Favorite Songs from your Late Teens and Early 20's

Casey Saulpaugh · From: Asheville, NC

Psychology and neuroscience indicate that the music we listened to in our late adolescence to early adulthood holds a strong power over us emotionally compared to other times we've listened.

Even more interesting, this emotional attachment to the music of these times in our life doesn't weaken as we age. No wonder why we are so nostalgic about the music from when we were growing up Winking

Check out this article I wrote that dives deeper into this regarding practicing pedal steel and some tricks to utilize this psychology-->http://playpedalsteel.com/rediscovering-emotion-in-music/

What are some of your favorite songs from when you were this age? Nostalgia anyone? Mr. Green

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Brett Day · From: Pickens, SC

When I was seventeen, I heard a song that made me a huge fan of a great country singer from Strasburg, Virginia named Danni Leigh, and the first song she recorded was "If The Jukebox Took Teardrops", featuring Steve Hinson on steel. Danni had written a song that Tracy Byrd had recorded called "I Wanna Feel That Way Again" in 1998, which Paul Franklin played steel on.

Jeff Garden · From: Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA

It was definitely that country rock thing: "Six Days on the Road" and "Wheels" (Flying Burrito Brothers), "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" (Byrds), "Panama Red" (NRPS), "Bad Weather" (Poco), "Take It Easy" (Eagles), "Seeds and Stems Blues" (Commander Cody)

Pete Murray · From: Connecticut, USA

Yes, Relayer. I didn't even know what it was Steve Howe was playing.

John Billings · From: Ohio, USA

"Rumble!"
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Jack Hanson · From: San Luis Valley, USA

"Why Don't We Do It In The Road"

Scott Duckworth · From: Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies

Dead Skunk (In the Middle of the Road)...
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Dick Sexton · From: Greenville, Ohio

Anything Ventures, Jerry Reed or Chet!

Dick Sexton · From: Greenville, Ohio

St, st, stutter...

Larry Lenhart · From: Ponca City, Oklahoma

I agree with Dick,,,the Ventures and Chet Atkins music.
"Walk, Don't Run" by the Ventures was one of the first tunes I learned on the guitar when I was able to learn things on my own. Of course, not like Johnny Smith's version, but it tripped my trigger for sure ! Then, being in a high school rock band I learned all of the Animals and Rolling Stones tunes I could and I still love those as well.
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Jeff Garden · From: Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA

That brings back some memories, Larry. It was another step up the cool ladder at high school when you could play those arpeggios in House of the Rising Sun Smile

Jim Means · From: Missouri, USA

OH YEAH, the Ventures! Loved their stuff! I have a bunch of their albums. This is a hard one for me though as the 60's was a great time for all genres of music. Favorite song probably though was A Hard Days Night by the Beetles. Never did figure out that opening chord though. Seen lots of discussions on it though nobody seems to know for sure.

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John Billings · From: Ohio, USA

The Ventures were pussies compared to Link Wray! I totally ignored their simplistic, powerless music!
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"74 Bud S-10 3&6
'73 Bud S-10 3&5(under construction)
'63 Fingertip S-10, at James awaiting 6 knees
'57 Strat, LP Blue
'91 Tele with 60's Maple neck
Dozen more guitars!
Dozens of amps, but SF Quad reverb, Rick Johnson cabs. JBL 15, '64 Vibroverb for at home.
'52 and '56 Pro Amps

b0b · From: Cloverdale, CA, USA

Mine are whole albums: "Anthem of the Sun" by the Grateful Dead and "Children of the Future" by The Steve Miller Band. These albums still give me goosebumps. I saw both of those bands when they were still performing the songs from them, and they had a profound effect on me. I was 19 or 20 years old at the time.

There was no pedal steel in either of them. I didn't even know what the instrument was at that point in my life. Then Jerry Garcia started playing one, and I was hooked.
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Charlie McDonald · From: out of the blue

Rumble was visceral.

Steve Miller 'Living in the USA' is the reason I kept my turntable.
But I'd almost completely missed over 'Childen of the Future.' This is a delightful find. Fresh stuff. The mind's eye sees tie-dye.

Joachim Kettner · From: Germany

Not late, but mid-teens. I liked and still like Harper's Bizarre and the Association, which is now labelled "Sunshine Pop".
Off course it has nothing much to do with steel, but I like to play the signatature lick of "Windy" now and then.
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Bill Moran · From: Virginia, USA

Anything Haggard. Very Happy

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Gary Roda · From: Stockton, California USA

I started on guitar, and so had the usual 60's influences. On steel, guess you could say I had "West Coast" influences. Some songs and some albums that stand out in my memory:

"Someday Soon" Judy Collins (Big E)
"Manassas" Steve Stills (Al Perkins)
"From The Inside" Poco (Rusty Young)
"Return of the Grevious Angel" Gram Parsons (Al Perkins?)
"Pieces Of the Sky" Emmylou Harris (Hank DiVito)
"Great Speckled Bird" Ian and Sylvia (Buddy Cage)
"Country Comfort" Elton John
Al of the early work by a Sneaky Pete, particularly Burrito Bros., Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, etc.

These artists and their songs inspired me then, and still do today.
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Doug Beaumier · From: Northampton, MA

I started on guitar too... Ventures and other surf guitar, Beatles and other British Invasion bands, Motown, all pop from the late 50s to the early 70s. After that it was all Country and steel... learning all the classics: Hank, Merle, Patsy, Ray, etc.
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Casey Saulpaugh · From: Asheville, NC

Very interesting to hear these influences!

My high school years were filled with Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Dave Matthews Band. Particular songs I remember listening to repeatedly were Zeppelin's "Since I've Been Loving You", Floyd's "Echoes", and Dave Matthews Band's "#41".

After that I found myself listening to a lot of John Scofield, Grant Green, Wes Montgomerey, George Benson. I also started listening to a good bit of Ryan Adams and getting more into his material and other singer-songwriters. Mr. Green

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Frank Freniere · From: The First Coast

Elementary School: British Invasion
High School: MC5, the first album
College: Led Zeppelin II

I really dug b0b's choices, also.

Brad Bechtel · From: San Francisco, CA

Here are some great songs from our teens and early twenties.

Unless you're talking about our teens.
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Larry Jamieson · From: Walton, NY USA

Started listening to the "rock" of the day... Four Seasons, Beach Boys, Beatles. Didn't listen to much country until rock went off the deep end and wasn't as musical any more.
One band I enjoyed was the Zombies. I liked "She's Not There," and "Time of the Season."

Rick Barnhart · From: Arizona, USA

Like b0b, mine was an entire album. Al Perkins played pedal steel for Stephen Stills & Manassas. I can still hear every nuance in my mind.

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Ben Rubright · From: Punta Gorda, Florida, USA

I must be older than most.............

1957 Marty Robbins...The Song Of Robbins....James Farmer on steel.
1958 Marty Robbins...Marty Robbins ....James Farmer on Steel
Ray Price shuffles.......(all of them)..Tommy Jackson, Jimmy Day, Buddy Emmons
Webb Pierce - the ones with Dale Potter and Gordon Terry with Sonny Burnett on steel
Faron Young - before 'Hello Walls'
Jim Reeves - before '4 walls'
Ferlin Husky - before 'Gone'
Marty Robbins - before 'A White Sport Coat'

Country music died with the advent of 'Gone', 4 Walls, A White Sport Coat, etc......(rather it was killed by the major record producers).....the Nashville Sound was NOT country music no matter how hard they tried to convince us. It was all 'watered down'.....some of it was acceptable, most of it was NOT.

I still have not forgiven them. I actually heard Chet kinda apologize for it on a CMT show a number of years ago.
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