Classic Rock Set List

I like the list. Lots of good, and memorable, songs. You are right about "Sunny". Cool bass line, and fun to play. If you want to break it up, look up the Led Zep version of "For What It's Worth".

 

I'm in a Tom Petty cover band, their tunes are fairly easy to play. Breakdown, You Got Lucky, Runnin' Down A Dream, Free Fallin', not too tough to play.

 

Anything from "All Things Must Pass."

 

Amos Moses ??

You don't have your location listed but I'm guessing it's south of the Mason-Dixon line

 

OK, I'll post it again, but be warned: Whenever I do, it kills the thread.

Set 1
Ain't That a Shame - Cheap Trick Budokan version
Survival of the Sickest - Saliva
Train Kept a Rollin' - Aerosmith Get Your Wings version
Rockin' in the Free World - Kind of the SNL Version with an extended "middle part"
Yer Blues - Beatles White Album version ending more like the Dirty Mac version
I Hate Myself for Lovin' You - Joan Jett
Give me One Reason - Tracey Chapman
B*tch - Meredith Brooks
Slither - Velvet Revolver
Bad Girlfriend - Theory of a Deadman

Set 2
Piece of my Heart - Janis
Beast of Burden - Bette Midler Version
I'm the Only One - Melissa Etheridge
Ten Inch Record - Aerosmith (Live Version)
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Knockin' on Heaven's Door - GNR version
Sweet Child O'Mine - GNR
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi

Set 3
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen
I Hate my Life - Theory of a Deadman
(segue - a capella verse and chorus of CCR's Midnight Special)
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - Van Halen
Don't Let me Down - Beatles
Stealin' - Uriah Heep
Kiss - Prince
Peach - Prince
Always on the Run - Lenny Kravitz
Use Me - Bill Withers
Long Tall Sally/Whole Lotta Love 10 minute medley with "Young Boy Boogie Blues" segment intact from "Song Remains the Same" - Little Richard/Led Zeppelin

Set 4
Money - Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (both songs with tape sound effects!)
Ice Cream Man - Van Halen
Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi (starts out "unplugged" up until the guitar solo, then we bash them over the head with it)
The Ocean - Led Zeppelin
Revolution - The Beatles
While my Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

and then...

"What song is it you wanna hear?"

The full 10 minutes of Freebird, played like our lives depend on it

 

Nice!
Sounds like a cool show

 

I had the 45rpm...I have maybe heard that tune once in almost 40+ years.
IIRC, the guitar part is very cool.

...just checked it out on youtube.
The opening guitar part would translate nicely onto the bass.
Nice little bass fill at approx. 1:00 & 2:00 in...

 

Primus covered it...so all bets are off.

 

OP, what kind of places are you playing? Many of these songs are good but IMO they lack mass appeal. When people come to hear a cover band many want to hear songs they can sing along with and dance to. We just updated our set list so I don't have a current copy on my computer. I will find one and add it later.

 

I just listened to Amos Moses for the first time yesterday after reading this and just played along with the song about 10 times in a row. That is just one fun song.

 

Regarding Amos Moses... Jerry Reed had chops out the wazoo! Listen to some of his other stuff. Cool set lists so far. Like many here, I have also played in many a cover band. My favorites were the rockabilly band and the Hendrix one.

 

IIRC, Jerry Reed was a member of Guitar Player magazine's '70s Advisory Board...a very select group back in the day.

 

There's a lot of great songs you got there, but I would add "Green Eyed Lady" from Sugarloaf plus it has a real fun bass line.
Another fun one we used to play was "Jump into the Fire" from Harry Nilsson.

 

I have fought very hard for that set list. A lot of people think it's a BAD idea.

Until they see a packed house react to it!

 

You have to throw in "Feel Like Makin Love" & maybe something from Eddie Cochran depending on your crowd: "Come on Everybody" or "Summertime Blues."
&
Sonics, "Have Love, Will Travel."
Devo, "Girl U Want"
Billy Idol, "Sweet Sixteen." That's mellow.
Los Lobos, "When the Circus Comes to Town." Pretty song.
That Leather & lace song by Stevie Nicks & Don Henley. I guess I'm in a romantic mood. Wow. I'm thinking of songs to sing along too & good make out songs.

 

+ Life By the Drop & Little Wing.

 

Overture
The Temples of Syrinx
Discovery
Presentation
Oracle:The Dream
Soliloquy
Grand Finale

... O wait...

 

4 piece band, Drums, bass, guitar, keys. Drummer sings the most but we all pitch in on a few to give him a break.

Set One

867-5309
Pride and Joy
House is Rocking
Centerfield
Your Momma Don’t Dance
Sharp dressed Man
Gimme Three Steps
Secret Agent Man
Hang on Sloopy
I’m a believer
Let’s Go
Mainstreet
Wild Night
Rock This Town

Set Two

Eight days a week
Brown-eyed Girl (sorry)
Riders on the Storm
Move it on Over
Honky Tonk Woman
Steppin’ Stone
Satisfaction
Pretty Woman
Wicked Game
Crazy Little Think Called love
Mustang Sally (sorry)
Still Got the Blues
ROCK in the USA
What I like about you
Bang a Gong
Venus

Set Three

Temptation eyes
Mary Janes Last Dance
Gimme Some Lovin’
Born on the Bayou
Love her madly
Addicted to love
Bad Case of Loving You
Margarita-ville
Stir it up
Breakdown
Every Rose Has It’s Thorn (sorry)
Born to be wild
China Grove
Long Train Running

Set Four

My Maria
Drinking my baby Goodbye
Long Cool woman
Crossroads
Roadhouse blues
I saw her standing there
Knockin on Heavens door
No matter What
Hot rod Lincoln
Have you ever seen the rain
On the Dark Side
Keep your hands to yourself
Runaway
Stand by me
Birthday
Evil Ways
Simple man
Ring of Fire
Johnny B Goode
Tore Down

Set Five


Werewolves of London
All Summer Long
Sweet Home Alabama

Look at Little Sister
Walkin the Dog
Hideaway
Treat Her Right
Little Sister
Fortunate Son
Drift Away
Draggin the Line
Time Machine
Footstompin Music