Canadian Cover Tunes

[Hevy T]

Anyone here in a cover band, Canadian, American, British etc... that covers Canadian music? Examples; Trooper, Streetheart, Rush, BTO, April Wine, Prism, Stix, Harlequin, Tronoto, Nickleback, Chilliwack, Loverboy, The Spoons, Doug and the Slugs, Kim Mitchel, Max Webster etc...

If so what are you playing and how does the audience respond?

 

[SpecialBlender]

Playing the following in one of my side projects:

Thinking Of You - Harlequinn
Sweet Things In Life - Harlequinn
Freedom - Colin James
Crazy Talk - Chilliwack
Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
Hey You - BTO
Tramp - BTO
Slow Poke - April Wine

Added the Harlequinn tunes since our last gig but the others work pretty good.

 

[seanm]

BTO - Takin' Care of Business
Any Neil Young
Brian Adams - Summer of '69 if your singer can handle the high notes

We don't really play much Canadian music

 

[Muttleybass]

I've done TONS of stuff over the years.

Tragically Hip is probably most popular at the moment. New Orleans, Courage, Blow At High Dough

Bryan Adams - Summer of '69, Kids Wanna Rock
Trooper - Raise A Little Hell, We're Here For A Good Time
The Reason - Longest Highway Home
Colin James - Keep On Lovin' Me Baby
April Wine - Roller
Rush - In The Mood, New World Man
Heart - Magic Man, Crazy On You
Sass Jordan - High Road Easy
Toronto - Daddy Don't Know
Alanna Myles - Still Got This Thing
Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel, People
BTO - Takin' Care Of Business
Sweeney Todd - Roxy Roller
Wide Mouth Mason - Why
Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
Guess Who - American Woman
Max Webster - High Class In Borrowed Shoes
Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns, Rock & Roll Duty
Loverboy - Workin' for The Weekend
Powder Blues - Just A Little, What've I Been Drinkin'
Harlequin - Innocence
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
Rush - YYZ, Limelight
Goddo - Sweet Thing
Streetheart's version of Under My Thumb
I guess you could count The Rovers - Wasn't That A Party
And "The Rodeo Song"

Styx was from Chicago, but since you mentioned them, we do Renegade.

 

[Richland123]

Anyone here in a cover band, Canadian, American, British etc... that covers Canadian music? Examples; Trooper, Streetheart, Rush, BTO, April Wine, Prism, Stix, Harlequin, Tronoto, Nickleback, Chilliwack, Loverboy, The Spoons, Doug and the Slugs, Kim Mitchel, Max Webster etc...

If so what are you playing and how does the audience respond?

Styx is not a Canadian band although their current keyboardist/singer Lawrence Gowan is from Canada.

I have always been a huge fan of Canadian music acts. We play the following songs by Canadian acts.

Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69
Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business
Neil Young - Rockin' In The Free World
Neil Young - Harvest Moon
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance
Michael Buble - Home
Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway

 

[Richland123]

I've done TONS of stuff over the years.

Tragically Hip is probably most popular at the moment. New Orleans, Courage, Blow At High Dough

Bryan Adams - Summer of '69, Kids Wanna Rock
Trooper - Raise A Little Hell, We're Here For A Good Time
The Reason - Longest Highway Home
Colin James - Keep On Lovin' Me Baby
April Wine - Roller
Rush - In The Mood, New World Man
Heart - Magic Man, Crazy On You
Sass Jordan - High Road Easy
Toronto - Daddy Don't Know
Alanna Myles - Still Got This Thing
Headpins - Don't It Make Ya Feel, People
BTO - Takin' Care Of Business
Sweeney Todd - Roxy Roller
Wide Mouth Mason - Why
Doucette - Mama Let Him Play
Guess Who - American Woman
Max Webster - High Class In Borrowed Shoes
Kim Mitchell - Patio Lanterns, Rock & Roll Duty
Loverboy - Workin' for The Weekend
Powder Blues - Just A Little, What've I Been Drinkin'
Harlequin - Innocence
Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl
Rush - YYZ, Limelight
Goddo - Sweet Thing
Streetheart's version of Under My Thumb
I guess you could count The Rovers - Wasn't That A Party
And "The Rodeo Song"

Styx was from Chicago, but since you mentioned them, we do Renegade.

You play some GREAT Canadian songs and many I have played over the years.

The Rodeo Song was not by The Irish Rovers but another Canadian band called Garry Lee and Showdown, a country band from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.

 

[Spinal Tapper]

something by that crooner, Justin Beiber, maybe?

Oh, wait, crap, thought this was bass humor section...

 

[Muttleybass]

You play some GREAT Canadian songs and many I have played over the years.

The Rodeo Song was not by The Irish Rovers but another Canadian band called Garry Lee and Showdown, a country band from Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada.

I didn't mean to imply that it was... but I forgot who made it famous. Gaye Delorme, the guy who wrote it, was a friend of mine and passed away last June.

Additions to the list that came to mind later:

Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now, Bad Attitude
Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild, Magic Carpet Ride, The Pusher
Doug & The Slugs - Chinatown Calculation, Too Bad
Speaking of Gowan, back in the 80's we did "Criminal Mind"
April Wine - I Wanna Rock, Just Between You And Me
Neil Young - Rockin' In The Freeworld
Finger Eleven - Paralyzer, Whatever Doesn't Kill Me
Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
Chilliwack - Gone Gone Gone
Guess Who - Shakin' All Over
Gino Vanelli - Black Cars
Payolas - Eyes Of A Stranger
Rough Trade - High School Confidential

 

[dalkowski]

No one's rocking any Sloan?

 

[Richland123]

Here is a great website featuring information about Canadian bands.

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[Hevy T]

My bad about Stix... and i call myself a canuck eh

 

[jive1]

My friend plays guitar in a Canadian tribute band up in Buffalo, NY. Prior to that he was in a Tragically Hip tribute called Strictly Hip which did pretty well up there.

 

[Smallmouth_Bass]

I was going to mention (before Jive1 did) that you've gotta have some Hip in there to cover Canadian rock.

 

[kcole4001]

Hip always goes over well, and is often fun to play also, can't go wrong with any of their well known stuff.

Any Wide Mouth Mason is great fun, but sadly doesn't get much of a response in my neck of the woods. Great band!

Tom Cochrane, Heart, and Sass Jordan are sure winners if your singer has the range.

Trooper, April Wine, BTO, are staples of the classic rock bands.

Colin James has a huge repertoire to choose from and much of it is gold.

 

[agreatheight]

How about some Our Lady Peace?

 

[bass12]

Gordon Lightfoot? One of Canada's best songwriters, as far as I'm concerned. Daniel Lanois, The Box, Men Without Hats, Feist, Corey Hart, um, Celine Dion? Oh and, of course, Paul Anka!

 

[Texan]

Anything from Terrance and Phillips discography would kill!!!

 

[mixtapelove]

How about Barenaked Ladies?

A friend of mine is in a band that does good versions of Brian Wilson and Old Apartment.

 

[Tristan]

Jeff Healey!

 

[Muttleybass]

^^Lol

Man... I guess I've been around a while. I keep remembering stuff I used to do back in the day. I guess after 35 years of playing in bands I've developed quite a repertoire.

Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe, Human Race
Tom Cochrane - Life Is A Highway
I Mother Earth - One More Astronaut
Bryan Adams - Fits Ya Good
Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
Streetheart - One More Time
Saga - On The Loose (big in the 80's)
Jeff Healey - Angel Eyes, Think I Love You Too Much

Currently considering The Sheepdogs - Why? (name of the song... not asking)

I've never done Sloan, Tea Party or Our Lady Peace. Great stuff, tho'.

I can name at least THREE Tragically Hip tribute bands here in Vancouver. The biggest one (The Hip Show) features my last lead singer. (The Hip Replacements, The Radically Hip are the other two)