Well, it would be impossible to avoid having at least one of John Mayer’s songs on this site, so here is Paul Lines doing an acoustic cover of Waiting On The World To Change. This guy sounds great, and apparently he’s known as a vocal chameleon and even does Tina Turner now and then! If he performs it on acoustic guitar, then we might have to add him again some time. Anyway, check out the great job he does on this one for now!

If you like bluesy, acoustic songs, then you probably don’t mind cranking the volume on Tracy Chapman’s Give Me One Reason. Tracy has her own unique style of relaxed vocals that capture your attention, regardless of which song she’s singing. Check out this great acoustic cover of that Tracy’s timeless hit song. This kid has a great voice and really belts it out!

James Blunt makes the ladies swoon with thoughtful lyrics and a romantic tone that he has coated with just the right amount of falsetto. In this acoustic cover of You’re Beautiful, Rob Yates delivers that emotion well in what looks to be his home studio? There’s a few hiccups on the guitar, but it seems that Rob was concentrating on the vocals. Well done on a tough song to cover!

There have been a lot of emails asking to include online guitar lesson videos, so here’s the first one! While My Guitar Gently Weeps is a song that can be appreciated by many, regardless of your favorite genre of music. This is the first in an Acoustic Lessons category now. It is a slight variation of the original, but it’s an easy video to follow and should have you playing it in no time. If you have any requests, or links of songs you’d like to see here, please feel free to send an email and/or link to jay [at] theacousticversion dot com. Enjoy!

Sticking with the Seattle sound theme for a minute, check out this unique acoustic version of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit! This is Eric Roche doing his rendition of the popular grunge song that burrowed into our eardrums in the early 90s and never really left. Similar to the video that was posted here of Bon Jovi’s Livin’ On A Prayer, Eric plays notes of the vocal melody and the rhythm simultaneously. Great stuff!