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Old 09-07-2020, 02:44 PM
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‘Mexican Home’ by John Prine.
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Old 09-07-2020, 02:45 PM
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Elliott Smith. And check out the documentary called 'Heaven Adores You'

Brilliant artist, another one taken too soon.

Enjoy ... in a good sad, or a sad good way!
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Old 09-07-2020, 03:45 PM
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Check out my friend Ben Danaher. Someone Else's Lover, Taught Me To Lie, and I'll Leave You Alone are particularly good sad songs.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWR...iXsxVv_h9cd-4w
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Old 09-07-2020, 03:56 PM
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Nice tune Rick Ruskin!

I am indeed looking for instrumentals.... it is harder to find sad acoustic instrumentals than one might think
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'The Impending Death Of The Virgin Spirit' - Will Ackerman.

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“Ghost” by Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls. I try and figure out how to post a video of it.
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Old 09-07-2020, 08:55 PM
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I’ll try this again
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfI4...&feature=share
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I know the thread calls for sad solo acoustic songs, but I think it would be remiss to not mention “Because We Ended As Lovers” by Jeff beck. I think it is one of the all time great melancholy unique guitar melodies of the last century

This version has one of the coolest bass solos as well
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The 'saddest' song you could possible play acoustically would be The Avett Brothers' No Hard Feelings.

Make sure you have the tissues ready to hand if you're going to listen to it...
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Old 09-08-2020, 06:09 AM
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I understand your sentiment. It’s like playing the blues in a different genre. I’m having the same experience.

Terraga’s “LaGrima” ( teardrop) was written at a time of great sadness ( homesickness) for him. He supposedly said that it should be played so that each note falls like a tear.

His “Estudio in Em” also has a rather emotional feel- if that makes sense? The same feel and musical theme - to me- can be found in Moustaki’s “Natalia”and Lance Allen’s “Raining Slowly”.

https://youtu.be/tR3_bTI62MA


https://youtu.be/I9xAlZm4vZg


https://youtu.be/TS3_5Zc6-pk


Lance has a lesson on YouTube that teaches this song:


https://youtu.be/MVCQnzaWNH4



I hope that’s helpful.

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I love Gillian Welch. And she can do sad.

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Larry Pattis' rendition of Ashokan Farewell. It's in my top two.



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Old 09-08-2020, 06:33 AM
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Also, any arrangement of “Sound of Silence” and many of “Scarborough Fair” have some melancholia.

The old Welsh folk song “The Ashgrove” is fairly upbeat but add the words and you get nostalgia seasoned with melancholy.
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I'm Getting Ready.... Sad... but finally placing your fate into the hands of a higher power...

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