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That one is always a safe go-to choice when people "of a certain age" (i.e., mine) ask for a cover. If my mouth is sort of dry that night, I'll even call for volunteers to come up and whistle the break. It's really funny when they're drunk....
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Thanks again to all
there are some great suggestions here!
Sober crowds frighten me, but I played for one last Saturday night and it wasn't too bad. They were heavily caffeinated, but no booze. There seems to be a nice resurgance in acoustic guitar music by "current" bands. Is anybody covering new tunes that they are getting good responses from or can recommend artists to draw new acoustic cover matrial from.......I know I'm modifying the thread a bit here.....but thanks! |
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hmm, upbeat songs...
there is never a shortage of lovely ladies dancing around the bar when i play tom petty's 'american girl'... 'mr. jones' by counting crows always provokes a good response too, but it's just so darn hard to sing that i dont play it a whole lot anymore... another fun one is 'hey jealousy' by the gin blossoms if you want to get just plain silly, 'breakfast at tiffanys' is fun... and while not upbeat, 'what i got' by sublime is usually always a crowd pleaser... i tried to stick with relatively newer artists (say the past 10 years instead of the 20 preceding them)... but it'll all depend on your crowd. i would never play 'breakfast at tiffanys' at a restaurant, but for a college crowd of drunk 19 year old's, i most certainly would
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Just a few off our set list
Horse with No Name - America I've Just Seen a Face - Beatles All Together Now - Beatles Aimee - Pure Prairie League Sister Golden Hair - America Sandman - America Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Beatles Lookin' Out My Back Door - CCR Bad Moon Risin' - CCR Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkel Feelin' Groovy - Simon and Garfunkel
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I find it interesting that there are not a lot of newer acoustic covers being mentioned in these threads. Maybe it'll just take awhile for the people 30 and under to really hit the gigging scene both on the performance and audience side of things.
I personally couldn't sit through a couple sets of primarily folk songs from the 60's and 70's. Not all young people go to clubs and trip out under strobe lights and house/trance. LOL Just an observation.... |
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every once in a while, you'll get niche groups in the audience where they all go crazy over oasis tunes or dave matthews tunes, but the general rule that i've found is that the older stuff goes over best. i almost chuckled when sandy said that 'me and julio' would be best for people of her age group... when in reality, you can play that song in any bar with any age group in there and everyone will love it (unless you're supposed to be playing heavy metal or something). having gone through high school in the mid-to-late 90's, a lot of my material comes from the timeframe... when playing to the low-20's crowds, however, much of it doesn't go over all that well at all cause it's still too old for them and they have no nostalgic attachment to some of the songs i loved when i was going through high school. old stuff is always a good fall back. every so often i'll play something newer like foo fighters, david gray, the fray, etc., and nobody really seems to care. anyway, these are just my experiences... i perform mostly on the north side of chicago, and also in some of the surrounding suburbs extending up to southeastern wisconsin...
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The music of today has a fleeting appeal. A catchy little hook or melody that sparks a momentary interest, but nothing that draws the listener in and holds them. No message that resonates with the soul and captures them. Even the younger generation longs for music that speaks to the soul. That's why the "oldies" are so popular. A CSNY concert sells out because of this and if you look at the audience, many are 20-30 somethings singing along with the generation of their parents. Why? because the message, the music, and the emotion generated is timeless. Regardless of what you think of their lifestyles and politics, the writers of the 60's and 70's were artists who had a passion for their craft. They believed to a one that substance was just as important as melody.
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While over-played, usually badly, when I was in college, John Denver's Country Roads, always got a good response when I played it as recently as the year 2000.
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Guess I better start learning some more of the older stuff........ |
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Don's right.
What a lot of people fail to realize is that while some kids may like to hear newer stuff, a lot of them grew up with their parents playing this stuff. So even if not all of them like it, all of them know it
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Maybe because I look forward to the electric lead parts when I listen to it. You guys think Bojangles is overdone? Haven't heard anybody do it in a long time.
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Try "Tulsa Time" written by the great Danny Flowers and recorded,most notably by Clapton.
Everybody knows the chorus-it's great for most any agr audience Peace |
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I looked this one up and while it may be an up-tempo crowd pleaser, I've never heard it before.
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