What are some nice songs to play in DADGAD tuning?

Question

I like folk style music and one of my favorite is Barton Hollow by The Civil Wars.

Answer 1

Nice! I love playing in DADGAD -- it's got both an Eastern and a Celtic sound to it, and jamming around on it usually produces some interesting results. I'd recommend studying the works of Bert Jansch and Davey Graham closely -- Graham, in fact, was the one who popularized the style after travelling through Morocco and changing his guitar's tuning to play the Middle Eastern music that he heard.



Bert Jansch -- Blackwaterside (Jimmy Page covered it as Black Mountain Side)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Gcu0Sv6lk





Davey Graham -- She Moved Through the Fair



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XkWbKBs80

Answer 2

Songs In Dadgad

Answer 3

Dadgad Songs

Answer 4

Straight Up - Paula Abdul

Answer 5

The Messenger by the Tea Party. The singer discusses this tuning at the 6:25 mark in this video: http://youtu.be/SJtswHxx-Yc