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what are some songs that will go over well acoustically at a bar/pub?


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Skynyrd!!!!!!

It depends on the crowd.. I just started doing an all acoustic show and the songs that seem to go over at one club don't always go over at the other. The Eagles always seem to go over with older and college aged crowd, Same with the Beatles ("8 days a week" and "Get Back" and Stray Cats. Other songs that go over good are (don't laugh).... Bon Jovi tunes. His stuff goes back to the mid 80s and is still doing good today. He had a CD out last year called "This Left feels Right" and it had different arrangments of alot of the songs that "Made him" and people seem to eat that stuff up, and of course the original version of "Wanted Dead or Alive". Heres some other stuff that seems to work for me:
* Johnny Cash
* Keith Urban
* Maroon 5
* John Mayer
* More than Wrods (as mentioned earlier)
* Throw some originals in there, people always like a good original
* Brown Eyed Girl
* Sex & Candy
* Some Garth Brooks
* I do hate to say it, but some people do like the Skynyrd as much as us musicians hate playing it!

Thats a few I can think of right now.

Good luck!

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here's what we have so far, i think we need some good older songs as well. what do you think

1 Wild World - Cat Stevens / Mr Big
2 To Be With You - Mr Big
3 Black - Pearl Jam
4 Two Steps Behind - Def Leppard
5 Black Hole Sun? - Soundgarden
6 Like A Stone? - Audioslave
7 I Am The Highway - Audioslave
8 Blow Up The Outside World - Soundgarden
9 Eve Of Destruction - Screaming Jets
10 Sad Song - Screaming Jets
11 Shivers - Screaming Jets (kinda boring for you)
12 October Grey - Screaming Jets
13 Pretty Penny - Stone Temple Pilots
14 Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
15 Drive - Incubus
16 Warning - Incubus
17 Something In The Way - Nirvana
18 Doll - Foo Fighters
19 Everlong - Foo Fighters
20 Lightning Crashes - Live
21 Venice Queen - Red Hot Chili Peppers
22 Patience - Guns n Roses
23 Last Kiss - Pearl Jam
24 Chemical Heart - Grinspoon
25 Nutshell - Alice In Chains
26 Brother - Alice In Chains
27 Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town - Pearl Jam
28 Way Beyond Empty - Zakk Wylde
29 Mayonaise - Smashing Pumpkins
30 Cats In The Cradle - Cat Stevens / Ugly Kid Joe
31 Knocking On Heavens Door - Bob Dylan / Guns n Roses
32 Holy Grail - Hunters And Collectors
33 Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters And Collectors
34 Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi
35 Livin On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
36 Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
37 White Wedding - Billy Idol
38 I Am Mine - The Beatles / Pearl Jam
39 Blister In The Sun - Violent Femmes
40 No Rain - Blind Melon
41 Daughter - Pearl Jam
42 Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
43 Mama Said - Metallica
44 Time After Time - Cindi Lauper
45 Two Strong Hearts - John Farnham
46 Burn For You - John Farnham
47 Fall To Pieces - Velvet Revolver
48 Why Does It Hurt When I Pee - Frank Zappa
49 Candle Song - Ugly Kid Joe
50 Cloudy Skies - Ugly Kid Joe
51 My Friends - Red Hot Chili Peppers
52 Blue On Black - Kenny Wayne Sheppard
53 Hotel California - Eagles
54 Desparado - Eagles
55 Helpless - Faith No More
56 Angie - Rolling Stones
57 "Wild Horses" or Dead Flowers - Rolling Stones
58 Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles
59 Let It be - The Beatles
60 Yellow Submarine - The Beatles
61 Hey Jude - The Beatles

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