My 12 string SONG preferences

In this video, and in response to anthonykelly5 and others, I'm showing my two 12 string guitars - both made in the 1960s, and demonstrating my style/approach for 12 strings.
I found twenty 12 string songs in my current repertoire, some of which are blues and some more singer/songwriter stylings:
Aching Blues (self penned)
Whose Blues (self penned)
Mr Bojangles (JJ Walker)
Darcy Farrow (Steve Gillette & Tom Campbell)
Going Ddown to the River (Doug Seegers)
Guilty (R. Newman)
I get the Blues when it rains (Klauber & Stoddart)
I was a Highwayman( W. Nelson)
Jazzman (Ed Holstein)
Me and My Uncle (John Philips)
Pancho & Lefty (TVZ)
Roseville Fair (Bill Staines)
Spanish Johnny (Paul Seibel)
Summer Wages (Ian Tyson)
That's How I learnt to sing the Blues ( Henry Hipkins)
Walk Right In (Gus Cannon)
When did you leave Heaven ( Whiting & Bullock)
Hickory Wind (G Parsons)
Morning Blues (Trad)
Shame on the Moon (Seger/Crowell)

[@deblane401]

I imagine you put on quite the entertaining performance. Your use of several styles of music is what makes great show. George in Montana

[@SillyMoustache]

Thanks George, but I don't get gigs any more.

[@texhaines9957]

Ah, yes. Mr. Bojangles. I had a 12-string. Swapped for a 9-string that works for me, especially running bass lines. (Both E's and are singles). Works for some John Denver songs also. I try to sing upbeat and uplifting songs, no drinking, running around , killing or loss of love. That's because if you get memory care folks down or sad, they are more of a challenge. I try to get them smiling. The 12-string had too much tension the last time I had fretting hand issues. I use a few 6-string guitars for alternate tunings (like open G or D). I usually play finger style.

[@SillyMoustache]

Hi, a bass player I worked with in one of my best ever bands used to tell our audiences that it was very dangerous to be in a folk or blues song!

[@robertcollins9411]

That Harmony certainly projects! Interesting how a 12-string seems to enhance the atmosphere of a song. Definitely switches up the tone and texture of a performance. I had a second-hand Yamaha once but didn't really know what to do with it. It certainly had a foible or two so I went along with someone else's suggestion that they were one-trick ponies. Turns out the answer is to try lots of songs.

[@SillyMoustache]

yes, it is like having an echo chamber. I reckon 12 strings are easier than 6 strings because you don't have to so so much!

[@taossmith85]

Oh man I was getting into that tune Guilty!

[@SillyMoustache]

Hi, thanks, here's a version I played on a six string : czcams.com/video/WcDSQE5nZBY/video.html

[@joelgevirtz6181]

Paul wrote that partially when visiting us in Hoosick Falls NY during the 1960's...

[@SillyMoustache]

Hi Joel Paul who - which song?

[@joelgevirtz6181]

@@SillyMoustache Paul Siebel and Spanish Johnny. He was a very close friend who passed several years ago. Sorely missed.

[@SillyMoustache]

@@joelgevirtz6181 Ah, Yes, of course. Did you know that he adapted a poem from the 1800s ? See: allpoetry.com/Spanish-Johnny

[@joelgevirtz6181]

@@SillyMoustache yes, I believe it was a Willa Cather poem.

[@texhaines9957]

I guess the saddest song I sing is "Happy Trails" because they know the session is coming to an end.

[@SillyMoustache]

Ah, but who is ..... "they" ?