New Acoustic Band-Need some cover songs

[Rutgers Bassist]

Hey guys,
Just recently started an acoustic band with my two guitarists. What are some of the best acoustic cover songs you guys ever heard at your local coffee houses? Also what songs will be able to bring out my talent in an acoustic band?

Thanks for the advice

Cheers!
Mark

[Wootsticks]

Under the Bridge or Road Trippin' (maybe) by RHCP.

[Jared92]

Originally Posted by Wootsticks

Under the Bridge or Road Trippin' (maybe) by RHCP.

EXACTLY MY TWO SUGJESTIONS!

[Wootsticks]

Originally Posted by Jared92

EXACTLY MY TWO SUGJESTIONS!

We need to get together sometime and jam. :P

[Stanley Design]

Might not be your style but check out......

"Lenny and the Piss Poor Boys"
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endID=74791845

My favourite thing to do though is turn songs that noone would expect into acoustic songs. Try doing that. And don't forget to check out those tunes in the link.

[rakirksey]

Agreed ... suprising cover songs are always fun. I had a group of friends that did "Hey Ya" by Outkast that was actually pretty fun.

[Troutdog]

A few that work well acoustically:

Wonderwall - Oasis
Brown Eyed Girl or Into the Mystic- Van Morrison
Crash - Dave Matthews Band
Melissa - Allman Brothers
Good Riddance - Green Day
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Counting Blue Cars - Dishwalla
Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
One I Love - REM
Runnin Down a Dream or Free Falling- Tom Petty
Bittersweet - Big Head Todd
Dead Flowers or You Can't Always Get - Rolling Stones
Truckin' or Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead
Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp
Walk Away - Ben Harper

[pbass78]

I've done STP's Plush and it went over well.

Also Foo Fighters Times Like These is a good one.

Mike

[CTF6]

"Purple Rain".

[nortonrider]

Blue on Black - Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Is a good one.
also...
The Wizard - Uriah Heep. It is way cool and most haven't heard it.

[Dave Muscato]

Originally Posted by Rutgers Bassist

Hey guys,
Just recently started an acoustic band with my two guitarists. What are some of the best acoustic cover songs you guys ever heard at your local coffee houses? Also what songs will be able to bring out my talent in an acoustic band?

Thanks for the advice

Cheers!
Mark

- Good Love is On The Way, Slow Dancing in a Burning Room - John Mayer Trio
- Extraordinary Machine, Oh Well, Never is a Promise, Sullen Girl, Slow Like Honey, I Know, Get Gone - Fiona Apple
- Any of a million Ani DiFranco songs.... 32 Flavors, Buildings and Bridges, Falling is Like This, Letter to a John, Untouchable Face...
- Colorblind, Long December, Rain King, Hanginaround, Round Here - Counting Crows
- And So It Goes - Billy Joel
- Crash Into Me, Ants Marching, Crush, The Space Between, Where Are You Going, Satellite, What Would You Say, Two Step, Grey Street, Stay - Dave Matthews Band

I'll post more later

[Ricky Daion]

Check out the Foo Fighters "Skin & Bones" dvd. A lot of great acoustic versions of foo tunes.

[QORC]

Originally Posted by Rutgers Bassist

Hey guys,
Just recently started an acoustic band with my two guitarists. What are some of the best acoustic cover songs you guys ever heard at your local coffee houses? Also what songs will be able to bring out my talent in an acoustic band?

Thanks for the advice

Cheers!
Mark

Some of the best acoustic numbers I've ever heard were standard songs turned acoustic. Think about it that way. I bought an album of famous 80s hits acoustic. Some sound amazing, like Heat of the Moment, or Land Down Under.

There are of course TONS of the "unplugged" stuff out there. Some sounds really interesting. I saw Rob Thomas do an acoustic version of "Unwell" and it sounded so good, so sad. Lovely.

That would be my input. Be different. Something unexpected will get people's attention.

[Qvist]

Ride the lightning!

[Jezz8me]

The bowling for soup version of "Hit Me Baby One More Time"


my acoustic band covers "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" by death cab that is great


if you can get a cello cover some damien rice but if not just cover "Cannonball"

[Phalex]

We do an awesome acoustic version of Man In The Box. We swing it!

[Dan1099]

"Steal My Kisses" - Ben Harper - awesome song, cool bass line, I even take a solo!
"Say it Ain't So" - Weezer
"Friend of the Devil" - Grateful Dead
"Today" - Smashing Pumpkins
"Wagon Wheel" - Old Crow Medicine Show
John Mayer, Dave Matthews, Death Cab for Cutie, Bright Eyes, "Hallelujah" by any number of people.

There are TONS.

[Rutgers Bassist]

Thanks for all the replies guys!

GREAT stuff!

Anyone have any slap songs that would sound great with two accoustic guitars? I'm going to be playing electric on a smaller amp at times as well, and well I just love to slap

[qunndo]

The singer in my band did a solo acoustic version of 'you look wonderful tonight' by eric clapton. That was fantastic. Another song to consider is 'miss you love' by silverchair. Oh, 'grave digger' by dave matthews band is quite epic.

[McGroovin']

+1 on Wagon Wheel, people love it

Spaceship Orion - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Pinball Wizard - The Who
Soul Kitchen - The Doors
Volcano - Damien Rice

Of course we also have a mandolin that added some kick, if you could call it that.