Good all around songs for practice

[zeply]

It was suggested to me that Led Zeppelins "Since I've been loving you" offered a lot of ingredients as a practice song. Licks over melodies and that sort of thing. Any suggestions of songs that offer a bit of everything that are moderately challanging for an aspiring R&B guitarist? Thanks

[Soul Fader]

Neil Young is good, because alot of what he does is based on simple chords.

[zeply]

Thanks. Are there any particular songs that you recommend? I'm trying to get opinions on R&B/Rock type songs that offer chord progressions with melody lines that will help me see the fretboard better. I want to be more fluid at hearing and seeing chord changes and then being able to play melodies over them with less hesitation. Any feedback is appreciated.

[Soul Fader]

He just put out a greatest hits disk thats good. The first song I learnded was "mainstreet" by Bob Segar. A great progression that goes from D, C, G, Em. And the solo isnt all that hard to nail either. Another is "More than a feeling" by Boston. It has a great arppegiated riff in G and D and the main chorus is Em, G, C, D. Hope this helps.

[darial]

Learning all of one of the early to mid Led Zep disks is a good place to start. A few of the solos are a little tough and you might have to come back to them, but you'll learn a lot of the basic idioms of rock and electric blues in one easy package, plus some fun acoustic stuff.