Whether your campsite is in a park with electricity or a campfire accessible only by foot or hors...
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One of the coolest things about camping is gathering around the campfire at night. Maybe hotdogs and smores and toasted marshmallows have made the rounds, someone pulls out a guitar and the strains of a song begins. With just the voices of friends and a guitar around the campfire it's a great night to either fire it up some or quiet down. Here's some of both.
1.God Must Be a Cowboy At Heart is a Dan Seals song that begs for a campfire! With most campsites it'll be tough to beat the spectacular mountain views and horses but the song itself takes us there wherever there's a campfire.
2.Friday Night Fireside is a contemporary country song that made a run on the charts for Stephen Cochran. The fire plays central theme in the video here with dragging some wood up in the field and having a gathering around the fire. Upbeat, easy to sing to.
3.Let There Be Peace On Earth is often thought of as a Christmas song but it's for every day too! Many have recorded and performed it - Marie Osmond's performance was a standout!
4.Refiners Fire from Brian Doerksen is an inspirational song that is solid whether 2-3 people or many. You don't even need a guitar if enough know the song!
5. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys from Willie Nelson has been a tribute and a simple song to sing around a campsite. The montage from the "Electric Horseman" movie where 'Rising Star' was turned loose remains as a classic in matching a song to image as the horse roared across the ground to his new wild herd.
6. The Call of the Wild by Chris LeDoux paints word pictures that are as spectacular as the land they're about. Like Dan Seals, Chris knew horses and campfires and sleeping on the ground and both were lost far too young. They'll be missed and these songs are a tribute.
7. The Night Riders Lament has been done by many people, most famously Garth Brooks. It's a cowboy song but is also a perspective song. What those in the city think country folks are losing can be a different when those in the country look at what they have, unseen by those who don't come out to visit!
1.God Must Be a Cowboy At Heart is a Dan Seals song that begs for a campfire! With most campsites it'll be tough to beat the spectacular mountain views and horses but the song itself takes us there wherever there's a campfire.
2.Friday Night Fireside is a contemporary country song that made a run on the charts for Stephen Cochran. The fire plays central theme in the video here with dragging some wood up in the field and having a gathering around the fire. Upbeat, easy to sing to.
3.Let There Be Peace On Earth is often thought of as a Christmas song but it's for every day too! Many have recorded and performed it - Marie Osmond's performance was a standout!
4.Refiners Fire from Brian Doerksen is an inspirational song that is solid whether 2-3 people or many. You don't even need a guitar if enough know the song!
5. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys from Willie Nelson has been a tribute and a simple song to sing around a campsite. The montage from the "Electric Horseman" movie where 'Rising Star' was turned loose remains as a classic in matching a song to image as the horse roared across the ground to his new wild herd.
6. The Call of the Wild by Chris LeDoux paints word pictures that are as spectacular as the land they're about. Like Dan Seals, Chris knew horses and campfires and sleeping on the ground and both were lost far too young. They'll be missed and these songs are a tribute.
7. The Night Riders Lament has been done by many people, most famously Garth Brooks. It's a cowboy song but is also a perspective song. What those in the city think country folks are losing can be a different when those in the country look at what they have, unseen by those who don't come out to visit!
- These are easily found to download online at numerous places.
- They're easy to hear and learn the lyrics to.
- Whether active fun times or quieter times there is a variety here!
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09/15/2009
great list of suggestions
i made a list of some fairly easy campfire songs for the beginner thinking about taking the guitar to the campfire here
http://www.besttravelguitars.com/talking-around-the-campfire/10-easy-campfire-guitar-songs/
Great choices. Some new to me.
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