The commercially available baritone guitar has woven its way through nearly seven decades of music, adding resonance and low-end to a lot of great tracks over the years. Here is part one of our BaritoneGuitar.org list of essential baritone tracks.
Songs listed are not considered essential because they represent the high water mark for a particular genre or generation of baritone players. Songs have been selected because they typify a particular genre or common use of the baritone guitar. " Kommotion" by Duane Eddy, 1960
"Back in the Saddle" by Aerosmith, 1976
"The Space Between" by Dave Matthews Band, 2001
"These Walls" by Dream Theater, 2005
"Blue Liquid" by Andy Mckee, 2010
Well, there you have it. The first of our two-part series on essential baritone tracks. In part two, we will explore the baritone's use in styles ranging from Jazz to surf ruck to country and beyond. We hope you have enjoyed the article and perhaps even been inspired. As always, we welcome your comments, posts, and feedback.
8 Comments
8/22/2017 08:27:06 am
If you watch the Aerosmith video on YouTube ( https://youtu.be/BJDPCTT9txA ) you will see the 6 string lead guitar is a Gretch and the 4 string bass guitar is a MusicMan and the 6 string Baratone guitar is a MusicMan.
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Woyvel
11/23/2018 07:39:25 pm
Big A’smith and DMB fan. All I’ve seen regarding “Back in the Saddle” refers to the Bass VI on the original, a custom Music Man 6-string Bass live in recent years. Also heard it may have been tuned up to G, not E to E. A bari could certainly cut it.
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Chris Hirtler
8/26/2019 09:55:11 pm
"Slipping Away", a 1983 Dave Edmunds song written and produced by Jeff Lynne features a Danelectro Longhorn Baritone and the video is on YouTube. It's a song that I would like to learn. (I just got my first Bari delivered today.) Does anyone know how Edmunds' Baritone was tuned?
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Chris Hirtler
8/27/2019 09:14:09 am
"Slipping Away", a 1983 Dave Edmunds song written and produced by Jeff Lynne features a Danelectro Baritone and the video is on YouTube. It's a song that I would like to learn. (I just got my first Bari delivered today.) Does anyone know how it was tuned?
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Eric
2/27/2020 10:48:01 am
This list is not complete without the theme from Twin Peaks or “Falling” by Julee Cruise, which is just the theme with lyrics.
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Eric
2/27/2020 10:52:02 am
Also, I’d have to say Phoebe Bridgers has some great baritone sounds on her album, Stranger in the Alps. Especially songs like “Smoke Singals”.
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12/6/2020 08:47:32 pm
I leave my guitars out as well–either hanging on the wall or on guitar stands. If I didn’t keep them out and visible, I probably wouldn’t play them. So, I’ll be buying a room humidifier soon. I live in Arizona… so we have a very similar issue. It’s extremely dry here, then on top of that we run either the A/C or heater year-round. Both suck moisture out of the air.
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