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Here are some that I perform:

LUCKY MAN - Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Mr BOJANGLES - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS - Green Day
WILD HORSES, AS TEARS GO BY - Rolling Stones
SIMPLE MAN - Lynard Skynard
HANDLE WITH CARE - Traveling Wilburys
WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD - Gordon Lightfoot
LADY - Little River Band

PINK FLOYD MEDLEY including COMFORTABLY NUMB, WISH YOU WERE HERE, BRAIN DAMAGE, HEY YOU, BREATHE, and
ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

FUN!

Bob

Under the Milky Way- The Church
Seagull- Bad Co.
Devil With The Green Eyes- Matthew Sweet
Whenever You're On My Mind- Marshall Crenshaw
That's What The Little Girls do- The Knack
Golden Age- Midnight Oil
Stumbling Through The Dark- The Jayhawks

Some Kinks for ya:

Set Me Free
A Well Respected Man
Sunny Afternoon
Lola
Come Dancing

Thanks, everyone. These suggestions are really great. These are gonna be a lot of fun to try with the band.
It's good to know that 12 string music is alive and well in the 21st century.
Can't wait to try some Knack covers!

BTW, I just saw a great YouTube of the Rasberries doing I Wanna Be With You. Great Rick on it.

Janglyman

The Pretenders "Back On The Chain Gang".

The Knack, used to do "Good girls don't" with a good friend of ours playing a little harmonica on it, untill she actually listened to the words
Sure missed her live on that one the next time we played out, but at least she still played on the "less offensive" numbers.

"Back on the Chain Gang", absolutely love the outro of that song, bought the 45 and my first chorus pedal thanks to that tune.

Jake, try "Shangri-La" by the Kinks on an acoustic 12 string, talk about a perfecy match.

Don't forget the themesong for "Friends" which is..................oh I forgot

The Mamas & The Papas' California Dreamin'.

WhoJamFan,
We have the same sense of humor.

Janglyman wrote:WhoJamFan,
We have the same sense of humor.

Cool, always happy to meet another nut

Try "Gunner's Dream" by Pink Floyd on a 12. A match made in heaven.

I know it's a Byrd's song, but "Chestnut Mare" is super on a Ric 12.
Another great 12 song is Dave Mason's "We Just Disagree".
Bob

Here's my master list of non Beatles, Byrds, Petty 12-string songs (by my other three favorite bands):

The Who:
I Can't Explain
Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere
The Kids Are Alright
The Good's Gone
Substitute
So Sad About Us
Pictures of Lily
Sparks
Too Much of Anything (from "Odds and Sods")
Bargain (rhythm guitar)
You Better, You Bet
Don't Let Go the Coat

The Kinks:
Set Me Free
A Well Respected Man
Sunny Afternoon
Picture Book
Lola
Shangri-La
Come Dancing
Don't Forget to Dance

The Rolling Stones:
As Tears Go By
Good Times Bad Times
It's All Over Now (rhythm guitar)
Get Off of My Cloud
The Singer Not the Song
Blue Turns to Grey
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Wild Horses

Newbie, here. How about the following songs for a 12 string? Look through Any Window (Hollies), Bus Stop, (Hollies), Tell Me, (Stones), and Johnny Rivers' Secret Agent Man, Memphis (JR), and The Break-Up Song (Greg Kihn) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVyH_aR ... re=related]

Joe G

gretsch929 wrote:Newbie, here. How about the following songs for a 12 string? Look through Any Window (Hollies), Bus Stop, (Hollies), Tell Me, (Stones), and Johnny Rivers' Secret Agent Man, Memphis (JR), and The Break-Up Song (Greg Kihn) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMVyH_aR ... re=related]

Joe G

Welcome to the forum Joe, some great suggestions there