 am

In order to unstick my blood flow this morning without resorting to the 14th cup of coffee, I put on the Allman Brother's "Live at the Fillmore" and I realized, I have been playing "Whipping Post" on one instrument or another for 34 years. Just over a third of a century, and just shy of three-quarters of my svelte & pithy 48. HA HA! Maybe one of these days I'll get it right....

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 21 Jan 2006 7:06 am

Route 66..

started playing it at around 15 or 16..

still am...

"Let me hear you say Yeah" !!

last night we brought back Midnight Rider..speaking of the A Brothers...

Hadn't played that one in easily 25 years...

David L. Donald · Post by **David L. Donald** » 21 Jan 2006 7:31 am

We did 'One Way Out' last night.
I nice suprise for the guest drummer.
We do 'Midnight Rider' too.

My oldest singing tune has to be 'Columbus Stockade'.
No wait absolutely oldest in regular rotation is a mandolin tune ;
'Morgan Megan', by Turlough O'Carolan 1732.
I also arranged it for 17 piece fanfare horn band.

But we get back to 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore',
'Sunny Side Of The Street' and 'All Of Me' on any given night.
All three basicaly Willie Nelson versions kinda roicked out..

Sonny Priddy · Post by **Sonny Priddy** » 21 Jan 2006 8:49 am

Harbor Lights. SONNY.

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Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 21 Jan 2006 9:40 am

In terms of guitar, it's gotta be "Green Onions" by Booker T., Tele-spankin' courtesy Steve Cropper. That left Teles indelibly in my head, although all I could afford was a used '65 Mustang. I was still playing keyboards then, used to go to the music room at school and honk that out on the Wurly organ they had also. I only had a piano at home.

Michael Barone · Post by **Michael Barone** » 21 Jan 2006 9:46 am

Back in the 70's I played "Always" and "April in Paris" (not on PSG, on B-3 with pedals). I remember playing "April in Paris" by starting out soft & light, then kicking into a heavy swing about half-way through. Typical lounge act.

Mention af the Allmans reminds me of the fun in playing a block set on B-3, some years later, about '73, at a bar in Delaware, Culley's Pub.

Mike

Richard Sevigny · Post by **Richard Sevigny** » 21 Jan 2006 10:37 am

"Outside Woman Blues", not the Cream version, but Atlanta Rhythm Section's funkier arrangement. Always gets the crowd's attention.

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 21 Jan 2006 11:26 am

Steerdust?

Terry Edwards · Post by **Terry Edwards** » 21 Jan 2006 12:05 pm

"Rollin' On A River".

Well, that's what they call it when they request it!

Terry

Ray Minich · Post by **Ray Minich** » 21 Jan 2006 1:10 pm

Me thinks that's "Proud Mary" Terry...

David, from "Live at the Fillmore" I use "Stormy Monday" to raise the oil pressure.[This message was edited by Ray Minich on 21 January 2006 at 01:13 PM.]

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 21 Jan 2006 7:43 pm

I to like all the songs above,but if the question meant ANY song,My favorite song of all time is Star Dust.No matter who does it,to me it's just a beautiful song.

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 21 Jan 2006 9:14 pm

My favorite song of all time is Star Dust.No matter who does it, . . . .

Wow, even Rod Stewart?

John Daugherty · Post by **John Daugherty** » 22 Jan 2006 8:11 am

I thought all guitar players started with "The Wildwood Flower". I had a friend who worked in a music store. When some one would ask for a guarantee on a cheap guitar, he would say "this guitar is guaranteed for 30 days or the Wildwood Flower, whichever comes first".
Since I started playing steel guitar before pedals, my first attempt was Jerry Byrds "Steelin the Blues".

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Richard Sevigny · Post by **Richard Sevigny** » 22 Jan 2006 9:04 am

I thought all guitar players started with "The Wildwood Flower".

...not to mention "House of the Rising Sun" or "Stairway to Heaven"... banned by fine music stores everywhere

Jack Francis · Post by **Jack Francis** » 22 Jan 2006 10:25 am

Oldest song that I do is, "KEY TO THE HIGHWAY". I believe that it was first recorded by Jazz Gillum in 1940..Later covered by Freddie King and others,,I think that Bob Wills did a version of it.

John Steele · Post by **John Steele** » 22 Jan 2006 2:15 pm

Sometimes "The Fishin' Blues" creeps into our sets...
I understand it dates from the Civil War era.
-John

Bob Watson · Post by **Bob Watson** » 22 Jan 2006 3:18 pm

On six string Guitar, Hey Joe and House of the Rising Sun since about 1968, on Steel, Green Green Grass of Home, Crazy Arms since about 1976. [This message was edited by Bob Watson on 22 January 2006 at 03:19 PM.]

Jim Harper · Post by **Jim Harper** » 22 Jan 2006 4:14 pm

My favorite song to play is Born to lose or Milk cow blue,s==Jim Harper

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 22 Jan 2006 5:18 pm

Yes Russ,even Rod Stewart,Willie,or old Blue Eyes,A great song is like a sweet potato,it takes very bad cook to make it taste bad.

Doug Seven · Post by **Doug Seven** » 25 Jan 2006 1:10 pm

I got one,
95% of ALL the music I play out live is older than I am... Love the old stuff!
Haggard, Jones, Slim Whitman, LOL Had to throw him in there.
~7

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Dave White · Post by **Dave White** » 25 Jan 2006 2:10 pm

"Always Late" and "The Mom and Dad Waltz" by Lefty Frizzell[This message was edited by Dave White on 25 January 2006 at 02:11 PM.]

Erv Niehaus · Post by **Erv Niehaus** » 25 Jan 2006 2:39 pm

The first song I ever played was "Beginners Waltz". It was a tab in A tuning by the Bronson Music Co. This must have been in the late 1940's or early '50s.
I am now teaching that same song to my daughter and grandson. What goes around, comes around!

Erv

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 25 Jan 2006 2:45 pm

Being an "old fart" all of the 60's and 70's "rock" stuff is "new" music to me.

I go back to original Little Roy Wiggins 78 rpm recordings "with Eddy Arnold on vocals".

Post by **b0b** » 25 Jan 2006 4:34 pm

G-L-O-R-I-A

Dave Grafe · Post by **Dave Grafe** » 25 Jan 2006 6:12 pm

If one doesn't count all the campfire songs and such, then I'm with Tony here, as the first electric guitar song I learned that I still play was "Route 66" followed closely by "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"

I was fortunate enough to be sitting behind a steel guitar by the time drunken people started howling for "Plowed Mary" and I could happily roll them A and B pedals all night long if I had to.[This message was edited by Dave Grafe on 25 January 2006 at 06:15 PM.]