Cover Band: Set Closers

[Thunderbroom]

The Insomniacs brief mention in another thread that his band has played Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" as a set closer is the inspiration for this thread.

 

What's yours? I realize most of you are doing multiple sets. I'm looking for the one song that rules the school when you use it to close.

 

My submission from my rock band:

Barracuda - Heart

 

 

My country band plays it's first two gigs in July and August. Here's our set closer:

Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

[Deville]

Slither - Velvet Revolver

[bassment zombie]

:D

 

 

:D

[D Aussie]

That {censored}ing doors somng I cant even remember the name of!

Let it Roll, baby roll... yeah that one.

or

Walking, by gary Moore.

 

Weird.. I {censored}ing hated those songs.

Now, however, I still do!

 

[Cortfan]

Wonderful Tonight-Clapton

[The Insomniac]

A few others we use as set closers:

 

Tempted - Squeeze (first set only)

 

Open Invitation - Santana

 

Let It Roll - Little Feat

 

And She Was / Burning Down The House - Talking Heads

 

Sgt. Pepper / The End (medley) - Beatles (last song only)

[sludgebass69]

Run to The Hills............cause our drummer is done after that one.

[L-1329]

There's a local band called 7th Heaven that plays all around here, that I saw once. they closed their show with a medley of a ton of rockin tunes. Not whole songs, but enough to get the flavor of each one in. They had a lot in there, and it was super high energy and it just got the whole crowd into the show! I would have never guessed that a medley would be that effective but everyone there heard something they really liked and they rocked the house. Good show, I would recommend checking them out, and they seem to play a lot all over the area.

[Detox]

Rock: Sweet Hitchhiker

Country: Wine Me Up

Motown: Psychedelic Shack

[james on bass]

1st Set - Know Your Enemy, RATM

2nd Set - Highway Star, Deep Purple

3rd Set - Heartbreaker & Living Loving Maid.

[tenyearsgone]

Ours was:

 

Long Train - Doobie Bothers,

Rockin' tune!

[james on bass]

 

Originally posted by tenyearsgone Ours was: Long Train - Doobie Bothers, Rockin' tune!

 

 

In my other band, which so far has only played one gig, we started the night with that song - really got everyone's attention!

[mike fitzwell]

 

Originally posted by james on bass 3rd Set - Heartbreaker & Living Loving Maid.

 

 

Great song. We used to start the 2nd set off with that one and it killed.

 

Our setlist order changes every 2 or 3 shows, but currently our closers are:

 

1st: Some Kind of Wonderful - Grand Funk RR

2nd: Call Me the Breeze - Skynyrd

3rd: Can't You See - Marshall Tucker

 

I love ending the show on a slow note---gets all the drunks out on the dance floor grabbin' their chicks ass and it usually turns into one big sing along. My keyboard player has a preset that nails the flute perfectly and it sounds great.

[BigPigPeaches]

[sunburstbasser]

RHCP-Higher Ground.

 

Because I need a break after that.

[Sunken]

Living after midnight.

[Prh19]

Aussie band, The Angels

 

Am I ever going to see you face again

 

Or anything by acca dacca

[no-logic]

We use "Slow Ride" by Foghat and roll into "Black Betty" by Ram Jam in the middle of it and back into the very end of "Slow Ride" as our finale. Works great.

[mike fitzwell]

Originally posted by no-logic We use "Slow Ride" by Foghat and roll into "Black Betty" by Ram Jam in the middle of it and back into the very end of "Slow Ride" as our finale. Works great.

 

Ooooh Rick, that's good. I might have to steal that idea from you.

[BearCave]

We do an average of three sets a night and try to mix it up with our set closers.

 

First set is sometimes:

She Sells Sanctuary by The Cult

or

I Want You To Want Me by Cheap Trick

 

Second set we'll close with:

Let's Go Crazy by Prince

or

American Girl by Tom Petty

 

And our third (and last) set we'll end with:

Rush/Baba O'Riley medley by Big Audio Dynamite and The Who

or

Mr. Brownstone by Guns 'N Roses

or

Talk Dirty To Me by Poison

 

Then........encore

Roll With The Changes by REO Speedwagon

 

That usually knocks 'em dead!

 

ROCK!

[Roswellian]

1st set Chain of Fools

2nd set Play that Funky Music White Boy

3rd set Respect

4th set Twilight Zone

 

Encore: Roadhouse Blues or I just Wanna make Love to You (Foghat)

[ezstep]

One of two songs, usually:

 

"Night Life" written by Willie Nelson. We play a really jazzed-up version of it. I have never heard another band play any version quite like it.

 

or

 

3-in-1 medley: "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" leading into "Rolling in my Sweet Baby's Arms" for about three verses plus leads and finishing with a couple of verses of "Rocky Top." The whole medley lasts 6-8 minutes. Our guitarist uses a finger roll much like a banjoist and gets a trebly sound that really sounds like a banjo. And, he can pick. People will get up and "clog" or "round dance" to it.

[picker13]

We always end on a slightly extended version of "I Heard It On The X"

[tdempsey]

1st set typically ends with Alannis "You Ought to Know". Our singer owns this one and all the angry chicks relate.

 

Usually end the night wiht Zep, either: "What Is And What Should Never Be" or "Ramble On" or "Misty Mountain Hop".

 

Including the band, people truly love to hear Zep being covered.

[james on bass]

 

Originally posted by tdempsey Including the band, people truly love to hear Zep being covered.

 

 

You got that right!

 

Hendrix gets people moving too.