Members senorblues Posted March 10, 2016 Members Share Posted March 10, 2016 I know. Wishful thinking on my part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kbeaumont Posted March 10, 2016 Members Share Posted March 10, 2016 Maybe but I also get a lot of requests from very drunk men. One in particular wanting Sweet Home Alabama comes to mind. I could doing James Taylor and Elton John and some guy will come up stumble to to the stage and ask for 'Free Bird" or some other way out thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gigmeister-8YMGf Posted March 10, 2016 Members Share Posted March 10, 2016 Here in North Texas, much of this is similar. Sweet Home Alabama and La Grange always do great and Wonderful Tonight never fails. Funky Music works well along with All My Ex's and Ring of Fire. http://www.guitarmadesimpler.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 10, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 10, 2016 I had a request recently [at the blues jam I host] for 'some Johnny Cash...' Not one to be dissuaded, the requester buttonholed me on break 'c'mon, don't you know any Johnny Cash?', so I opened the next set with 'A Boy Named Sue'...the requester was not amused...go figger...Last night a 'middle aged' woman requested 'Blue Bayou'...my boss says, 'you know it right?' Well yeah, but Roy Orbison ballads are not typically played at blues jams, but I whipped it off...any tip? Nope...but she did come and thank me on my break, and then explained how she used to do it in an accordian band, blah-blah-blah...and I'm thinking...okay, but you played stump the band, how about a nice tip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted March 10, 2016 Members Share Posted March 10, 2016 A couple of young doods came up to me a few weeks ago in an upscale restaurant and asked if I knew any Radiohead, specifically Paranoid Android. Couldn't do that one but I did remember the first part of Exit Music For a Film so they felt catered too. But then again I'm a whore and will try anything once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ski219 Posted March 10, 2016 Members Share Posted March 10, 2016 I have been playing and singing Folsom Prison Blues with every band and every solo an duo gig for the last 30 years. Yeah Wagon Wheel is big and will be for a long long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 11, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 11, 2016 ANYTHING? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted March 11, 2016 Members Share Posted March 11, 2016 ok DM, maybe not ANYTHING.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bob Dey Posted March 12, 2016 Members Share Posted March 12, 2016 I did a retirement home gig yesterday and while playing a lead guitar part I walked out to hear what the frontal (only one speaker) sound like. Since I was out there, I walked up to a couple of ladies that were sitting at the nearest table and got no reaction from them. Next to the last song I played was Proud Mary and these two ladies were dancin' in their chairs! I never learned Wagon Wheel. Love Blue Bayou but the range from low to high is too much for me! Some of the biggest wedding songs (that I don't play): Billie Jean, Footloose, September. Last year it was "shut up and dance", "I can't feel my face" and "Uptown Funk". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted March 13, 2016 Members Share Posted March 13, 2016 And some you figure will be a Proud Mary don't seem to want to give up the ghost. Electric Boogie (Electric Slide), for sax players Yakety Sax, BEG, Margaritaville. It's OK with me. I like playing songs that work with the audience. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted March 14, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 14, 2016 'Yakety Sax', the 'chicken dance' for saxophonists... Don't get me started on the list of [used to be 50] 100 songs I could go happily to my grave without ever having to play again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted March 14, 2016 Members Share Posted March 14, 2016 When I was very young, "Yakety Sax" was the worn out song for saxophonists, "Wipe Out" was the equivalent for drummers. Is there one for guitarists? BTW, I'm jealous, "Wipe Out" has faded away, "Yakety" hasn't. One more thing to note: The people who request "Yakety Sax" rarely tip, and when they do, it's probably only a buck. I made $60 for playing "Night Train" once. There is a profound message there somewhere, but I don't know what that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted March 15, 2016 Author Members Share Posted March 15, 2016 "Night Train." Which one? James Brown? (spends some time in iTunes) Ah, that song. No, there's no message. Just random weirdness. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted March 16, 2016 Members Share Posted March 16, 2016 Nah, Jimmy "Night Train" Forest, although we do our own arrangement with a rhythm more like the 1960s recording by The Viscounts. Mr. Brown did it in straight 8ths, and I prefer the shuffle/swing rhythm for that song. Had a request for "Yakety" on Tuesday, didn't make a dime. The audience and the requester enjoyed it though, so it was all good. A request doesn't require a tip, but over the years I just have observed that "Night Train" tippers are much bigger spenders than "Yakety" people. "Harlem Nocturne" is probably my 3rd most requested sax song, and I dearly love to play that one. I learned it decades ago, and it still hasn't gone stale. I probably play it about 4 times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted April 2, 2016 Members Share Posted April 2, 2016 Strangely enough, folks go crazy when we do "Wipe Out". One of my drummers has it down 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted April 2, 2016 Members Share Posted April 2, 2016 My first instrument was drums. Wipe out is a boring drum solo to play, all the accents are on the dominant hand (in my case, right hand). But like Yakety Sax, it's a crowd pleaser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted August 8, 2016 Author Members Share Posted August 8, 2016 I had a request recently [at the blues jam I host] for 'some Johnny Cash...' Not one to be dissuaded, the requester buttonholed me on break 'c'mon, don't you know any Johnny Cash?', so I opened the next set with 'A Boy Named Sue'...the requester was not amused...go figger... Oh, come on! You know that "Johnny Cash" == "Folsom Prison." If someone asks for JC, they expect FP. And in my experience, if a band announces that they're about to play some JC, they mean FP. Always. Never mind that the man had forty years of hits and then some. Me, I like "Ways of a Woman in Love" and "I guess things happen that way" but what would I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 8, 2016 Moderators Share Posted August 8, 2016 because they all want to sing along with that one line...'I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die...' People are weird. I would have done 'Ring of Fire', but to be honest, I only remember all the words to 'Sue'...and it actually went over well in the room...just not with the requestor. Screw him, no tip either...Hence I am starting a 'pro jam' next month where I am the host/leader; not gonna be taking unpaid requests unless they fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted August 9, 2016 Author Members Share Posted August 9, 2016 I don't think there's a rap artist that has more songs about killing somebody than Johnny Cash does. Pharrell Williams It's odd, though. I can't think of any singer with the breadth and depth of Johnny Cash that is so consistently represented by only one song. He's clearly a cultural icon, but I'm not sure of what, except himself. Then people change that line to ‘I shot a man in **hometown** etc.’ Which just irritates me. ‘Reno’ is there because it sounds right, not because he actually shot a man there. And ‘Kingston,’ ‘Shabawgan’ and ‘San Clemente’ don't • sound • right. Sheesh. Went to an outdoor concert last weekend. Prog kinda band. ‘We're going to play some Johnny Cash.’ I turned to my friends: ‘It'll be Folsom Prison.’ Twang twanga twang twang twang twanga wa. And then they changed the location of the prison to Joyceville which is minimum security and nowhere near a train. I was out of there like a fleeing deer. Ten years ago, maybe, it might have been ‘Ring of Fire’ or even earlier, ‘I Walk the Line.’ But now it's ‘Folsom Prison’ or you haven't ‘played some Johnny Cash.’ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members steve mac Posted August 9, 2016 Members Share Posted August 9, 2016 I shot a man in a Renault once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted August 10, 2016 Members Share Posted August 10, 2016 Probably because it's "Folsom Prison Blues" so there will be someone who thinks it's a blues song. Forgive them for at least they came and spent money. We do "Ring Of Fire" which I think is a better song and it goes over quite well. I thought about learning "Folsom" but I ended up with the "Ring" and think I made a good choice for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoadRanger Posted August 11, 2016 Members Share Posted August 11, 2016 'Folsom Prison' isn't a blues song? Seems pretty standard to me except for the 'missing' 12th bar . BTW I'd love to hear your version of 'Ring of Fire', haven't heard anyone play it right yet what with all the skipped and added beats (hitches) in it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GtrGeorge! Posted August 15, 2016 Members Share Posted August 15, 2016 Yes, Johnny Cash=Folsom. And we do "Ring" when the mood strikes. We make everything our own, but deep down..you gotta have a great song. And those two are great songs. Johnny Cash, knew what made a song great. There aren't many like him around today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members coursey24 Posted August 16, 2016 Members Share Posted August 16, 2016 1st, Thank you guys for letting others play voyuer to your conversations. It helps more than just those who post. Unless you've seen my other posts you don't know, I am not here as a performer. I am a mediocre guitarist, who had my chances. My daughter (16) is starting to gig as a solo acoustic act. She's getting better by the day. I have the damn-dest time getting her to learn some of the staple songs. I can't decide if it's me, and the kid just doesn't want to listen to dad or if its generational and she just doesn't want to. Occasionally she'll get a request and just look at me cross eyed. I laugh at her and we move on. That said, like wagon wheel, there are a few classics that have made a comeback in markets we have never heard of like; I Can't Help Falling in Love with You, We don't have to take our clothes off, fast car, and House of the Rising Sun. Weird, I know. So in your expert opinion, what are some staple songs for a female artist, alto, with a bluesy rasp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted August 16, 2016 Author Members Share Posted August 16, 2016 Don't know these are staples, but I have a couple of playlists -- R&B women, pop women, country women -- with MY favorite songs sung by women. Here: R&BChain of Fools Aretha FranklinRespect Aretha FranklinNobody Knows You When You're Down & Out Bessie SmithHound Dog Big Mama ThorntonMercy DuffySon of a Preacher Man Dusty SpringfieldHouse of Blue Lights Ella Mae MorseAt Last Etta JamesSomething's Got a Hold on Me Etta JamesI'd Rather Go Blind Etta JamesSeven Day Fool Etta JamesWhy Don't You Do Right Lil Green PopJohnny One Time Brenda LeeJust One Look Doris TroyMr. Big Stuff Jean KnightIt's My Party Lesley GoreYou Don't Own Me Lesley GoreAngel of the Morning Merilee RushMama Said The ShirellesWill You Love Me Tomorrow The ShirellesHurt Timi YuroIt Hurts to Be In Love Timi Yuro CountryYou Say it Best When You Say Nothing at All Alison KraussOde To Billie Joe Bobbie GentryAfter the Fire is Gone Conway Twitty & Loretta LynnFavorite Year Dixie ChicksI will always Love You Dolly PartonJolene Dolly PartonMaking Believe Emmylou HarrisIf I Needed You Emmylou Harris & Don WilliamsMy Elusive Dreams George Jones & Tammy WynetteSatin Sheets Jeanne PruettHarper Valley P.T.A. Jeannie C. RileyJackson Johnny Cash & June Carter CashGrandpa (Tell Me About The Good Old Days) The JuddsSomeday Soon Judy CollinsExcept for Monday Lorrie MorganThe Water Is Wide Luce DufaultDrunken Angel Lucinda WilliamsDown At the Twist and Shout Mary Chapin CarpenterMore Like Her Miranda LambertFaded Love Patsy ClineCrazy Patsy ClineI Fall to Pieces Patsy ClineStrange Patsy ClineSweet Dreams Patsy ClineWalkin' After Midnight Patsy ClineThe Way We Make a Broken Heart Rosanne CashThe End of the World Skeeter DavisStorms Never Last Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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