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Cover bands, let's see your set lists!

xush said:
here's a few we've been known to work in the set:

Human Behavior Bjork
Zombie Cranberries
Enjoy the Silence Depeche Mode
Four Sticks Led Z
No Quarter Led Z
Kashmir Led z
Immigrant Song Led Zep
Fade into You Mazzy Star
Perfect Day PJ Harvey
Good Fortune PJ Harvey
Big Exit PJ Harvey
Message in a Bottle Police
King of Pain Police
Roxanne Police
Synchronicity 2 Police
Tea In the Saharah Police
Glory Box Portishead
Sour Times Portishead
Cowboys Portishead
The Bends Radiohead
Climbing up the walls Radiohead
Planet Telex Radiohead
Street Spirit Radiohead
National Anthem Radiohead
Pearly Radiohead
YYZ rush
Tom Sawyer rush
Natural Science rush
Lavilla Strangiato rush
Spirit of the Radio rush
Red Sector A rush
Paint it Black
If Only Tonight The Cure
Hot Hot Hot The Cure
Fascination Street The Cure
Just Like Heaven the Cure
Cornflake Girl Tori Amos
Caught a lite sneeze Tori Amos
Bliss Tori Amos
Concertina Tori Amos
Beautiful Day U2
With or without you U2
God's Country U2

I'm trying to get them to phase out some of the more cliche ones, and maybe drop in some Yes, Floyd, Crimson and whatnot.

this is the best set list yet!
i'd love to see your band :D

especially the pj harvey and portishead covers.
 
Gia said:
i'd love to see your band :D

especially the pj harvey and portishead covers.
you are very kind.
When we have to play covers, we like to do songs we admire/enjoy/don't hate as much as what's usually popular at the moment. And I did get my way...

We're planning a small tour in Italy next summer, hopefully we'll be over that way for a while. Got some contacts in France and Sweden- whereabouts are you?

We just got at huge batch of promo materials made up; if you'd like a CD or two I'd be glad to send some over.
 
bar-band, mostly classic rock - our current set list :

<TABLE style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1><TBODY><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: silver"><TD>ONE</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Cold Shot</TD><TD>Stevie Ray Vaughn</TD></TR><TR><TD>Desire</TD><TD>U2</TD></TR><TR><TD>Spooky</TD><TD>Atlanta Rhythm Section</TD></TR><TR><TD>I Thank You</TD><TD>ZZ Top</TD></TR><TR><TD>The Wind Cries Mary</TD><TD>Jimi Hendrix</TD></TR><TR><TD>Boys are Back in Town</TD><TD>Thin Lizzy</TD></TR><TR><TD>I Know a Little</TD><TD>Lynyrd Skynyrd</TD></TR><TR><TD>I'm the Only One</TD><TD>Melissa Etheridge</TD></TR><TR><TD>All I Wanna Do</TD><TD>Sheryl Crowe</TD></TR><TR><TD>Pink Houses</TD><TD>John Mellencamp</TD></TR><TR><TD>Fooled Around and Fell</TD><TD>Elvin Bishop</TD></TR><TR><TD>Heatwave</TD><TD>Linda Ronstadt</TD></TR><TR><TD>Hit Me with Your Best Shot</TD><TD>Pat Benatar</TD></TR><TR><TD>Keep Your Hands to Yourself</TD><TD>Georgia Satelittes</TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: silver"><TD>TWO</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Black Velvet</TD><TD>Alannah Myles</TD></TR><TR><TD>Man, I Feel Like a Woman</TD><TD>Shania Twain</TD></TR><TR><TD>Why Haven’t I heard from you</TD><TD>Reba McIntyre</TD></TR><TR><TD>My Favorite Mistake</TD><TD>Sheryl Crowe</TD></TR><TR><TD>Back on the Chain Gang</TD><TD>The Pretenders</TD></TR><TR><TD>You're no Good</TD><TD>Linda Ronstadt</TD></TR><TR><TD>Move it on over</TD><TD>George Thorogood</TD></TR><TR><TD>Authority Song</TD><TD>John Mellencamp</TD></TR><TR><TD>Hard to Handle</TD><TD>The Black Crowes</TD></TR><TR><TD>Pride And Joy</TD><TD>Stevie Ray Vaughn</TD></TR><TR><TD>No Matter What</TD><TD>BadFinger</TD></TR><TR><TD>Some Kind Of Wonderful</TD><TD>Grand Funk Railroad</TD></TR><TR><TD>Jenny, Jenny (867-5309)</TD><TD>Tommy Tutone</TD></TR><TR><TD>Born To Be Wild</TD><TD>Steppenwolf</TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: silver"><TD>THREE</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Lovin, Touchin, Squeezin</TD><TD>Journey</TD></TR><TR><TD>Get Back</TD><TD>The Beatles</TD></TR><TR><TD>Margaritaville</TD><TD>Jimmy Buffet</TD></TR><TR><TD>Can't Get Enough Of Your Love</TD><TD>Bad Company</TD></TR><TR><TD>Hey Baby</TD><TD>Ted Nugent</TD></TR><TR><TD>Are you gonna go my way</TD><TD>Lenny Kravitz</TD></TR><TR><TD>What I Like About You/ R.O.C.K.</TD><TD>The Romantics / John Mellencamp</TD></TR><TR><TD>Come to My Window</TD><TD>Melissa Etheridge</TD></TR><TR><TD>I Can't Tell you Why</TD><TD>The Eagles</TD></TR><TR><TD>I Feel Good</TD><TD>James Brown</TD></TR><TR><TD>Wild Nights</TD><TD>John Mellencamp</TD></TR><TR><TD>Take It Off</TD><TD>The Donnas</TD></TR><TR><TD>Middle of the Road</TD><TD>The Pretenders</TD></TR><TR><TD>Heartbreaker</TD><TD>Pat Benatar</TD></TR><TR style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: silver"><TD>Audibles</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Mustang Sally</TD><TD>Wilson Pickett</TD></TR><TR><TD>Wonderful Tonight</TD><TD>Eric Clapton</TD></TR><TR><TD>Brown-Eyed Girl</TD><TD>Van Morrison</TD><TR><TD>Little Miss Can't be Wrong</TD><TD>The Spin Doctors</TD></TR><TR><TD>Empty Arms</TD><TD>Stevie Ray Vaughn</TD></TR><TR><TD>Jealous again</TD><TD>The Black Crowes</TD></TR><TR><TD>Honky Tonk Woman</TD><TD>The Rolling Stones</TD></TR><TR><TD>Pink Cadillac</TD><TD>Bruce Springsteen</TD></TR><TR><TD>Low</TD><TD>Cracker</TD></TR><TR><TD>Gimme Three Steps</TD><TD>Lynyrd Skynyd</TD></TR><TR><TD>Everybreath You Take</TD><TD>The Police</TD></TR><TR><TD>Sk8ter Boi</TD><TD>Avril Lavigne</TD></TR><TR><TD>Wherever you will go</TD><TD>The Calling</TD></TR><TR><TD>Redneck Woman</TD><TD>Gretchen Wilson</TD></TR><TR><TD>Crazy</TD><TD>Patsy Cline</TD></TR><TR><TD>Have You Ever Seen The Rain</TD><TD>Creedance Clearwater Revival</TD></TR><TR><TD>Crazy Little Thing Called Love</TD><TD>Queen</TD></TR><TR><TD>Free Ride</TD><TD>Edgar Winter Group</TD></TR><TR><TD>Ain't That A Shame</TD><TD>Cheap Trick</TD></TR><TR><TD>Bring It On Home</TD><TD>Sam Cooke</TD></TR><TR><TD>Interstate Love Song</TD><TD>Stone Temple Pilots</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
 
well, my new band is an original group, but we have some covers that we throw in...

"Same Ole Thing", "Hey Pockey Way", and "Cissy Strut" by the Meters
"Windjammer" by Grant Green (Freddie Hubbard?)
"Right Place, Wrong Time" by Dr. John
"Frankenstein" yb Edgar Winter
"Birdland" by Weather Report
"If You Want Me To Stay" by Sly and the Family Stone
"Gun" by Gil Scott-Heron
"Pusherman" by Curtis Mayfield
"Chank" by John Scofield

there are some others, but you get the idea...

from the lows,


Stew
 
Stewmc5222 said:
well, my new band is an original group, but we have some covers that we throw in...

"Same Ole Thing", "Hey Pockey Way", and "Cissy Strut" by the Meters
"Windjammer" by Grant Green (Freddie Hubbard?)
"Right Place, Wrong Time" by Dr. John
"Frankenstein" yb Edgar Winter
"Birdland" by Weather Report
"If You Want Me To Stay" by Sly and the Family Stone
"Gun" by Gil Scott-Heron
"Pusherman" by Curtis Mayfield
"Chank" by John Scofield

there are some others, but you get the idea...

from the lows,


Stew

Stew: Great choices!

It's also cool to see another band that appreciates the Meters - most folks in the clubs we play don't even recognize them or their tunes. We play "Cissy Strut" and "Trick Bag", and plan to add "People Say" - if we can ever pull off the guitar/bass unison break as tightly as they do....:help: :D
 
BIg O said:
Stew: Great choices!

It's also cool to see another band that appreciates the Meters - most folks in the clubs we play don't even recognize them or their tunes. We play "Cissy Strut" and "Trick Bag", and plan to add "People Say" - if we can ever pull off the guitar/bass unison break as tightly as they do....:help: :D

oh, we do "People Say" as well. the group vocal an that wicked unison figure rock!

from the lows,

Stew
 
I am embarrassed by the covers we play. I play with some younger guys who think the world revolves around Widespread Panic. Even the covers we play are covers that Panic does. I like the band, but am trying to get them to listen to other music and am pushing them to form an indentity of our own. We have about 8 originals, and play the following covers:

Get Ready- Temptations
One Of These Days- Pink Floyd
First Tube- Phish
Possum- Phish
After Midnight- JJ Cale
For What Its Worth- CSN
Walk On- Neil Young
And It Stoned Me- Van Morrison
Godzilla- Blue Oyster Cult
Feelin' Alright- Dave Mason
Green Onions- Booker T and the MG's
Just Kissed My Baby- The Meters
Bowlegged Woman- Bobby Rush
Can't Get High- Bloodkin
Climb To Safety- Jerry Joseph
Dear Mr. Fantasy- Traffic
Don't Be Denied- Neil Young
Maggot Brain- Parliament
Red Hot Mama- Parliament
Sympathy for the Devil- Rolling Stones
Red House- Jimi
Use Me- Bill Withers
West LA Fadeaway- Grateful Dead

And the following Widespread Panic songs:

Action Man
Arleen
Chilly Water
Diner
Driving Song
Love Tractor
Pilgrims
Porch Song
Stop-Go

I know I am forgetting some, but there it is.
 
xush said:
you are very kind.
When we have to play covers, we like to do songs we admire/enjoy/don't hate as much as what's usually popular at the moment. And I did get my way...

We're planning a small tour in Italy next summer, hopefully we'll be over that way for a while. Got some contacts in France and Sweden- whereabouts are you?

We just got at huge batch of promo materials made up; if you'd like a CD or two I'd be glad to send some over.

i'm in london, let me know if you ever play here!

yeah i would love a CD! PM me hon :)
 
-One Of These Days (Pink Floyd)
-The Analog Kid (Rush)
-Young Lust (Pink Floyd)
-You Shook Me All Night Long (AC/DC)
-Hey You (Pink Floyd)
-Bastille Day (Rush)
-Roundabout (Yes). Segue into
-Country Music -A Night In Hell- (Stuart Hamm)
-Cupid's Dead (Extreme)
-Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin)
-La Villa Strangiato (Rush)
-I Want You -She's So Heavy- (The Beatles)
-Guitar Solo (Includes parts of "Eruption" and that Satriani stuff that every guitarist want to play and I can't recall the name right now. Also VH's "Cathedral" as a guitar/bass duet). Segue into
-Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love (Van Halen)

Encore:

Medley: 2112 -Overture + The Temples Of Syrinx- (Rush) / Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)

Classic rock rules! :cool: :hyper:
 
Stewmc5222 said:
man, I would want to see your live show just for this part of it! excellent, man! rock on!

from the lows,

Stew


Well, thank you for your comments, Stew, but trust me, the bass solo wasn't really good. The thing is: The fastest I could play "Country Music" NEATLY (well, sort of) is around 135 bpm. Stu plays that at 145 bpm in the original recording and even faster live. I try to keep my tempo, but It's hard because people gets so excited, specially with the oompah - oompah theme, so at 135 bpm it wouldn't create the same reaction (I guess). So playing that at Stu's tempo results in a really messy performance. Some fine moments, but some (and more) embarrasing ones also. Fortunately, people here don't know that stuff and the rhythm catch them easily.

Thank you again!

P.S.: I have a video of that. If you want, I can send it to you as a SendThisFile or YouSendIt link, so let me know, but please, don't be too severe! :)
 
Alvaro Martín Gómez A. said:
P.S.: I have a video of that. If you want, I can send it to you as a SendThisFile or YouSendIt link, so let me know, but please, don't be too severe! :)
Alvaro, I am sure that your performance is better than you think -- we all criticize ourselves more harshly than others would.

I would love to check out the video, man! here's my email:

[email protected]

looking forward to seeing and hearing it!

from the lows,

Stew
 
sink the pink - acdc
thunderstruck - acdc
black betty - nazrath
paraniod - black sabbath
fortunate son - ccr
hot for teacher - van halen
running with the devil - van halen
hair of the dog
cover of the rolling stone
deck of 51
cocaine
under presure
trooper with an attitude
la grange
thunderkiss 65
i might like you better if we slept together
road house blues (i couldn't get this one for some reason)
bad to the bone
heart shaped box
my sherona
the hey song
blow at high dough
crazy train
dirty deeds
american idiot
war pigs
n.w.o - ministry
santaria
kickstart my heart
duhast
the people
don't fear the reaper
purple haze
paradice city
detriot rock city
god gave rock and roll to you
another one bites the dust
wasting my hate
the wait
am i evil
out ta get me
love gun
money for nothing
patiance
run to the hills
turbo lover - judust prist
dicovery channel
da funk
piece of me - skid row
here we go again - white snake (i couldn't find this one for some reason)
immigrant song
you could be mine
tnt
i was made for loving you
whitings on the walls
hell song
rock you like a hurricane
money - velvet revolver
mother
spirit in the sky
smoke on the water
where ever i may roam
i'll believe in you (or i'll be leaving you tonite) (i havn't got this one either)
 
Really quick set from last weekend...

(Love Is Like A) Heatwave - Martha Revees
Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
I Should of Known Better - The Beatles
You Cant Hurry Love - Supremes?
Got My Mojo Workin' - Jimmy Smith
Santa Claus is Coming To Town - Springsteen version
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus - Mellencamp version
 
This was our set list for our last gig...
Imagine a festival setting with around 2000 people who have been drinking all day. Very cool....

Set 1
We Will Rock You - Queen
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen
No Matter What - Badfinger
Let The Music Play - Heartsfield
Some Kind of Wonderful – Grand Funk Railroad
Run To You – Bryan Adams
Come Together - Beatles
Flirtin' With Disaster – Molly Hatchett
Alright Now - Free
Under My Wheels – Alice Cooper
Pinball Wizard – The Who
Shine On - Heartsfield
Music Man – REO Speedwagon
Only Time I’m Sober - Heartsfield

Set 2
Rock n’ Roll Mood - Original
Never Been Any Reason - Head East
Keep Yourself Alive - Queen
Stairway to Heaven – Led Zep
Just Wanna Make Love to You - Foghat
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Ridin' The Storm Out – REO Speedwagon
Train Kept A Rollin' - Aerosmith
Music Eyes - Heartsfield
Stone Cold Crazy - Queen
Stealin' – Uriah Heep
We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad

Got Classic Rock?

For those of you who don't know, Heartsfield was a country rock band out of the Chicago area popular in the mid to late 70's. Our guitar player idolized them. In fact, they have reformed and he has been able to gig with them a few times. Dreams sometimes do come true....