John Mayer performs a superb acoustic version of Neon, live at the Soundstage in 2005. Check out the killer solo in the middle of the song. If you happen to be unfamiliar with John Mayer’s stuff, check out his albums! Neon is from Room For Squares, but he has several other great albums with a ton of great acoustic music. If you’re hanfin’ around, check out the older post a guy doing a pretty cool cover of Waiting On The World To Change (an acoustic version of course!)!

A Tenacious D tribute to the best song in the world! If only they had remembered the best song in the world and recorded an acoustic version. If you are a rock fan with even a mild sense of humor, it’d be near impossible not to enjoy this tune. They couldn’t have only been trying to be funny, because Tribute by tenacious D turned out to be a pretty cool rock song. (ok, this isn’t a 100% acoustic version, but Dave Grohl is playing drums with Tenacious D so it seemed like a good choice. Don’t throw tomatoes!)

Alice in Chains performs an acoustic version of Down in a Hole on MTV Unplugged. At the time, this was the band’s first performance in approx 3 years and ultimately became an extremely popular show. Layne Staley and Jerry Cantrell are a killer duo when it comes to vocal harmonies and it’s magnified tenfold when heard on acoustic songs. Although the band still tours and puts on great shows with their new singer, music fans will always miss Layne Staley.

Wow! John Paul Jones and Paul Gilbert at the Hard Rock Cafe, doing an acoustic version of Led Zeppelin’s Going To California! JPJ playing the vocal line on the mandolin is classic! Crank this one up, sit back and enjoy the pure beauty of this song!

Seether is playing a live, acoustic version of their hit Broken. Apparently, the singer and Amy Lee had broken up on bad terms, but I’m pretty sure that’s not the reason she’s not present. It does make you wonder if the Evanescence song Sober was about him though, doesn’t it? Maybe you already know that, but I try to stay out of the celebrity gossip loop. Just enjoy the music, whatever the reason it was written.