FINALLY! A gig where they know us!

[txbasschik]

We've had three gigs now with the new band, playing in a neighboring county, in brand-new venues that don't have "regulars" yet, and that don't pay well.

We are totally stoked to have a show in a venue near home, where I've played a *bunch*, and can get all my friends and fans from my old bands, as well as our guitarist's friends, and everyone from our local ice house will come up the road for this, too. And its nice pay, too!!!

We now have four original songs in the set, which we're very pleased with. Two are songs the guitarist had already recorded, but that we've put new arrangements to, and two are brand-spankin' new. OMG, I LOVE them!!! It took the old band months to get new songs in the set, but in this new group, we have four after being a band for a *month*!!!

I have two songs on which I am singing lead vocals. Just. Like. That. LOL!

My old band sent me to Jesus, and, my goodness, I am in HEAVEN!!!

Our set list for this weekend:

Set 1

Who Do You Love
Magic Carpet Ride
Suzie Q

Mississippi Queen
Come To Papa
You Really Got Me

Knocking On Heaven’s Door
Waiting For The Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago

Red House
Roadhouse Blues

Set 2

Jumping Jack Flash
Sweet Home Alabama
Taking Care of Business

Them Changes
Smoke On The Water
Can’t You See

Rock & Roll Hoochie-Koo
Born To Be Wild
Gimme Some Lovin’

Originals:

Need You Much
Fogbound
Rudderless Man
White Trash Blues

Set 3

Rocky Mountain Way
Honky Tonk Woman
Tush

Cocaine
Funk #49
Hey Joe

I Just Want To Make Love To You
Squeezebox (I sing)
Born On The Bayou

Hard To Handle
Rock & Roll (I sing)
Funky Music

Thought y'all might like to know how the new band is coming along.

Delighted beyond belief...

Cherie

[mike.b]

good for you.its nice after a lot of hard work when things start to go right for a change.i left my last band and joined my present one and it was like a breath of fresh air.keep up the good work.

[txbasschik]

Originally Posted by mike.b

good for you.its nice after a lot of hard work when things start to go right for a change.i left my last band and joined my present one and it was like a breath of fresh air.keep up the good work.

It really is a breath of fresh air! Rehearsals are productive, gigs are fun, everyone pulls their weight and everyone has input into the band and what it does. Its a beautiful thing, man.

Cherie

[mike.b]

i notice you play 'smoke on the water',i'd love to play that one at a gig;how does it go down and do you play it exactly like roger glover?

[DaveDeVille]

Originally Posted by txbasschik

It really is a breath of fresh air!
Rehearsals are productive, gigs are fun, everyone pulls their weight
and everyone has input into the band and what it does.
Its a beautiful thing, man.

Cherie

that's great news , Cherie !!

Lord knows , you've certainly paid your dues ,
and it seems things have finally come 'round in your favor ...


wishing all the best for you .

dave

[txbasschik]

Originally Posted by mike.b

i notice you play 'smoke on the water',i'd love to play that one at a gig;how does it go down and do you play it exactly like roger glover?

Oh, they love that song in the bars! I had this busty metal chick with long black hear just headbanging like a maniac to that song. I wouldn't say that I play it *exactly* like Roger Glover, but I do my best. Since we don't have a keyboardist, I try to put a lot of the keyboard fills in, especially during the lead. Oh honey, that tune goes over like ice-cold beer on a 102F day!

Take a stab at it...its not really all that difficult, and its a world of fun to play with the band!

Cherie

[RedSubway]

Originally Posted by txbasschik

Our set list for this weekend:

Set 1

Who Do You Love
Magic Carpet Ride
Suzie Q

Mississippi Queen
Come To Papa
You Really Got Me

Knocking On Heaven’s Door
Waiting For The Bus
Jesus Just Left Chicago

Red House
Roadhouse Blues

Set 2

Jumping Jack Flash
Sweet Home Alabama
Taking Care of Business

Them Changes
Smoke On The Water
Can’t You See

Rock & Roll Hoochie-Koo
Born To Be Wild
Gimme Some Lovin’

Originals:

Need You Much
Fogbound
Rudderless Man
White Trash Blues

Set 3

Rocky Mountain Way
Honky Tonk Woman
Tush

Cocaine
Funk #49
Hey Joe

I Just Want To Make Love To You
Squeezebox (I sing)
Born On The Bayou

Hard To Handle
Rock & Roll (I sing)
Funky Music

Thought y'all might like to know how the new band is coming along.

Delighted beyond belief...

Cherie

That setlist is beautiful, simply beautiful.

[txbasschik]

Originally Posted by david meissner

that's great news , Cherie !!

Lord knows , you've certainly paid your dues ,
and it seems things have finally come 'round in your favor ...


wishing all the best for you .

dave

Thanks sugar!!! It is good to be working with a group that I can be truly excited about. I am just itching to play those originals for the local crowd. I know they'll go over well!!! Just about everyone out here is coming to our show on Friday. The place will be *packed*, and that joint prolly holds about 150 folks.

Spoke with my old harmonica player yesterday. He says he's actually glad they fired me, because he is delighted that I came out on the best end of that whole deal. He's thinking of letting us steal him from time to time. LOL!

{{{{{{{{{{[HUGS!!!}}}}}}}}}]

Cherie

[txbasschik]

Originally Posted by RedSubway

That setlist is beautiful, simply beautiful.

Thanks!!! I'm digging it a lot. I count myself truly lucky to be in a band like this.

Cherie

[Easy8]

Glad to hear how things are working out for the best.

That's a great set list, looks like a lot of fun.

PM'ed you about upcoming some gigs we have in lago Vista.

We're playing a couple of shows out your way at Remington's on the 9th and 23rd. Do you know anything about the venue?

Y'all come on out if you get a chance.

[txbasschik]

Originally Posted by Easy8

Glad to hear how things are working out for the best.

That's a great set list, looks like a lot of fun.

PM'ed you about upcoming some gigs we have in lago Vista.

We're playing a couple of shows out your way at Remington's on the 9th and 23rd. Do you know anything about the venue?

Y'all come on out if you get a chance.

Actually, this show I'm so stoked about this Friday is at Remington's!

Played there a jillion times. Its largish. Friday nights are better than Saturdays. You'll need to flyer for it all around Lago and Jonestown. *Don't* put any flyers at DeliWerks...the owner will have a stroke. You can flyer at the dollar store, and at all the other stores around there.

If I'm not booked on those dates, I'll not only come out, I'll bring people with me!

Cherie

[mike.b]

Originally Posted by txbasschik

Oh, they love that song in the bars! I had this busty metal chick with long black hear just headbanging like a maniac to that song. I wouldn't say that I play it *exactly* like Roger Glover, but I do my best. Since we don't have a keyboardist, I try to put a lot of the keyboard fills in, especially during the lead. Oh honey, that tune goes over like ice-cold beer on a 102F day!

Take a stab at it...its not really all that difficult, and its a world of fun to play with the band!

Cherie

me and the guitarist would love to play it but......we're a soul band and we're not sure if it would go down well with our audience.actually i know it would but convincing the brass section and singer is the problem.how long is your set?

[idoru]

Originally Posted by RedSubway

That setlist is beautiful, simply beautiful.

It does bring a sweetly nostalgic amount of rock, don't it I was born in 76, so that list contains a whole bunch of the music I grew up listening to. Thankfully I had really cool parents - I got my first turntable at 6 yrs old & inherited a stack of vinyl taller than I was!

Nice to have something like Suzie Q to offset Cocaine though!

c-

[MTMTEX]

Hey I actually live in Lago Vista and will come see you guys friday night. I play with a band called Linton/Mancilla and we are playing The Pier on Saturday night. Nice to play down on the water. Read the thread on people asking to sit in...so I got to ask...can I? ahahahahahah!!!

[txbasschik]

Originally Posted by MTMTEX

Hey I actually live in Lago Vista and will come see you guys friday night. I play with a band called Linton/Mancilla and we are playing The Pier on Saturday night. Nice to play down on the water. Read the thread on people asking to sit in...so I got to ask...can I? ahahahahahah!!!

Hey, I know Eric!!! Tell him "hey" for me!

I've played The Pier before. Nice place!!!

I look forward to seeing you!!!

Cherie

[Jeff K]

I love your set list. My band plays covers of old rock songs as well. You have some good ones on there, but y'know the one that really jumps out at me as being the most fun to play? Funk 49. Such a classic, bass-driven song. If the crowd doesn't start moving when you play that one, you're probably playing at Forest Hill...

[D.A.R.K.]

congrats on the gig, glad you are happy!
funny, just have to mention that looks almost carbon copy of the set my band would play in 1982...

[txbasschik]

Originally Posted by mike.b

me and the guitarist would love to play it but......we're a soul band and we're not sure if it would go down well with our audience.actually i know it would but convincing the brass section and singer is the problem.how long is your set?

Actually, a brass section on the tune would be way more than a little cool!!! I can totally hear it in my mind's ear.

Most gigs, we play three sets of 45 minutes each. I try to give us a couple of extra songs per set, so that we have some wiggle room. If we need more tunes, we've got 'em. If not, we can cut the ones we enjoy the least. Mainly only the downtown gigs are short. Most, around here, the band has the whole night.

Cherie

[mrufino1]

Originally Posted by mike.b

me and the guitarist would love to play it but......we're a soul band and we're not sure if it would go down well with our audience.actually i know it would but convincing the brass section and singer is the problem.how long is your set?

And THAT is the exact reason you should play it! That would be awesome as a horn tune. I play in a soul/party band in NJ, I think we may beat you to it! Holy Diver has already been worked into Let's Stay together, and Unchained into Proud Mary, some Ozzy and Priest into Sexxy Back (hey, it makes it bearable!) , some Maiden into Heaven, The Ocean and All Blues into Shout... Nothing like old metalheads playing soul!

[txbasschik]

Originally Posted by idoru

It does bring a sweetly nostalgic amount of rock, don't it I was born in 76, so that list contains a whole bunch of the music I grew up listening to. Thankfully I had really cool parents - I got my first turntable at 6 yrs old & inherited a stack of vinyl taller than I was!

Nice to have something like Suzie Q to offset Cocaine though!

c-

Yep...its the soundtrack of my childhood and early teen years, too. LOL! I'm actually trying to bring in some newer hard rock...STP and The Toadies and the like...some 80's metal, too. I like the songs, but some of them are a bit *too* old-n-dusty for me. (Like Suzie Q...one of my least-favorite tunes...LOL!)

This list of covers will please the local crowds very much, I think. If we can bring in some newer stuff for the 20- and 30-somethings, it will be very well-rounded. We are also working hard on originals. The goal is to have the set list be at least 50% originals by the winter. We pick up a new one at every practice, so we're well on the way!

I wanna bring in some Robin Trower to the set, as well. That's the band that corrupted me and turned me from a sweet little girl child who dug Elton John, to a young teenaged hard rock fan. "Bridge of Sighs" was the tune that did it. So...some Trower is definitely in order!!!

Cherie