First Instro You Learned To Play Please

[kenposurf]

Kinda late here but what the hell........Surf Rider by The Lively Ones.

[kenposurf]

The first instro for me was Walk Don't Run. I still love it today. It is a very simple melody. Why was it so successful on the charts?

Likely the simple melody was a huge part of the "why" Peter. It's said the WDR launched 10,000 garage bands and I would agree...you didn't even need a singer! Now if you did have a singer you might go for that other catchy riff...Satisfaction...

[string_along]

Hmmm... thinking wayyyy back here... it had to be Duane Eddy's "Because They're Young". Lead and chords.
Second song was then Eddy's "Rebel Rouser", naturally!

[Low End Lover]

"Rumble" by Link Wray. My wife will tell you it is why she married me. And I will tell you that I married her because she actually knew who Link Wray was!

[elreydlp]

I learned the riff from Peter Gunn on a neighbors acoustic. He got so tired of me coming over and playing it that he told my Dad to get me a guitar. First instro I learned all the way through was "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and it was also my first public performance.

[rictified]

Either "Walk Don't Run" or "Pipeline", I'm not sure which was first.

I started out as a guitar player as basses at my price point (poverty: 12 or 13 years old) were more expensive than electric guitars. I think it was either Pipeline or Walk Don't Run 64 but I used to borrow a friends Venture's album and learn all the ones I could. McCartney's hummin' guitar pointed me towards bass, when I heard that electric bass guitar of his I was hooked. When I think electric bass guitar I still feel the same way I did in 1964 when I found out the correct name for it. Electric basses were still fairly new in 64 and were definitely cool to this 11 year old.