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05-20-2005, 04:45 PM
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Ok... Here's the deal:
Venue: Country Blues Cross over Bar
Audience: Nascar Fans, Red Necks, etc.(Some people that grew up in the late 50's and early 60's too)
Anyway, what will work in this setting that will keep the band from going nuts and the audience from flipping out. The last time I went to a similar bar, they played Buddy Holly, CCR, etc. Should I look into that stuff too? Suggestions are welcome. Thanks!
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05-20-2005, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.Phil Ok... Here's the deal:
Venue: Country Blues Cross over Bar
Audience: Nascar Fans, Red Necks, etc.(Some people that grew up in the late 50's and early 60's too)
Anyway, what will work in this setting that will keep the band from going nuts and the audience from flipping out. The last time I went to a similar bar, they played Buddy Holly, CCR, etc. Should I look into that stuff too? Suggestions are welcome. Thanks! | Well, I wouldn't bust out David Bowie at that place unless you've got a helmet and some body armor  There's nothing wrong with a little Creedence now and then. Skynrd sounds acceptable also.
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05-20-2005, 06:13 PM
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05-20-2005, 06:59 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Classic Rock. From the last half of the 20th century. I would start around something like Mustang Sally.
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05-21-2005, 12:49 PM
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That should fit the crowd you describe.
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05-22-2005, 11:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Upstate NY | | | Grateful Dead as well. Eagles, SRV, Hendrix, Thorogood, Buffett, Cheap Trick, early Def Leppard (as well as the others mentioned previously). Dont' do AC/DC if the singer can't hit the notes w/out a falsetto - that'll get you laughed off stage. Same with Zep. Mony Mony is a must. Get someone to shout out the "Get Laid, Get ****ed" part.
The metal has to be on the edge for a crowd like that. While "Whole Lotta' Rosie" would work, "Money Talks" probably wouldn't. High notes work, but only if your singer can hit them full voice and not come in flat or use a falsetto. Nothing is more silly than a cover band that has a singer who falls short or has to do his best Barry Gibb to hit "You Shook me All Night Long".
For borderline country, do "Friends in Low Places" (goes over everywhere), "5'Oclock Somewhere" [Alan Jackson/Jimmy Buffett], and "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" by Travis Tritt. |
05-22-2005, 01:07 PM
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05-22-2005, 02:01 PM
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05-22-2005, 02:25 PM
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05-22-2005, 03:32 PM
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05-22-2005, 06:32 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | Aything by Willie Nelson for some slower tunes.
Anything by Johnny Cash esp. "Folsom Prison Blues".
"Johnny B. Goode". Any 50's rock.
I am surprised nobody has mentioned "Born to Be Wild".
"East SIde and Down" will go over big time. You may know it as the Smokey and the Bandit theme.
I'm not sure how new country will work. You might try "I love this bar" or "Some beach".
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05-22-2005, 07:13 PM
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Be prepared to play both kinds of music, Country AND Western.
Culture Club may not go over very well.
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05-23-2005, 02:12 PM
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Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Swee Home Bama - Skynyrd
Whipping Post - Allman Bros
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05-23-2005, 10:56 PM
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jailhouse rock, don't be cruel, heartbreak hotel, etc...
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05-29-2005, 05:38 PM
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That song rocks and everybody can shine if you taylor it to your band. How 'bout Ramblin' Man by the Allman's (Do you have a key tapper)? Dire Straits' Sultans of Swing?
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