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Originally posted by RedLady
So what are your top 3 cds that you think a budding guitar player should have in their collection?
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If you're going for classic stuff the kid has a chance of being able to play pretty much immediately, try Neil Young. Harvest is a great album to start with. Plus it has "Alabama" on it - the song that prompted Sweet Home Alabama.
More inspirational choices include:
Cream, "Disraeli Gears"
Jimi Hendrix Experience, "Are you Experienced?" or "Electric Ladyland". I also think the album "Blues" is very good, especially for a young aspiring guitarist.
Buddy Guy, "Buddy's Baddest" or "Damn Right I've Got the Blues"
Richard Thompson "Small Town Romance" - best folk guitarist in the world. The bootleg Live at the Bottomline is actually better (but difficult to find), but this is very good, live and acoustic. May be a little slow for 13 year olds. OTOH, it's the album he'll pick back up five years from now and think "Damn. My aunt is not only smokin' hot, she sure can pick a good CD."
The Yardbirds, "Greatest Hits, Volume 1" Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page, were all in the Yardbirds.
AC/DC, Back in Black. I think this album defines heavy metal.
Note: I haven't really thought about lyric suitability for an early teen here. There are some mature themes here, especially with the blues albums and AC/DC, but I think you're okay.
