Members arf-boy Posted October 12, 2010 Members Share Posted October 12, 2010 Wow, there is a gal around here that does a solo act and she also does the Briteny song; I was amazed at how good it sounded. Whoda thunk a tune like that could translate well to acoustic? Actually I LOVE it when somebody does something clever like that, take a song that has a lot of instrumentation and pare it down to just guitar and voice. Sometimes its very effective, and I am always on the lookout for songs I can butcher that way. Check out Sam Bush and John Cowan doing Lowell George's "Sailin' Shoes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted October 12, 2010 Members Share Posted October 12, 2010 Semi-acoustic Americana duo here: She plays acoustic and I play acoustic, semi-hollow-body and baritone guitars. We're thinking of adding a guy who can play guitar, banjo and mandolin, freeing me to play Dobro-style slide or bass. Each of us sings lead and harmony. Here's our last setlist, though for shorter gigs we usually just a pick a couple of openers and wing it from there. A Love the Magician, Dave Carter A Bang the Drum Slowly, Emmylou Harris D Keep Your Distance, Richard Thompson D Leaving La. in the Broad Daylight, Rodney Crowell B Across the Great Divide, Kate Wolf B Crossing the Bar, Rani Arbo/Tennyson B Orphan Girl, Gillian Welch C Dear Mary, Linda Thompson C Miss Ohio, G. Welch D I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arf-boy Posted October 12, 2010 Members Share Posted October 12, 2010 ^^I like that list a lot.^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted October 12, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 12, 2010 I just read your list and fell in love. I do a lot of the same kind of stuff (and even the same songs). Some of my stuff: One To Many Mornings, Don't Think Twice, I Shall Be Released- Bob Dylan Feels Like Rain, Lipstick Sunset, Just Like Your Dad Did- John Hiatt I'm Not From Here, Levelland, Lights of Cheyenne, No More Buffalo- James McMurtry Arms of a Woman, Bottom of the Barrel- Amos Lee Livin' In The Future, Angel From Montgomery, Hello In There, Sam Stone- John Prine Crazy Love- Van Morrison Every Time You Go Away, Sara Smile- Darryl Hall Santa Fe, Gulf of Mexico, Blue as You, Shimmer- Shawn Mullins Send a Boat, If I Were You, Enough Rope, Long Black Highway- Chris Knight Under My Thumb, Dead Flowers- Stones Mrs Robinson- Simon & Garfunkel Houses in the Fields- John Gorka For Free- Joni Mitchell Shiver Me Timbers, Ol' 55, Heart of Saturday Night- Tom Waits The Road Goes On Forever- Robert Earl Keen If I Had A Boat, She's no Lady She's My Wife, Closing Time- Lyle Lovett It's Hard To Kiss The Lips At Night -Vince Gill and Rodney Crowell Poncho and Lefty- Townes van Zant My Ride's Here- Warren Zevon Tell Everybody I Know, That's Not Love- Keb Mo' Hard Times, Clapton version I Wanna Dance With Somebody- Whitney Houston, done as a slow ballad LA Freeway- Guy Clark Oh! Darling, Maxwell's Silver Hammer- Beatles (last one is a great audience participation song!) And a bunch of original and miscellaneous blues stuff. Man, I would trek half way across the country to hear this.Oh wait, that is the only way I could hear it. Seriously, fantastic set list. Wish we could pull half of those off...Do you have a recording of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"? I have seen you mention it a few times and I am intrigued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chip Stewart Posted October 12, 2010 Members Share Posted October 12, 2010 My duo consists of vocals, acoustic guitar, and keyboard. We play originals and covers. Some of our covers are: Rockin' in the Free World - Neil Young Whatever You Say - Martina McBride What's So Funny - Elvis Costello Stay - Sugarland Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles New Year's Day - U2 Soulmate - Natasha Bedingfield Maggie May - Rod Stewart All of our songs are performed in a Folk Rock/Country style. Some songs, like Soulmate by Natasha Bedingfield, we perform very different than the CD version. Although it has a different sound, it still sounds good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badhabit Posted October 12, 2010 Members Share Posted October 12, 2010 The duo I've just got going ( we've done 3 gigs and have more lined up ) consists of me on guitar/s and the singer who also plays harp. We're doing a wide variety, but no "pop" per se. Or rock. We're choosing to do some jazz standards, some blues and some folk style tunes. No country, rock or pop. It fits in better within the real laid back gigs we've been offered. I also play some latin and jazz instrumentals with a looper, for added fullness and it gives me the choice of adding solos over chords. So far, we're just winging it in terms of song selection. We'll play and see what goes over. We have a real laid back gig in a japanese restaurant soon, and our Irish drinking songs wouldn't cut it there. So, we're like live elevator music there I think. Just back ground ambiance. Other places have asked us to be more "entertaining", but that's not our thing really.We like playing the standards. Here's a few from our list. Misty One Note Samba Black Orpheus When Sonny Gets Blue What A Wonderful World Hit The Road Jack I'm Gonna' Move ( to Kansas City ) Fly Me to The Moon Moon Dance The Way You Look Tonight Autumn Leaves Up On The Roof It Hurt's Me Too Breezin' etc, etc. etc, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted October 12, 2010 Members Share Posted October 12, 2010 Do you have a recording of "I Wanna Dance With Somebody"? I have seen you mention it a few times and I am intrigued. Working on an acoustic CD right now and it will be on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members timalloy6711 Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 excellent thread started by the OP Keep em coming! Another 2 we do are wig wam bam/little willy speed of the sound (rocked up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted October 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 Working on an acoustic CD right now and it will be on it.Well make sure you advertise the hell out of it here because I am buying the first copy. You can hold me to it with this post... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 If I could ever make a duo pay I would do one but I can make 3/4 of what I make as a duo at least, solo. Hence, I have never been able to make one work financially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 If I could ever make a duo pay I would do one but I can make 3/4 of what I make as a duo at least, solo. Hence, I have never been able to make one work financially. Yep, I make better dough solo. And I really like the freedom of a solo gig- I play what I want if I want when I want how I want in the key I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vito Corleone Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 Well make sure you advertise the hell out of it here because I am buying the first copy. You can hold me to it with this post... I'm buying the 2nd one. Make sure you let everyone know when it's ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kramerguy Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 I do the duo thing - although it's indie-folk-pop originals with some covers mixed in... Mix is: 1) Female singer / keys / acoustic guitar2) 'lead' (clean tones mostly) electric guitar and acoustic guitar / some "drumming" on acoustic guitar using delays at times Some of the covers we do: (keep in mind, we play like restaurant dinner crowds / coffee houses heh, not bars usually) Jewel - Who will save your soulExtreme - More than wordsFiest - 1234Christina Aguilera - BeautifulKelly Clarkson - BreakawayColbie Calliat - BubblyMelissa Etheridge - I'm the only OneMiley Cyrus - See you again (yes, acoustic lol, and it KILLS)10,000 Maniacs - Because the nightCarrie Underwood - Before he cheatsKT Tunstall - Black HorseTom Petty - Free FallinOne Republic - ApologizeSara barellis - Love SongColdplay - In My PlaceBeatles - Let it BeVanessa Carlton - A Thousand Miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackbird 13 Posted October 13, 2010 Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 In an acoustic duo that plays when we're booked... which is an average of twice a week.The songlist with the acoustic duo varies WILDLY. Here's a smattering:American GirlPonySave A Horse, Ride A Cowboy867-5309Sweet CarolineSomebody Like YouThis Is How We Do ItThe WaitingRing of FirePoker FaceYour Body Is A WonderlandThe MiddleBeverly HillsCome A Little CloserDancing In The DarkMemoryRunaround SueGangsta's ParadiseFolsom Prison BluesJesse's GirlBadfishAngel EyesUnwellTake Me Home TonightLovin You Against My WillRegulateUse SomebodySugar, We're Goin DownSwing Life AwayGin and Juice (Gourds style)Show Them To MeF**k Her GentlyTicks3 AMShake ItLet's Get It OnDrift Away500 Miles... it's a total mish mash.. I love it. Also.. often times, I'll bring my laptop, and pull up Ultimate Guitar at the gig, putting the laptop on a stand next to me. If I've got Wi-Fi.. I'll use it to pull up chords when people request stuff we don't know. My duo partner will play a song, while I pull up the request on UG.. as long as I've heard it, I'll do a quick once over, and pull it out of the blue. We've done "Good Girls Gone Bad", "Party In the USA", "Always Something There To Remind Me", "Bartender", and quite a few others this way, just by me winging them on the fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vanlatte Posted October 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted October 13, 2010 Also.. often times, I'll bring my laptop, and pull up Ultimate Guitar at the gig, putting the laptop on a stand next to me. If I've got Wi-Fi.. I'll use it to pull up chords when people request stuff we don't know. My duo partner will play a song, while I pull up the request on UG.. as long as I've heard it, I'll do a quick once over, and pull it out of the blue. We've done "Good Girls Gone Bad", "Party In the USA", "Always Something There To Remind Me", "Bartender", and quite a few others this way, just by me winging them on the fly.That's way cool. Personally I could pull something like that off but the other half, not so much. Eh. :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LennyW Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 I'm playing in a trio (female singer, guitarist and me on keyboards). Anyone else playing in a vocal/guitar/keyboard setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChordGirl Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 I'm playing in a trio (female singer, guitarist and me on keyboards). Anyone else playing in a vocal/guitar/keyboard setting? I am getting together with 2 other girls hopefully sometime next week to see if we can start a similar trio. It will be two acoustics and keys with 3 vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members buddymoore Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 I mostly do a solo gig - but a good friend of mine sits in often and we do stuff like: Romeo & Juliet- Knopfler Long Monday, Spanish Pipedream, Souvenirs, Hello in there - Prine Whole bunch o Buffett Walking in Memphis Sam Smith, Norma, Railroad Line, The Barn song - Gibson Bros (bluegrass) Fear of Falling Wagon Wheel Roller Derby Queen, Carwash Blues, Rapid Roy - Jim Croce If You could read my mind Perfectly good guitar, Gone, Buffalo River home - John Hiatt If I had a boat, Bears, She's no lady - Lyle Lovett Lawyers Guns & money, Tenderness on the block, Poor pitiful me - Zevon Please come to Boston Whole bunch o Eagles I feel Lucky Dixie Chicken Cover of the Rolling Stone Beer in Mexico - Chesney You get the idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rodclement Posted October 14, 2010 Members Share Posted October 14, 2010 Here is a compilation of 3 different acoustic acts, two of wich I am in now. Currently working on oldies/doo wop stuff since I got a request to record some for a compilation. It is amazing how some of the oldies stuff carries over to todays crowd! Rod SET LIST FROM LAST GIG 1. LOW 2. EVERY ROSE HAS IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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