HOORAY! I have a New Year's Eve gig!

[bassybill]

Just when I thought I was going to be unemployed, this one came through on Facebook - subbing with a band I've never met, and with no rehearsal. Shouldn't be too bad, though, I've played most of this stuff a fair few times before. Here's the set list, sounds fun, mostly.

Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams
Maggie May - Rob Stewart
Valerie - Amy Winehouse / Zutons
Rio - Duran Duran
Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
Hammer To Fall - Queen medley 1
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen medley 2
Help - Beatles
Jail House Rock - Elvis
La Bamba/ Twist And Shout - Los Lobos / Beatles
Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Hard To Handle - Black Crowes
Power Of Love - Huey Lewis
This Love - Maroon 5
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynrrd Skynrrd
Amazed - Lonestar
Can't Turn Loose - Otis Redding
Everybody Needs Somebody - Blues Brothers
The Snake - Al Wilson
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch - Four Tops
Twisting The Night Away - Sam Cooke
Higher And Higher - Jackie Wilson
Gimme Some Lovin' - Spencer Davis Group
Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
Sweet Soul Music - Arthur Conley
Soul Man - Sam and Dave
Mustang Sally/ I Feel Good - Commitments / JB
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Disco Inferno - Trammps
I'm Yours - Jason Mraz
Help Me Make It... - John Holt
Wedding Day - UB40
Hot Hot Hot - Arrow
Monkey Man - Specials
Uncle Sam - Madness
Town Called Malice - Jam
Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon
Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
Drops Of Jupiter - Train
Rocking All Over The World - Status Quo

[fdeck]

Sounds like a great set list! I've got year 4 of a really nice gig at a retirement home.

[electracoyote]

Wow, look at all those crowd pleasing party starters. Sounds like a really fun night for the regulars (punters?)

We have one too (Denver, CO), we were sharing the bill (and money) with a national act (Bullet Boys), but they bailed, so it's just us (and all the money) and an eager audience for four action-packed sets. Here's what we're going with:

Set 1

1. My Own Worst Enemy

2. China Grove

3. Hard To Handle

4. A Million Miles Away

5. Break Up Song (NO SLOW INTRO – Let’s just bust right into it because of it’s placement)

6. Inside Out

7. Santeria

8. Can’t Help Myself

9. Come Out And Play

10. Don't You Forget About Me

11. Walk This Way



Set 2

1. I'm Yours

2. Semi Charmed Life

3. Kryptonite

4. Honky Tonk Woman

5. Footloose

6. Centerfold

7. Middle

8. Sex On Fire

9. Pour Some Sugar On Me

10. I Want You To Want Me

11. Holiday





Set 3

1. Sweet Home Alabama

2. Play That Funky Music

3. Just Like Heaven

4. Blister In The Sun

5. Faith

6. Fight For Your Right

7. Neon Moon

8. Let’s Go Crazy

9. White Wedding

10. Save A Horse

11. Take Me Out



Set 4

1. Rock This Town

2. I Wanna Be Sedated

3. Folsom Prison Blues

4. Word Up

5. I Melt With You

6. Chasing Cars

7. Eruption/You Really Got Me/ All Day And All The Night

8. Somebody Told Me

9. Paralyzer

10. Rebel Rebel

11. Walking On The Sun

12. Rock And Roll All Night



Standbyes:

13. Everlong

12. Flagpole Sitta

[SpecialBlender]

Congratulations on the New Years gig. I've been pretty fortunate to be part of long established bands and always had New Years gigs. Booked this New Years & already have a contract for next year as well.

This will be my 27th New Years gig (3 different bands) with my drummer & 18th (2 bands) with our lead guitarist.

[hibachiduck]

Those are some damn fine setlists.

[bluewine]

Cool & Congrats,

We're playing 2 New Year Eves gigs. A 2:00-7:00 load out, travel 40 minutes to do a 9:00-1:00.

I'm actually concerned it might be to much for me.

Blue

[pnchad]

amateur night

[two fingers]

I LOVE fill-in gigs like that. It really keeps you on your toes to play with a band you never met before that night. Funny story. I did one once in a pretty little coastal town near here. It's a restaurant and a bar. I went in and couldn't find the band. So I sat down and ordered a steak. I had asked everyone who was working if they had seen the band and they all said no. About halfway through the meal the two guys at the table next to me start fussing about the late bass player.........

We had a good laugh. We played a GREAT show. I now play a gig with them at least twice a year when they are blowing through my area.

Enjoy your gig!

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by pnchad

amateur night

Not for that sort of money.

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by two fingers

I LOVE fill-in gigs like that. It really keeps you on your toes to play with a band you never met before that night. Funny story. I did one once in a pretty little coastal town near here. It's a restaurant and a bar. I went in and couldn't find the band. So I sat down and ordered a steak. I had asked everyone who was working if they had seen the band and they all said no. About halfway through the meal the two guys at the table next to me start fussing about the late bass player.........

We had a good laugh. We played a GREAT show. I now play a gig with them at least twice a year when they are blowing through my area.

Enjoy your gig!

Heh heh - nice. I love doing these sort of gigs, too, for just the reason you state. It really does keep you on your toes.

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by fdeck

Sounds like a great set list! I've got year 4 of a really nice gig at a retirement home.

It's not a bad list at all for this sort of gig. Okay, there's a few cringeworthy tunes in there along with the fun stuff, but I'll play whatever people want to hear if they're paying well enough.

Tell us more about the retirement home gig, please!

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by electracoyote

Wow, look at all those crowd pleasing party starters. Sounds like a really fun night for the regulars (punters?)

We have one too (Denver, CO), we were sharing the bill (and money) with a national act (Bullet Boys), but they bailed, so it's just us (and all the money) and an eager audience for four action-packed sets. Here's what we're going with...

Oh yeah, you got some tunes in there that will really get folks up and dancing (and drinking). These sorts of gigs are actually a lot of fun.

[rodl2005]

Congrats & a good fun set list!

I've two- pretty cushy ones..

7-10pm jazz/blues at a Restaurant 30 mins outta town - On the bay, dinner included!!

11-2am Club in City I'll make $1200 cash !! Wish there were one NYE each quarter

;-)

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by rodl2005

$1200 cash !! Wish there were one NYE each quarter

;-)

When Roy Wood recorded "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day", I wonder if he really meant New Year?

Have a great holiday season's playing, folks, whatever you're doing.

[Freddels]

I haven't had a New Year's Eve gig since 1981. I just don't find them worth it. I'd rather enjoy my evening with my family.

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by Freddels

I haven't had a New Year's Eve gig since 1981. I just don't find them worth it. I'd rather enjoy my evening with my family.

I'd probably enjoy the evening more with your family, too, Fred. Better than my amateur night, for sure.

[madbassplaya]

Originally Posted by bassybill

I'd probably enjoy the evening more with your family, too, Fred. Better than my amateur night, for sure.

I like the setlist. What basses are going?

[bassybill]

Originally Posted by madbassplaya

I like the setlist. What basses are going?

Fretted bass for this one, as you'd probably expect from that list - my bits and pieces Warmoth body/Status neck/Nordie pups/J Retro Jazz is my number 1. I'll also take a bit of an old beater as a spare - you never know.

Left hand bass is the fretted, on the right is the fretless:

[fdeck]

Originally Posted by bassybill

It's not a bad list at all for this sort of gig. Okay, there's a few cringeworthy tunes in there along with the fun stuff, but I'll play whatever people want to hear if they're paying well enough.

Tell us more about the retirement home gig, please!

It's at a very upscale retirement community. We start at 5:30 and play in a facility that is for folks who need fairly intensive nursing care. We ring in the new year at 6:30, then move to another room in the same complex where they have a dance floor. They bring in dance teachers to dance with folks who are not 100% steady on their feet. We ring in the new year again at 8:30, and we're done. We play standards, including requests.

It's a few blocks from my house, and all I bring is my upright -- no amp needed. The people are extremely appreciative. A lot of people retire and stay in Madison, and these folks are highly supportive of music and the arts.

In theory, I could play another gig after this one, but such a thing hasn't materialized in the past four years. So, I don't mind getting home at 9 PM with my NYE gig money in my pocket.

[fdeck]

Originally Posted by bassybill

Fretted bass for this one, as you'd probably expect from that list - my bits and pieces Warmoth body/Status neck/Nordie pups/J Retro Jazz is my number 1. I'll also take a bit of an old beater as a spare - you never know.

Left hand bass is the fretted, on the right is the fretless:

Dayum, did you do those yourself?