Once considered in its earliest forms a noble instrument, the history of the guitar can be traced back over forty centuries (yes, that’s 4000 years). While we won’t got back quite so far in our exploration, we will explore the popular form of this instrument in song this week. We’re not going after the genius as much as we go after the topic with songs whose theme is that of the guitar. It seems that there has always been a personal connection between the instrument and the player, sometimes as a confidant and others as a foil. Our show will feature yodeling guitars, lonely guitars, Bo’s guitar, long-legged pickers, amigos, and a number of performances about ‘one’s first guitar’. Join Dave Stroud for plenty in a guitar themed journey.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Steve Earle
Guitar Town
Just an American Boy Disc 1
3
Walter Hurdt
Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild
Classic Field Recordings
4
Jimmie Rodgers
You And My Old Guitar
Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1]
5
Jorma Kaukonen
More Than My Old Guitar
River Of Time
6
Jimmy Murphy
That First Guitar of Mine
1951-1956 (Warped 5101)
7
The Seldom Scene
Grandpa Getcha Guitar
Like We Used To Be
8
The Louvin Brothers
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Long Play Collection
9
Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
10
Hardrock Gunter
Guitar on the Mountain
Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
11
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Steel Guitar Rag
Legends of Country Music Disc 1
12
Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers
Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar
Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
13
Frank Crumit
Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar
Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
14
The Brown Bombers of Swing
Guitar Swing
If You Take Me Back
15
George Morgan
Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)
Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
16
Jerry Byrd
Hilo Steel Guitar
Stars Of The Steel Guitar
17
Les Paul
Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]
100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
18
Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant
Yodeling Guitar
Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
19
Duane Eddy
Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar
Dance With The Guitar Man
20
Bo Diddley
Bo's Guitar
Go Bo Diddley
21
Johnny Powers
Me and My Rhythm Guitar
The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
22
Johnny Cash
I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar
The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3
23
Johnny Cash & June Carter
Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man
Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
24
Kitty Wells
Amigo's Guitar
Greatest Songs
25
Waylon Jennings
Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune
Clean Shirt
26
Willie Nelson
Guitar In the Corner
Band of Brothers
27
George Jones
Best Guitar Picker
The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
28
Robert Earl Keen, Jr.
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
29
Merle Haggard
Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
Capitol Collector's Series
30
Freddie King
Me And My Guitar
Texas Cannonball
31
Tony Rice
Me and My Guitar
Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
32
Lucinda Williams
Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings