Songs for dead friends (1 Viewer)

[Apple Jack]

The gold standards:

Fort Worth Blues, Steve Earle's ode to his best friend, Townes Van Zandt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4WOys7sWvU

Emmylou's ode to Gram.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTry1yKvxZM&list=PL073EC4101ED733A3

 

[Abraham]

Song and Emotion.

 

[Soulfly3]

Guns n Roses - Used to love her

 

[Apple Jack]

It's almost funny, how Steve kept making Nancy Griffith cry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocus-K7BtSY

 

[SeanTaylor21]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggNymSJ52Fw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gYPGEwJTNg

Don't you worry, Master P has you covered!

 

[Apple Jack]

Emmy/Lanois version of Goodbye:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OomaNxkY-KY

 

[Mister CIA]

Drunken Angel by Lucinda Williams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXbn1-aVQw8

 

[technicaldifficulties]

Night Shift -- The Commodores (I could be wrong here) -- for Marvin Gaye

 

[msommer]

edie (ciao baby) by the Cult

 

[Sabertooth]

At my Uncle's funeral last week my dad played "My Way" sung by Elvis for his little brother. I choked up just writing that.

 

[zamboni]

One of my favorite Elton songs: Empty Garden

 

[jamny]

Ride On - AC/DC

 

[zamboni]

Good song from about 10 years ago from a reunited Yardbirds: An Original Man (Song For Keith)

 

[Apple Jack]

Drunken Angel by Lucinda Williams:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXbn1-aVQw8

And Lake Charles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na1Lv3eAcCk

 

[Godsbrother]

Two more for John Lennon:

George Harrison "All Those Years Ago": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Smw33PKJA

Paul McCartney's "Here Today": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjwnWU6OsaI

Harrison's was a pretty big hit but McCartney's is the better song.

 

[zamboni]

Always liked this Diana Ross tribute to Marvin Gaye: Missing You

Also Temple Of The Dog's tribute to Andrew Wood: Say Hello 2 Heaven

 

[whoknew]

Its so Hard to Say Goodbye

 

[worrierking]

Jackson Browne is the king of the "songs for dead friends" empire.

For a Dancer was for a friend who died in a fire.

For a Rocker was supposedly for dead Pretenders guitarist James Honeyman-Scott.

Of Missing Persons was about Lowell George and written for his daughter.

 

[Apple Jack]

Nice little morning coffee project. Truckers edition:

Space City - Cooley's grandmother, from the perspective of his grandfather. One of the best songs you will ever hear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbzfpSPKAwY

When the Pin Hits the Shell and Do It Yourself - mutual friend of Patterson's and Cooley. Each wrote one and obviously they were not too happy with their friend for killing himself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4DYgOre02s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITdfrZYd-Lo

The Living Bubba - Gregory Dean Smalley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INHrzNtzTi4

Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife - Harvey family of Richmond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs6rgjWZXyQ

Dress Blues - high school friend of Isbell's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJb1_EGnapY

Grand Canyon - Craig Leiske

https://archive.org/details/dbt2013-11-10.mk4v.flac16

Little Bonnie - a cousin Patterson never met, but family, so. This one's brutal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RkZZnp-n-s

 

[Phil Elliott]

Miranda Lambert/Blake Shelton song about Blake's brother who died in a car accident.

"Over You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y2icHOgC5U

Eric Clapton "Tears in Heaven" about his son.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxPj3GAYYZ0

 

[trogg78]

Jim Carrol band- people who died

http://youtu.be/sjYWWDNZgas

 

[Ketamine Dreams]

Joe Walsh - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUYdGe70hBs - Song For Emma, written for his young daughter killed by a drunk driver

He also named the album 'So What' because he didn't care about anything after she died.

 

[zamboni]

Also can't forget Neil Young's "Tonight's The Night" and "The Needle And The Damage Done", among others.

 

[D in the D]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9lHH_n5Hn4

Six Strings Down

 

[E Street Brat]

Johnny Van Zant ~ Brickyard Road

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf_7IomySm4

Bruce Springsteen ~ Terry's Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avi4ucNc4FY

 

[Godsbrother]

Also can't forget Neil Young's "Tonight's The Night" and "The Needle And The Damage Done", among others.

Good call. They are about guitarist Danny Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry

 

[Don Quixote]

The Kinks - See My Friends https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCSzxkbMri8&noredirect=1

 

[Thunderlips]

I know we probably all know guys like this......but man...Pearl Jam wrote this song about my friend who passed..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4n6LP_VReM .

 

[zamboni]

Also can't forget Neil Young's "Tonight's The Night" and "The Needle And The Damage Done", among others.

Good call. They are about guitarist Danny Whitten and roadie Bruce Berry

Can also add Neil's "Sleeps With Angels", or the whole album of the same name, for that matter. All about Kurt Cobain, who quoted Neil in his suicide note.

 

[mad sweeney]

Took 30 posts for Pennywise? Bro Hymn.

 

[Ilov80s]

Song for Adam by Jackson Browne

 

[headcrack]

Sonic Youth 100% http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3gN9Up6hmc for Joe Cole.

Sevendust Angel's Son http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpP0b_CQQi4 for Snot's Lynn Strait.

 

[mad sweeney]

Sonic Youth 100% http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3gN9Up6hmc for Joe Cole.

Sevendust Angel's Son http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpP0b_CQQi4 for Snot's Lynn Strait.

I knew I was forgetting something painfully obvious.

JC from the same album is also about Joe and is even more of a SY favorite of mine than 100%.

doesn't hurt that this is one of my top 10 albums of all time.

 

[Fritz Funk]

Joe Walsh - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUYdGe70hBs - Song For Emma, written for his young daughter killed by a drunk driver

He also named the album 'So What' because he didn't care about anything after she died.

Wow thanks......as much as I've loved Joe though the years I never knew that.

 

[Fritz Funk]

Elton John "Funeral for a Friend / Love Lies Bleeding" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_xAToFzck

Dixie Chicks "Goodbye Earl" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7gNf_9njs

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Nice little morning coffee project. Truckers edition:

Space City - Cooley's grandmother, from the perspective of his grandfather. One of the best songs you will ever hear.

DBT also frequently covers "People who Died" live.

Also thinking Ain't Wasting Time by the Allmans, for Duane, and Back on the Chain Gang by Chrissie Hynde for James Honeymoon-Scott.

 

[Spock]

Grateful Dead - Brokedown Palace http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtrH7l_ygcA

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Nice little morning coffee project. Truckers edition:

Space City - Cooley's grandmother, from the perspective of his grandfather. One of the best songs you will ever hear.

Another DBT/Jason song, Danko Manuel.

Also, Guy Clark's new song, My Favorite Picture of You.

 

[ROCKET]

Wow, pretty weird seeing this thread after losing a close friend of 30+ years this morning. I'm not sure what song would be the best for reflection as I'm still taking it all in.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

http://shine on you crazy diamond pink floyd full version

 

[Apple Jack]

Nice little morning coffee project. Truckers edition:

Space City - Cooley's grandmother, from the perspective of his grandfather. One of the best songs you will ever hear.

Great tunes, though I was going for songs written for friends. Jason never knew Danko and Manuel.