Uncle John's Band
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Music by Jerry Garcia, lyrics by Robert Hunter. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Box of Rain
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Music by Phil Lesh, lyrics by Robert Hunter. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Broken Arrow
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By Robbie Robertson. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
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By Bob Dylan. Vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
When You Say Nothing At All
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Written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. Vocals, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton. Click here for a really good version of this song by Ronan Keating.
Boom Boom Mancini
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Written by Warren Zevon. Vocal, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Reconsider Me
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Written by Warren Zevon. Vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Wooden Ships
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Written by Paul Kantner, Stephen Stills, and David Crosby. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Strange Waters
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By Bruce Cockburn. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66
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By Bob Troup. Vocal, electric guitar, electric 12-string guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
The Wheel
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Lyrics by Robert Hunter, Music by Jerry Garcia and Bill Kreutzmann. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Holly Holy
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Written by Neil Diamond. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Man on the Moon
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Written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Ol' 55
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By Tom Waits. Vocals, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Pamela Brown
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Written by Tom T. Hall. Vocal, 12-string acoustic guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
My Parties
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Written by Mark Knopfler. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Can't Help Falling in Love
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Written by by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss. Vocal, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Sixteen Tons
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Written by Merle Travis. Vocal, 12-string acoustic guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Stephen's Green
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Written by Pete and Maura Kennedy. Vocals, electric 12-string guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Third World Man
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Written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Vocal, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Positively Fourth Street
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By Bob Dylan. Vocal, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Walk Away Renée
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By Bob Calilli, Tony Sansone, and Mike Brown. Vocals, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
It Won't Be Wrong
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By Roger McGuinn and Harvey Gerst. Vocals, 12-string electric guitar, electric guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Beer Run
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By Todd Snider. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
I Only Want to be With You
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by Ivor Raymonde and Michael Hawker. Vocal, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Genesis
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Written by Jorma Kaukonen. Vocal, acoustic 12-string guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Sea Child
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Written by Jorma Kaukonen. Vocal, guitar, 12-string electric guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Sing Me Back Home
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Written by Merle Haggard. Vocal, acoustic 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
When You Dance I Can Really Love
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Written by Neil Young. Vocals, electric 12-string guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Money for Nothing
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Written by Mark Knopfler and Sting. Vocals, electric 12-string guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
World Away
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Written by Pete and Maura Kennedy and Julian Dawson. Vocals, electric 12-string guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Quien Será
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Written by Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. Vocals, electric 12-string guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
All My Tears
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Written by Julie Miller. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Sweet Baby James
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Written by James Taylor. Vocal, acoustic 12-string guitar, and mandolin by Bob Broughton. Click here for a really good version of this song.
Mister Tambourine Man
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Written by Bob Dylan. Vocal, acoustic 12-string guitar, and mandolin by Bob Broughton.
Tennessee Flat Top Box
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Written by Johnny Cash. Vocal, acoustic 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Mama Tried
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Written by Merle Haggard. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
The End of the Innocence
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Written by Bruce Hornsby and Don Henley. Vocal, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming
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Traditional. Mandolin by Bob Broughton. This was a favourite tune of my grandfather, Henry Joseph Broughton (1882-1969). Although this tune originated in Germany (originally published in 1599), it is popular in Norway, our ancestral homeland, to this day.
You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
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Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, and Phil Spector. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Engler i Sneen/Angels in the Snow
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Music by Jonas Fjeld, Norwegian lyrics by Ole Paus, English lyrics by Bob Broughton and Eric Andersen. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall
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By Bob Dylan. Vocal, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
In My Life
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By John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Vocal, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Big Iron
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Written by Marty Robbins. Vocal, electric 12-string guitar, bass, and mandolin by Bob Broughton.
Wake Up Little Susie
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By Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. Vocal, acoustic 12-string guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Solitary Man
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By Neil Diamond. Vocal, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Henry
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By John Dawson. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Ballad of a Thin Man
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By Bob Dylan. Vocal, electric 12-string guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
(Is Anybody Goin' to) San Antone
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By Glenn Martin and Dave Kirby. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Glendale Train
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By John Dawson. Vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
My Back Pages
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By Bob Dylan. Vocals, electric 12-string guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Heart and Soul
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Music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Frank Loesser. Vocal, electric 12-string guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton. You didn't know that this song had lyrics, did you? And, the chord progression in the original is C-Am-Dm-G, not C-Am-F-G.
Truck Stop Girl
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By Lowell George and Bill Payne. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Arráncame la Vida
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By Agustín Lara. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Bird Song
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Lyrics by Robert Hunter, music by Jerry Garcia. Vocals, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton. This song is about Janis Joplin.
Going Home
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By Mark Knopfler. 12-string electric guitar and bass by Bob Broughton. This is the theme music for the excellent film Local Hero.
Pretzel Logic
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By Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. vocal, 12-string electric guitar and bass by Bob Broughton. No, I don't know where he got those shoes, either.
I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight
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By Buddy Buie, Robert Nix, and Dean Daughtry. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar and bass by Bob Broughton. Originally recorded by the underrated 1970's band Atlanta Rhythm Section.
Old Man
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Written by Neil Young. Vocals, 12-string acoustic guitar, mandolin and bass by Bob Broughton.
Turn, Turn, Turn
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Music and adaptation by Pete Seeger, words from the Book of Ecclesiastes. Vocals, 12-string electric guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
King of the Hill
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Written by Roger McGuinn and Tom Petty. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton. This song is about John Phillips.
What the World Needs Now is Love
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Lyrics by Hal David, Music by Burt Bacharach. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Somewhere
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Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
People See Through You
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By Bruce Cockburn. Vocal, 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Today
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By Marty Balin and Paul Kantner. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner
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By Warren Zevon and David Lindell. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Lawyers, Guns and Money
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By Warren Zevon. Vocal, 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Fascist Architecture
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By Bruce Cockburn. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Cassidy
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Music by Bob Weir, words by John Barlow. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Jack Straw
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Music by Bob Weir, words by Robert Hunter. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Tokyo
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Written by Bruce Cockburn. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Red Red Wine
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Written by Neil Diamond. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
The Devil's Right Hand
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Written by Steve Earle. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Behind Blue Eyes
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Written by Pete Townshend. Vocals, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Here Without You
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Written by Gene Clark. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Speedway at Nazareth
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Written by Mark Knopfler. Vocals, 12-string electric and acoustic guitars and bass by Bob Broughton. The song is about IndyCar and Formula One race car driver Stefan Johansson.
My Old School
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Written by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Across the River
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Written by Bruce and Jonathan Hornsby. Vocals, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
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Written by Bob Dylan. Vocal, 12-string electric guitars and bass by Bob Broughton.
Dimming of the Day
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Written by Richard Thompson. Vocal, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton. One of the many artists who has covered this is Kirsten Bråten Berg, a Norwegian folk singer (no known relation) who has won several major awards.
One of the Survivors
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By Ray Davies. Vocals, 6-string and 12-string electric guitars, and bass by Bob Broughton
Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)
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By John Phillips. Vocals, 12-string electric guitar, mandolin, and bass by Bob Broughton.
Morrison
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Lyrics by David Crosby, music by James Raymond. Vocals, electric guitar, 12-string electric guitar, and bass by Bob Broughton.
