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.
Here is a list of some of the songs I cover:
| 1952 Vincent Black Lightning-Richard Thompson |
| A Hundred Pounds of Clay - Gene McDaniels |
| A Hundred Years From Now - Bluegrass |
| A Little Bit of Everything - Dawes |
| A Song For Tomorrow - Alan Fish |
| Age - Jim Croce |
| Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me - Bluegrass |
| All God's Critters-Bill Staines |
| Bad Moon Rising - Creedence (CCR) |
| Battle of New Orleans-Johnny Horton |
| Being A Pirate - Don Freed (and Gary S) |
| Better Man-Clint Black |
| Blue Train - Bluegrass |
| Brandy - Looking Glass |
| Carrie Brown - Steve Earle |
| Cavalry - Mandolin Orange/Watch |
| Chimes of Freedom - Dylan / Byrds |
| City of New Orleans-Steve Goodman/Arlo Guthrie |
| Close the Door Lightly - Eric Andersen |
| Cold Missouri Waters - James Keelaghan |
| Colleen Malone - Tim O'Brien |
| Davis and Golightly-Jez Lowe |
| Did She Mention My Name-Gordon Lightfoot |
| Don't Think Twice - Bob Dylan |
| Dream Dream Dream - Everly Brothers |
| Early Morning Rain-G Lightfoot |
| Eight More Miles to Louisville - Grandpa Jones |
| Fall Down as the Rain - Joe Crookston |
| Family Demon-Peter Rowan |
| Free Falling - Tom Petty |
| Friend Of The Devil - Grateful Dead |
| Gentle Arms Of Eden - Dave Carter |
| Hang Me-Grandpa Jones |
| Have You Ever Seen The Rain - CCR |
| Help (Senior version) - Beatles |
| Helplessly Hoping - CSN |
| Humble & Kind - Lori McKenna / Tim McGraw |
| I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love-Tom Waits |
| I Know You Rider - Grateful Dead |
| I Shall Be Released - Bob Dylan |
| I Won't Back Down - Tom Petty |
| If I Had A Boat - Lyle Lovett |
| If It Hadn't Been For Love - Steeldrivers |
| If We Were Vampires-Jason Isbell |
| In The Blood - John Mayer |
| It's All Over Now, Baby Blue-Bob Dylan |
| I've Just Seen A Face - Beatles |
| Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Dylan |
| Kenworth Of My Dreams-Richard Shindell |
| Lauralee - Madison Violet |
| Let It Be - Beatles |
| Lodi - CCR |
| Lonesome Pine-Blue Highway |
| Looking Out My Back Door - CCR |
| Love Minus Zero No Limit - Dylan |
| Love The One You're With-Steven Stills |
| Make Me A Pallet - Mississippi John Hurt |
| Mary Ellen Carter - Stan Rogers |
| Miss Ohio - Gillian Welch |
| My Back Pages - Dylan |
| No Reply - Beatles |
| Norwegian Wood - Beatles |
| Nowhere Man - Beatles |
| Ol' 55 - Tom Waits / Eagles |
| Pancho & Lefty-Townes Van Zandt |
| Paradise-John Prine |
| Red Clay Halo - Gillian Welch |
| River-Bill Staines |
| Rooftop Graveyard -Mile 12 |
| Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers |
| Sheila - Tommy Roe |
| Solitary Man - Neil Diamond |
| Song For A Winter's Night |
| St. Christopher - Joe Jencks |
| Starting Over - Chris Stapleton |
| Steel Rails-Alison Krauss |
| Take It Easy - Eagles |
| Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver |
| Teach Your Children - CSN |
| That Boy (Ringo's Theme) - Beatles |
| The Heart of the Audience - Buskin & Batteau |
| The Letter - Boxtops |
| The Night Before - Beatles |
| The Times They Are A'Changing - Dylan |
| The Weight - The Band |
| Things We Said Today - Beatles |
| Toast - Adam Ezra |
| Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show |
| Wait A Minute-Herb Pedersen |
| Wall of Death - Richard Thompson |
| What a Wonderful World - Sam Cooke |
| When I Go - Dave Carter |
| When the Cold Weather Comes-Gunning |
| White Freightliner - Townes Van Zandt |
| Who'll Stop The Rain - CCR |
| Wichita-Gillian Welch |
| Wildflowers - Tom Petty |
| Will The Circle Be Unbroken |
| With a Little Help From My Friends - Beatles |
| You Ain't Going Nowhere |
| You've Got to Hide Your Love Away |
Videos from 2014 - 2016 below. From 2014 until 2020 Acoustic Apple was a duo (Gary Schoenberger and Steve Angliss). Steve passed away in 2020.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning - Written & recorded by Richard Thompson, 1991
This 2014 Jam included Gary, plus Jeff Scroggins, Roger Sprung and Steve Angliss 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)
Make Me a Pallet, Wait A Minute, and Red Clay Halo (Video from the Long Island Bluegrass Festival - 8/20/2016). Three songs into our 20-minute set a "monsoon-level" rain and wind hit the festival and we were forced to cut short our set. Thankfully the video camera survived and we were able to capture the event.