Members MikeyParent Posted February 28, 2017 Members Share Posted February 28, 2017 Hey again. Been out of this game for a few years but I am about to jam with some guys (new potential project) and I am concerned that given the makeup of the band that the affair is in grave danger of landing squarely in "dad band" territory both setlist and stage presentation. Just wondering if the cover band folks could say whats been working - or not working anymore - with genres and/or song selection I know this use to be a topic floated around regularly when I was here a few years ago but I didnt see any real recent threads on this. Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted March 1, 2017 Members Share Posted March 1, 2017 Not your typical cover band. Old fart or dead people music that still gets the youngsters attention.Set One for Bishop’s 3/181 R&R Ruby2 Rock This Town3 Mary Lou4 Honey Don’t5 Loaded Gun-RevH Heat6 The Way I Walk7 Fire8 Amos Moses9 Highway patrol-Jr Brown10 Hot Rod Lincoln11 Folsom Prison Blues12 Blues Stay Away13 Move it on Over (slide)14 Whiskey Drinkin’ Woman (slide)15 My Gal is Red Hot16 Stick Shiftin -orgig inst.17 Summertime Blues18 Dead Flowers Set Two: for Bishop’s 3/181 Rumble2 Voodoo Cadillac-Sou Culture on the Skids3 Pride and Joy4 Surf Medley5 Ain’t Livin Long Like This6 Pretty Pickin-orig7 Chevy Van8 11 Months and 29 Days-Johnny Paycheck(blues)9 Don’t Think Hank(done it thisaway)10 Pins and Needles11 Crossroads (slide)12 Who Do You Love (slide)13 Money14 Last Kiss15 Stray Cat Strut16 Steppin Stone17 Copperhead Road Set Three for Bishop’s 3/181 Honky Tonk Woman2 Too Many Guitars-orig3 Put a Spell On You4 Cotton Fields5 Match Box6 Baby Please Don’t Go7 Kalija8 Everybody Needs to Be MY Baby9 Steady Rollin Man10 Squeeze Box11 I Drink Alone12 Race With the Devil13 Youngblood14 Not Fade Away15 Guitars Cadillacs16 Secret Agent Man17 Keep Your Hands To Yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeff42 Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 something we used recently [TABLE=align: left, border: 0, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0, width: 931] [TR] [TD]Set 1 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]EVERYBODY MEDLEY Everybody TalksYou May Be Right Magic Carpet RideAmerican Girl Semi Charmed ALL STAR MEDLY All StarI’m A believerGet A Job Locked Out of Heaven/ Somebody I used to know BLISTER MEDLEY BlisterHappyTequila Small Things BEV HILLS MEDLEY Bev Hills1985Stacy's Mom KC MEDLEY Get Down TonightDecember 63Shut Up And Dance [TABLE=align: left, border: 0, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0, width: 931] [TR] [TD]Set 2 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Impression Medley ImpressionLa Vida Loca Uptown Funk/ Cake by The Ocean Staying Alive/ Hot in Here Summer 69 MEDLEY Summer 69 Your Love Sweet Child 500 Miles Jesse’s Girl Authority Song Jenny Footloose HOTSTEP MEDLEY HotstepperJump AroundRide Wit MeThong SongBillie Jean Twist N Shout Forget You/ Love Train Dynamite You Shook Me [TABLE=align: left, border: 0, cellpadding: 0, cellspacing: 0, width: 931] [TR] [TD]Set 3 [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Funky Music / Roadhouse 80S HAIR BAND MEDLEY Talk DirtyPour SugarWe’re Not Gonna Take It SedatedRebel Yell LAID MEDLEY LaidWhat I GotTubthumping Buttercup/ 8 Days NEW AGE MEDLEY New Age Girl Hey Jealousy 2 princes Sweet Caroline My Own Worst Enemy [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Not sure ours has changed all that much since the last time I posted it a couple of years ago....lol. But here's what we did at the last wedding we played: Set 1Dm BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE F#m BILLIE JEAN F SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, IM YOURS E YOUR LOVE D JESSIE'S GIRL C LOVE SHACK Em STAYIN' ALIVE/ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL/EmRAPPER'S DELIGHT/GOOD TIMES/Bm GET LUCKY Bb WALKING ON SUNSHINE Dm UPTOWN FUNK F AT LAST Ab I WANT YOU BACK/ABC G ANY WAY YOU WANT IT EbSHOUT SET 2 Em SINGLE LADIES (bouquet toss) C CAN'T STOP THE FEELING/EbWANT TO WANT ME/DSTARSHIPS/Ebm LOW/E DYNAMITE Ab I DON’T CARE I LOVE IT Am PUSH IT/Cm PUMP UP THE JAM/B WHOOMP! THERE IT IS/Bb GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT/B WANNABE/Ab GROOVE IS IN THE HEART E MICKEY/SHAKE IT OFF F# GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN/I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY AWAGON WHEEL E FOLSOM PRISON BLUES B FAITHFULLY EmLIVIN' ON A PRAYER E I LOVE ROCK N ROLL E POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME E DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Not your typical cover band. Old fart or dead people music that still gets the youngsters attention. Set One for Bishop’s 3/18 1 R&R Ruby 2 Rock This Town 3 Mary Lou 4 Honey Don’t 5 Loaded Gun-RevH Heat 6 The Way I Walk 7 Fire 8 Amos Moses 9 Highway patrol-Jr Brown 10 Hot Rod Lincoln 11 Folsom Prison Blues 12 Blues Stay Away 13 Move it on Over (slide) 14 Whiskey Drinkin’ Woman (slide) 15 My Gal is Red Hot 16 Stick Shiftin -orgig inst. 17 Summertime Blues 18 Dead Flowers Set Two: for Bishop’s 3/18 1 Rumble 2 Voodoo Cadillac-Sou Culture on the Skids 3 Pride and Joy 4 Surf Medley 5 Ain’t Livin Long Like This 6 Pretty Pickin-orig 7 Chevy Van 8 11 Months and 29 Days-Johnny Paycheck(blues) 9 Don’t Think Hank(done it thisaway) 10 Pins and Needles 11 Crossroads (slide) 12 Who Do You Love (slide) 13 Money 14 Last Kiss 15 Stray Cat Strut 16 Steppin Stone 17 Copperhead Road Set Three for Bishop’s 3/18 1 Honky Tonk Woman 2 Too Many Guitars-orig 3 Put a Spell On You 4 Cotton Fields 5 Match Box 6 Baby Please Don’t Go 7 Kalija 8 Everybody Needs to Be MY Baby 9 Steady Rollin Man 10 Squeeze Box 11 I Drink Alone 12 Race With the Devil 13 Youngblood 14 Not Fade Away 15 Guitars Cadillacs 16 Secret Agent Man 17 Keep Your Hands To Yourself Looks like a fun set, but DANG---that's a LOT of songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Looks like a fun set, but DANG---that's a LOT of songs! At bars were expected to go 4 hrs 9-1, with 2 reasonable breaks. We might skip 2 or 4 depending if the set is 50 min or 70 min. Most of our material come in at around 3 min. pretty darn short songs at pretty quick tempos. Lots of em only have 2 verses. .At most you get one guitar lead break and one harmonica break per tune. The guitarist /frontman does do a great job of remembering words tho. Were definitely not a jam band for sure, we rarely drag anything out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 At bars were expected to go 4 hrs 9-1, with 2 reasonable breaks. We might skip 2 or 4 depending if the set is 50 min or 70 min. Most of our material come in at around 3 min. pretty darn short songs at pretty quick tempos. Lots of em only have 2 verses. .At most you get one guitar lead break and one harmonica break per tune. The guitarist /frontman does do a great job of remembering words tho. Were definitely not a jam band for sure, we rarely drag anything out. That's good advice. Audiences have short attention spans these days. You gotta get in and out of the songs pretty quick. They aren't going to sit around for extended solos and multiple choruses. And to the degree a band is 'stretching it out' because they rather play one song for 6 minutes rather than go to the trouble of learning two-3 minutes songs? You're gonna pay for that laziness in the end, IMO. The band doing 18 songs an hour rather than 9 is going to get a better response and more work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Apple Slim Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Yea it seems to be working. Plus it just occurred to me that a lot of this stuff was AM radio in its day, when the hits had to come in short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Well, it's a fun set for sure. I'd probably be there doing shots all night long. Doesn't look like a set list for a band that has a keyboard player, but I'd sit in and make room for myself anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 What a creative set list ...👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Last band I was in, we covered music from mostly the 1980's Hair Metal era, Hard Rock / Classic Rock from the 1960's -1970's and an occasional Thrash tune here and there. Over the Mountain OzzyUnbroken PanteraStone Free Jimi HendrixShattered Rolling StonesLights OuT. UFODon't tell me you love me Night RangerMaster of Puppets. Metallica2112 Overture. Rush I'll see the light tonight Yngwie MalmsteenSweet Child O mine GnRBurn Deep PurpleCould Stand the weather SRVBig Trouble David Lee RothCrying in the rain WhitesnakeMr. Crowley . OzzyNothing but a good time PoisonNo more Mr Nice guy. Alice Cooper The Rover. Led ZeppelinRed Barchetta. RushSomething BeatlesRun to the hills Iron MaidenIt's a Monster ExtremeEruption / You really got me Van Halen Free Bird Lynyrd Skynyrd Cowboys from hell. Pantera Into the fire DokkenI don't know OzzyI want you (she's so heavy). Beatles Welcome to the Jungle GnR Don't close you eyes. Kixx Ironman /Children of the Grave / OzzyIn my dreams. DokkenTrooper Iron MaidenRock Bottom. UFODoctor Feel Good /Too young to fall in love Motley TrueFree Will Rush Rocking in the free world Neil YoungOne MetallicaSnorting whiskey. Pat Travers Kashmir. Led ZeppelinMean Streets Van HalenMan on the silver mountain Blackmore's RainbowRound About /Changes YesCemetery Gates. PanteraThick as a Brick / Aquillung Jethro TullNo more tears OzzyDamn Good. David Lee RothBorn to be wild Stepenwolf ( good song to play if 1%'er bikers show at the gig)A$$ Hole Dennis Leary ( probably the best Irish / American song to learn, Incase, you can dedidicated to that aggressive heckler in the club / bar ). On top of that we did originals too.We practiced for eight months before we played our first gigs, sometime rehearsing 6 days a week.It got so bad , my wife locked me out of the house for a night, she left me a can of beans , corn, a can opener, plastic spoon and a can of soda from rehearsing so much ( which she shook the soda to explode on me ) with note saying, "You rehearse too much, today is your day, but tonight isn't your night and drew a face like this on the note 😜 .... As the Stones say, it's only Rock n Roll . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GoldJim Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Can I join your band? Anyone playing Highway Patrol, Chevy Van, and Money in a set with these songs is all right in my books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted March 2, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Not sure ours has changed all that much since the last time I posted it a couple of years ago....lol. But here's what we did at the last wedding we played: Set 1 Dm BOOGIE OOGIE OOGIE F#m BILLIE JEAN F SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED, IM YOURS E YOUR LOVE D JESSIE'S GIRL C LOVE SHACK Em STAYIN' ALIVE/ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL/EmRAPPER'S DELIGHT/GOOD TIMES/Bm GET LUCKY Bb WALKING ON SUNSHINE Dm UPTOWN FUNK F AT LAST Ab I WANT YOU BACK/ABC G ANY WAY YOU WANT IT EbSHOUT SET 2 Em SINGLE LADIES (bouquet toss) C CAN'T STOP THE FEELING/EbWANT TO WANT ME/DSTARSHIPS/Ebm LOW/E DYNAMITE Ab I DON’T CARE I LOVE IT Am PUSH IT/Cm PUMP UP THE JAM/B WHOOMP! THERE IT IS/Bb GONNA MAKE YOU SWEAT/B WANNABE/Ab GROOVE IS IN THE HEART E MICKEY/SHAKE IT OFF F# GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN/I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY AWAGON WHEEL E FOLSOM PRISON BLUES B FAITHFULLY EmLIVIN' ON A PRAYER E I LOVE ROCK N ROLL E POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME E DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' Thanks Guido! (You are one of the guys I remember btw - glad to see you're still knocking about here). Ya this is the sort of setlist I'd LIKE to be doing but I am more and more getting the feeling that this isnt going to go well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Thanks Guido! (You are one of the guys I remember btw - glad to see you're still knocking about here). Ya this is the sort of setlist I'd LIKE to be doing but I am more and more getting the feeling that this isnt going to go well. Good to see you to! Yeah still knocking around. I'll be gigging until I die in one form or another I imagine. Just recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of my first paying gig. Crazy how the time flies. This set list is pretty sure-fire for us. Especially at weddings where we do more of an all-ages thing. Other events would see me switching out songs to fit the intended audience better. Someone's 60th birthday party might see me dropping that current-hits medley at the start of the 2nd set for some more classic rock songs, for example. And obviously it's a setlist written around a 2-female front. But good luck getting your new crew on board with what you want to do. If it helps you can tell them we got paid $4900 to do that schlocky setlist last time out. Which is what? 10-15 bar gigs these days? So yeah. Put a young pretty girl up front, play the hell out of some fun, familiar tunes, have a lot of energy on stage and knock 'me dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted March 2, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Well interestingly ANOTHER potential opportunity has arisen (yesterday) with an event-based 80s party band which is RIGHT up my alley.Gut check time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Well interestingly ANOTHER potential opportunity has arisen (yesterday) with an event-based 80s party band which is RIGHT up my alley.Gut check time There you go. Are they already established? Might be a lot easier to join an already established band than try to do the startup thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted March 2, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Yes they are. I am just waiting to hear back if they actually have an opening #itscomplicated. I have my own wacky band ideas but I know that the guys I am jamming with are not likely to be open to any of them :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted March 2, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 For reference the songs for this weekends jam are : Try - Blue RodeoJust What I Needed - The CarsWhite Wedding - Billy IdolBlow at High Dough - The Tragically Hip I guess not too far off what I would be doing in an 80s band but I just dont want to be stuck doing that stuff (or earlier) unless we are doing the full-on 80s thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 Yes they are. I am just waiting to hear back if they actually have an opening #itscomplicated. I have my own wacky band ideas but I know that the guys I am jamming with are not likely to be open to any of them :/ The way to get band members on board with wacky ideas is being able to deliver gigs/crowds/money. Most of the guys in my band didn't want to do what we are doing now at first either. I remember very clearly trying to convince them we should learn Jessie's Girl and them all moaning and groaning. I convinced them to go along with it and give it a try and the first time we played it half a dozen beautiful young girls rushed the stage to sing along and bounce their booties against our guitars and the rest was history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ski219 Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 And now for something completely different. Set 1 Boondocks – Little Big Town Something More – Sugarland Already Callin You Mine – Parmalee Chainsaw – The Band Perry Star of the Show – Thomas Rhett Downtown – Lady A Love Don’t Live Here – Lady Antebellum Snapback- Old Dominion Smoke Break – Carrie Underpants My Church – Marlee Maren Setting the World On Fire – Chesney/Pink MOVE- Luke Bryan Dibs – Kelsea Ballerini Tee Shirt – Thomas Rhett Bartender – Lady Antebellum You Look Like I need a Drink – Justin Moore Lookin For A Good Time – Lady Antebellum Folsm Prison Blues – Johnny Cash Lights Come Up – Jason Aldean Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood Save A Horse – Big and Rich medley: Play that Fuky Music, Get Down Tonight, Crazy Bitch, Uptown Funk Gimme 3 Steps – Lynyrd Skynyrd Who Says You Can’t Go Home – Bon Jovi Set 2 Vice – Miranda Lambert Make Me Wanna – Thomas Rhett Road Less Traveled – Lauren Alaina Head Over Boots – Joe Pardi Sleep without You – Brett Young The Fighter – Urban/Underwood Wagon Wheel - Darius Rucker Baggage Claim – Miranda Lambert Play it Again – Luke Bryan Boot Scoot Boogie – Brooks&Dunn My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean Here for the Party – Gretchen Wilson John Cougar John Deere John 3:16 – Keith Urban Stuck Like Glue – Sugarland Beer in Mexico – Kenny Chesney Good Girl- Carrie Undergarments I Don’t Want This Night To End – Luke Bryan Think of You – Young/Pope House Party – Sam Hunt Sweet Home Alabama/All Summer - Lynyrd Skynyrd Boondocks – Little Big Town Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted March 2, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 The way to get band members on board with wacky ideas is being able to deliver gigs/crowds/money. Most of the guys in my band didn't want to do what we are doing now at first either. I remember very clearly trying to convince them we should learn Jessie's Girl and them all moaning and groaning. I convinced them to go along with it and give it a try and the first time we played it half a dozen beautiful young girls rushed the stage to sing along and bounce their booties against our guitars and the rest was history. Indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 2, 2017 Members Share Posted March 2, 2017 That looks like a great setlist. Do you have any video clips of your band? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted March 3, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2017 Incidentally STAYIN' ALIVE/ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL WTF!? LOL please elaborate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted March 3, 2017 Members Share Posted March 3, 2017 Incidentally WTF!? LOL please elaborate The two songs are pretty much the same thing musically, if you think about it. So we've been doing this mashup of them for years now that still goes over really well. Unfortunately all I have of us doing it is this really crappy old video from somebody's birthday party where we are playing it way too fast. Not for public consumption. lol But basically we're doing a couple of verses of Stayin' Alive, then singing a verse of Brick over the SA bed, and then working in and out between the choruses of both. Also nice for us because our guitarist plays the Brick guitar solo pretty well so we get to highlight that a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MikeyParent Posted March 3, 2017 Author Members Share Posted March 3, 2017 I couldn't hear it in my head for some reason, but hearing it was like "ah yes of course" Thx for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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