My Story + Videos + Song Titles
Acoustic Apple is a Long Island, NY based musician who loves to cover songs that famous (and not-so-famous) artists have created. Most of the songs are Americana, Folk-Rock and Roots, but some Pop, Bluegrass and Bar-Band Rock songs manage to sneak into the sets.
Zoom Song Circle recordings with some new friends in the UK. Click the song titles to start the YouTube videos.
10/20/2020
Gentle Arms Of Eden - Dave Carter
Friend Of The Devil - Grateful Dead
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - Mississippi John Hurt
10/27/2020
Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn
11/3/2020
Lady Of The Harbor - Joe Jencks
Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
11/10/2020
Don’t Pull Your Love Out – Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds
Walk Away Renee – The Lefte Banke
11/17/2020
Love the One You’re With – Stephen Stills
All is Quiet – Lowen & Navarro
A Song for Tomorrow – The Attention Seekers
11/24/2020
Eight More Miles to Louisville – Grandpa Jones
Kenworth of My Dreams – Richard Shindell
12/1/2020
Rider on an Orphan Train - David Massengill
Able, Baker, Charlie & Dog – Joe Crookston
Battle of New Orleans – Johnny Horton
Below is a video of a performance by the Acoustic Apple duo at the Long Island Bluegrass Festival at Tanner Park on August 20, 2016. Scheduled to perform 5 songs at the festival, we managed to get through 2 songs before a monsoon-level rain and wind hit the beachfront festival. We performed a third song while the crowd ran for cover. By the end of the song the audience was drenched and we had to cut our performance short. Power to the sound-reinforcement equipment was cut for safety and I rescued my video camera, which miraculously survived the storm. 45 minutes later the storm passed and the festival continued under beautiful sunny skies.
Here is a list of some of the songs I cover as a solo performer:
| Set 1 |
| What a Wonderful World-Sam Cook |
| Gentle Arms of Eden-Dave Carter |
| I Know You Rider-Grateful Dead |
| Friend of the Devil-Grateful Dead |
| Make Me a Pallet-Mississippi John Hurt-Trad |
| Brandy-Looking Glass |
| A Song For Tomorrow-Alan Fish |
| Bad Moon Rising-CCR |
| Lodi-CCR |
| 1952 Vincent Black Lightning-Richard Thompson |
| Lauralee-Madison Violet |
| The End of The Innocence-Bruce Hornsby |
| Nowhere Man-Beatles |
| Don't Think Twice-Bob Dylan |
| Better Man-Clint Black |
| Set 2 |
| Rooftop Graveyard-Mile 12 |
| Solitary Man-Neil Diamond |
| A Hundred Pounds of Clay-Gene McDaniels |
| If It Hadn't Been For Love-Steeldrivers |
| Blue Train-Nashville Bluegrass Band |
| Hang Me-Grandpa Jones |
| Age-Jim Croce |
| Wagon Wheel-Bob Dylan & Old Crow Med. |
| Looking Out My Back Door-CCR |
| Mandolin Rain-Bruce Hornsby |
| Will The Circle Be Unbroken-Carter Family |
| Red Clay Halo-Gillian Welch |
| Family Demon-Tim O'Brien |
| Norwegian Wood-Beatles |
| Love The One You're With-Stephen Stills |
| Set 3 |
| Battle of New Orleans-Jim Driftwood-John Horton |
| When the Cold Weather Comes-Dave Gunning |
| Wichita-Gillian Welch |
| If I Had a Boat-Lyle Lovett |
| Lonesome Pine-Blue Highway |
| Miss Ohio-Gillian Welch |
| I Only Want To Be With You-Dusty Springfield |
| Wait a Minute-Seldom Scene-Herb Petersen |
| Close The Door Lightly When You Go-Eric Anderson |
| Helplessly Hoping-CSN |
| Abraham Martin and John-Dion |
| Carrie Brown-Steve Earle |
| No Reply-Beatles |
| White Freightliner- Townes Van Zandt |
| No Ash Will Burn-Walt Aldridge |
| Set 4 |
| Cold Missouri Waters-James Keelaghan |
| Did She Mention My Name-Gordon Lightfoot |
| Song For A Winter's Night-Gordon Lightfoot |
| Pancho and Lefty-Townes Van Zandt |
| When I Go-Dave Carter |
| I've Just Seen a Face-Beatles |
| With a Little Help From My Friends-Beatles |
| The Night Before-Beatles |
| The Letter-The Boxtops |
| I Won't Back Down-Tom Petty |
| The Weight-The Band |
| I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You-Tom Waits |
| City of New Orleans-Steve Goodman-Arlo Guthrie |
| Positively 4th Street + Blowing In The Wind-Dylan |
| Kenworth of My Dreams-Richard Shindell |
| Set 5 |
| I Shall Be Released-Bob Dylan |
| Reunion Hill-Richard Shindell |
| It's All Over Now Baby Blue-Bob Dylan |
| Sheila-Tomy Roe |
| I'll Fly Away-Traditional |
| Paradise-John Prine |
| Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues-Bob Dylan |
| Teach Your Children-CSN |
| The Times They Are A Changing-Bob Dylan |
| You Ain't Going Nowhere-Bob Dylan |
| Steel Rails-Louisa Branscomb-Allison Krauss |
| Secret Agent Man-Johnny Rivers |
| Help-Beatles |
| Things We Said Today-Beatles |
| The End of The World-Skeeter Davis |
| Set 6 |
| Walk Away Renee-Lefte Banke |
| That Boy-Beatles |
| Four In The Morning-Youngbloods |
| Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying-Gerry & Pacemakers |
| Colleen Malone-Hot Rize |
| Human Highway-Neil Young |
| Battle of Blair Mountain-Louise Mosrie |
| St Christopher-Joe Jencks |
| Early Morning Rain-Gordon Lightfoot |
| Knocking On Heaven's Door-Bob Dylan |
| Long Black Veil-The Band |
| If I Needed You-Townes Van Zandt |
| People Get Ready-Curtis Mayfield-The Impressions |
| Toast-Adam Ezra |
| That's Heavy-James Maddock |
| Set 7 |
| Let It Be-Beatles |
| When I'm Gone-Phil Ochs |
| Farewell Angelina-Bob Dylan |
| Drift Away-Dobie Gray-Uncle Kracker-Mentor Williams |
| A Little Bit of Everything-Dawes |
| Girl-Beatles |
| Lay Lady Lay-Bob Dylan |
| In The Blood-John Mayer |
| Have You Ever Seen The Rain-CCR |
| Who'll Stop The Rain-CR |
| Mary Ellen Carter-Stan Rogers |
| You've Got To Hie Your Love Away-Beatles |
| Able Baker Charlie & Dog-Joe Crookston |
| Ain't No Sunshine-Bill Withers |
| Old '55-Eagles-Tom Waits |
| Set 8 |
| Love Minus Zero No Limit-Bob Dylan |
| Take It Easy-Eagles |
| Under The Boardwalk-The Drifters |
| Desolation Row-Bob Dylan |
| Tubthumping-Chumbawamba |
| Some Dark Holler-Dwight Yoakam |
| People My Age-John Gorka |
| Being a Pirate-Don Freed |
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Written & recorded by Richard Thompson, 1991
This 2014 Jam included Gary and Steve, plus Jeff Scroggins and Roger Sprung on Banjos, and Jerry Korobow on guitar.
Banks of the Ohio - 19th Century Murder Ballad. Composer unknown.
This 2015 video was taken at the Eclectic Cafe in Bay Shore, NY.
This 2016 video of Blue Train (written by the Nashville Bluegrass Band) was taken at the Bellmore Bean, Bellmore, NY.
This 2016 video of Catch The Wind (written by Donovan) was taken at the Bellmore Bean, Bellmore, NY.
This 2016 video of City Of New Orleans (Written and recorded by Steve Goodman in 1971, and made famous by Arlo Guthrie) was taken at the Bellmore Bean, Bellmore, NY.
This 2015 video of Don't Think Twice (Written and recorded by Bob Dylan in1963) was taken at the Eclectic Cafe, Bay Shore, NY.
Helplessly Hoping - Crosby Stills & Nash
(3:00 minute mark to 6:00 minute mark in video below)
Video taken in 2016 at the Eclectic Cafe, Bay Shore, NY.
Lonesome Pine - Written by Wayne Taylor, Bass Player and Vocalist for Blue Highway. Recorded by Blue Highway, 1995. Video taken in 2015 at the Eclectic Cafe in Bay Shore, NY. Backing vocals and guitar solo by He-Bird, She-Bird.
Lost Highway - Leon Payne, 1948 (recorded by Hank Williams, 1959)
Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - Composer unknown (recorded by Mississippi John Hurt, 1928)
Norwegian Wood - Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Recorded by The Beatles,1965
Ramblin' Fever (Merle Haggard). Recorded in 2016 at Sip This, Valley Stream, NY.
Red Clay Halo - Written and recorded by Gillian Welch, 2001
Teach Your Children - Crosby Stills & Nash
(6:00 minute mark to 9:00 minute mark in video below)
Wait A Minute - Herb Pedersen, 1976 (Video from the Long Island Bluegrass Festival - 8/20/2016)