Cover Band members, which songs should I work on?

[Marley's Ghost]

Well, I am back in the market for a band and not having much luck finding openings. In the meantime, I am trying to learn as many songs as I can to ace audtions when they come up. Any suggestions on what songs to learn for classic/modern rock cover bands? What are you people playing these days?

 

[nashvillebill]

Here's our current set list. I've done quite a few of these with other bands too...

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(I'm officially listed there as playing rhythym guitar, though I have subbed for their regular bass player too... anything to get on stage!!)

 

[jimbob]

Check out my band's Link Removed...we do more of the Classic Rock thing as we are old farts and the clubs/parties we play prefer the format from us in North and South Carolina.

 

[Dirty Dave]

Some of the same songs I have played from band to band over the last couple years:

American Band - Grand Funk Railroad
Hard To Handle - The Black Crowes
Tush - ZZ Top
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Walk This Way - Aerosmith
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money
You Really Got Me - Van Halen style
Rock N' Roll - Led Zeppelin
Gel - Collective Soul
Pride N' Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughn
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
My Sharona - The Knack
Rock N' Roll All Night - Kiss

Coincidently, I noticed almost all of these tunes are on either jimbob or nashvillebill's playlist as well.

 

[jimbob]

Yeah...these are tunes my band calls "Falling off a log tunes". The clubs and crowd love these songs though...good familure tunes for all ages. A few years ago I played with a group that did a bunch of Barenaked Ladies, Soul Asylum, Creed, 311, Nirvana, White Stripes, RHCP and it would never fail someone wanted to hear Skynard and a lot of the classic rock stuff. I work a lot more now with this format than back then...Give the people what they want.