Members RupertB Posted September 27, 2011 Members Share Posted September 27, 2011 I swore off doing wedding services years ago. I did it for friends' weddings and did quite a few as paid gigs but I never felt like it was my strong suit. Some classic, some corny, a few downright wierd requests. Some of the wedding ceremony tunes I've played: There is Love - Peter Paul & Mary (multiple times) Grow Old Along With Me - J. Lennon Perhaps Love - J. Denver / J. Iglesias Wonderful Tonight (Yes, in a church. Yes, you could tell their families hated it) I Can't Help Falling In Love With You - Elvis Ku-U-I-Po - Elvis Here and Now - Luther Vandross (if white bread could sing... ) The Lord's Prayer Barring an offer of "stupid money," I'm pretty sure I'm done with this sort of job. What about you? Any good stories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MusicalSchizo Posted September 27, 2011 Members Share Posted September 27, 2011 In the context of playing a gig with my full band I was asked to play solo acoustic guitar during the ceremony - I had to learn the Minuet, the Wedding March, and a bunch of other stuff I'm not good enough to play cleanly. It was a pretty weak performance, but no one cared. They loved it. The bride at this wedding also requested "Green Eyes" by Coldplay and "Madeline and Nine" by Mike Doughty (which I played solo) - two songs that had absolutely no value to the band except for this gig, and we played them and the bride and groom were very touched (because they were never sure if we'd be able to get it together - we didn't have a ton of time to make it happen as it was a late request). Brian V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EightString Posted September 27, 2011 Members Share Posted September 27, 2011 Wedding services aren't my kind of gig, but I've done it for friends on request. Last I remember, I did "Can't Help Falling in Love" for one, and "In My Life" for another. As an incredible favor for my wife, Jonathan Cain played and sang at our wedding ceremony, including a fantastic rendition of "Faithfully". I figured that had to be weird for him, but he said it was inspiring, and went on to release a CD of wedding songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members astone923 Posted September 27, 2011 Members Share Posted September 27, 2011 I did "There is Love" for my guitar player's wedding with my drummer and my girlfriend (now my wife)... I would only do one of those as a favor to a friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted September 27, 2011 Moderators Share Posted September 27, 2011 Rod Stewart's 'Your in My Heart', many years ago (1989, I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockerdiva Posted September 28, 2011 Members Share Posted September 28, 2011 In My Life, The Wedding Song/There is Love, To Make you Feel my Love, Ave Maria (set to Bach's Prelude in C), an intrumental arrangement of the wedding march, Ode to Joy, all I can think of at the moment ... Oh yeah, I have done Here and Now also.And what was that Shania Twain one I once had to learn? Ah - From this Moment Prior to ceremonies, I have played stuff like As Time Goes By, Have I Told You Lately, Run River Run, probably others .. I have been asked to learn Marry Me by Train for a wedding coming up in Nov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members archiemax Posted September 28, 2011 Members Share Posted September 28, 2011 "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce comes to mind........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fingerpicker Posted September 28, 2011 Members Share Posted September 28, 2011 I do a handful of ceremonies a year. 99% is instrumental. Only sing if its a requested song. Morning has Broken, There is Love, Somewhere over the Rainbow have been some requests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members astone923 Posted September 28, 2011 Members Share Posted September 28, 2011 Nobody's done White Wedding?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sgt. Rock Posted September 28, 2011 Members Share Posted September 28, 2011 The Wedding SongI Will'Till There Was YouThe Look Of Love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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