Gimme some song suggestions for a country(ish) trio.

[Stinsok]

Gonna do some giggin' with a singer/acoustic player and a bassist buddy of mine. We won't have a lead guitar, mostly just rounding out solo drinking/good time songs. The emPHASIS will be on the song rather than hot guitar picking. We will be doing Hank Jr., Garth Brookish, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P Nunn, John Hiatt(y) stuff. Let me have it!

[sarcastro83]

"Liquor, Beer & Wine" by Reverend Horton Heat.

[BassRookie]

"The Gambler" Kenny Rogers

[warwick.hoy]

Dukes of Hazzard theme?

[MakiSupaStar]

Beck - @$$hole

[Jim Campbell]

Originally Posted by Stinsok

Gonna do some giggin' with a singer/acoustic player and a bassist buddy of mine. We won't have a lead guitar, mostly just rounding out solo drinking/good time songs. The emPHASIS will be on the song rather than hot guitar picking. We will be doing Hank Jr., Garth Brookish, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P Nunn, John Hiatt(y) stuff. Let me have it!

kristofferson,s early stuff is great if you strip away the lavish orchestrations.....songs like billy dee,the pilgrim ,when i loved her,sunday mornin' comin' down.....but not bobby mcgee,which has been done to death.....more obscure but great stuff....buddy and julie miller's all my tears,emmylou harris...take your pick......doug sahm,waylon jennings,willy,merle haggard,s im a wanted fugitive,and charlie pride's is anybody goin' to san antone....

[Lobster11]

Definitely toss a Johnny Cash tune in there somewhere....

[Relic]

Not really country but one song that ALWAYS goes over well - "Good" by Better Than Ezra.

[IPA]

Garbage picker by Blanche

[TJ55]

You could look into some Billy Joe Shaver tunes

[hbarcat]

Originally Posted by Stinsok

Gonna do some giggin' with a singer/acoustic player and a bassist buddy of mine. We won't have a lead guitar, mostly just rounding out solo drinking/good time songs. The emPHASIS will be on the song rather than hot guitar picking. We will be doing Hank Jr., Garth Brookish, Jerry Jeff Walker, Gary P Nunn, John Hiatt(y) stuff. Let me have it!

If you want country-"ish" songs that aren't really mainstream country (yet still hold wide appeal for a general audience) try a few of these artists:


John Prine
The Eagles
Bob Dylan
John Denver
Chad Mitchell

[MakiSupaStar]

Dark Hollow
Friend of the Devil
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Deep Ellem Blues
Me and My Uncle
Cumberland Blues - grateful dead

[billhilly66]

Don't forget Gram Parsons!

[John Ruiz]

Bob Dylan stuff is always good and not something you hear all the time. Especially if you pick one of the lesser known tracks.

I like Bobby Bare Jr if you want to do something more modern but with the old country feel.

[FromTheBassMent]

Originally Posted by TJ55

You could look into some Billy Joe Shaver tunes

+1

How about some truck driving songs? My two all-time faves are "200 More Miles" by the Cowboy Junkies, and "Next Best Western" by Richard Shindell.

Look into some Dave Alvin ("Nine Volt Heart" always kills at our shows).

REM's "(Dont Go Back To) Rockville" is a great country song that isn't really one.

[Thunderscreech]

Hammer Smashed Face, by Cannibal Corpse

[knumbskull]

'Must've been them pills i took' by Hank Williams III is a good one. actually his country stuff is generally good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qdQ2AI2H0

'well i've been awake for 8 days straight....'

[Kirkowitz]

We've had some really great reaction to these songs....

You never even call me by my name- David Allan Coe
Swingin' Doors- Merle Haggard
Mama Tried - "
Tonight the bottle let me down- "
Wagon Wheel- Old Crow Medicine Show
You ain't going nowhere- Dylan/Band or the Byrds
Folsom Prison Blues- Johnny Cash
Man of Constant Sorrow- Stanley Brothers- everybody knows this from the O brother soundtrack by the "soggy bottom boys"
Good Hearted Woman- Waylon Jennings
Whiskey River- Willie Nelson

[FritoBandito]

Find The Cost of Freedom - CSN&Y - Great opening song done acapella.

[FromTheBassMent]

Oh yeah, "Wagon Wheel" brings down the house at our gigs every time... everyone loves the verse about smoking up, and singing along with the chorus! Just wait to roll that one out when they're good and lubricated....