Tear Jerker / Buckethead

• Many, many, many songs, notably almost every track on Electric Tears, Population Override, Colma, and A Real Diamond In The Rough. However, the absolute crowner would have to be "I Love My Parents". They all manage to be tear jerkers with no lyrics.
  • Apparently, he wrote "I Love My Parents" when he became homesick after moving to LA. Awww....
• Sail On Soothsayer, which is a follow up song for the first one he dedicated to his aunt - Soothsayer. Sail On Soothsayer was written for her after she passed away, and is much more melancholic and gentle in tone.
• In 1998, Buckethead released Colma. The album was made for his mother, who was in the hospital recovering from colon cancer. It was the 4th album he ever released, and truly showed just how much he cared about her. 16 years, 91 solo records, and countless side projects and guest appearances later, he released Hold Me Forever, in memory of her.
• Although it's a sample, the death of Giant Robot.
• Heaven Is Your Home, released on Father's Day, in memory of his father.
• "Watching the Boats With My Dad". Just...Jesus. Buckethead actually sounds like he's weeping through his acoustic guitar.
• "The Homing Beacon", a tribute to Michael Jackson told entirely through acoustic guitar. It charts the path of his life, beginning with simple, almost childlike plucking at the guitar to represent his innocence. It turns into the more complex riffs Buckethead is known for on albums like Colma and Electric Tears, representing the peak of his career, then suddenly shifts into fast and chaotic Spanish classical-style finger playing as his life spirals out of control. And then....Buckethead simply slams his hand on the strings, bringing it to an abrupt end.