Cover Bands! Post your setlist for insight, feedback, and ridicule!

[SanDiegoHarry]

It fills a niche. I assure you that we have no problem with attendance.

That is, in the end, all that matters.

 

[veebass]

Veebass, you had me at Cherry bomb -laltey one of my favorites!!

Yes a nice easy one and it goes off!

 

[Neo1]

Haven't tacked that song yet, but 'Hey Now What You Doing' from the same New Order Album is also pretty fun to play, and you don't need sequencers to do it.

Well, there's another one to work on this weekend (I already added someone else's suggestion for Green-Eyed Lady). Actually, I bet I'm not the only one who picks up (steals) great ideas for lesser-known songs on TB. It's one of the great added benefits of this site, for both bassists and their audiences (and why a thread like this is so good). Thanks.

 

[peledog]

Some nice set lists! This is our Top 40 bar band - 4 sets

SET 1

Are You Gonna Go My Way - Lenny Kravitz

All Right Now - Free

Drops Of Jupiter - Train

Hella Good - No Doubt

Sex On Fire - Kings of Leon

A Girl Like You - the Smithereens

One Way Or Another - Blondie

Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood

Could You Be Loved - Bob Marley & the Wailers

Animal - Neon Trees

Raise Your Glass - Pink

Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd

Bad Case Of Loving You - Robert Palmer




SET 2

Where The Streets Have No Name - U2

Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman

Santeria - Sublime

Don't Stop Believin - Journey

Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n Roses

Hurts So Good - John Mellencamp

Rolling In The Deep - Adele

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Rock This Town - Stray Cats

Interstate Love Song - Stone Temple Pilots

Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi

Message In A Bottle - the Police



SET 3

Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper

Burning Down The House - Talking Heads

Long Train Runnin' - Doobie Brothers

I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

Smooth - Santana ft. Rob Thomas

Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin

Hard To Handle - the Black Crowes

La Grange - ZZ Top

Love Sneakin Up On You - Bonnie Raitt

Should I Stay or Should I Go - the Clash

What I Like about You - the Romantics

Sunday Morning - Maroon 5

Love Song - the Cure/311


SET 4

Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney

Locked Out Of Heaven - Bruno Mars

Just A Girl - No Doubt

No Matter What - Bad Finger

Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5

Black Velvet - Alannah Myles

Holiday - Green Day

Tush - ZZ Top

Lonely Boy - Black Keys

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand

I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick

Bad Romance - Lady Gaga

 

[DWBass]

Upcoming gig. R&B, Funk band.

1. Tell Me Something Good- Rufus (Kiki)
2. Sweet Thing- Rufus (Kiki)
3. Joy and Pain- Frankie Beverly & Maze (Kiki)
4. Happy Feelings- Frankie Beverly & Maze (Kiki)
5. Whatcha Gonna Do For Me- Chaka Khan (Kiki)
6. Encore- Cheryl Lynn (Kiki)
7. I’ll Take You There- The Staple Singers (Candance)
8. Circles- Atlantic Starr (Candance)
9. Shame- Evelyn King (Candance)
10. Lover girl- Teena Marie (Candance)
11. Boogie Ooogie Ooogie- A Taste of Honey (Candance)
12. Bad Girls- Donna Summer (Sharone)
13. Take Your Time- S.O.S Band (Sharone)
14. Forget Me Nots- Patrice Rushen (Sharone)
15. Ring My Bell- Anita Ward (Sharone)
16. Sweet Love- Anita Baker (Sharone)
17. Freak Out- Chic (Everyone)
18. Good Times-Chic (Everyone)
19. Purple Rain- Prince (Craig)
20. Rapper Delight- Sugar Hill Gang (Craig)

 

[BrewsterRooster]

We have about 80 mixed-bag songs we pull out depending on the audience/venue. This is about half of them. This band does clubs, restaurants, weddings, private parties, country clubs, and festivals. One female singer, two male. As you might imagine from the list, we pretty well target the over-40 crowd.

Breaking Up Somebody's Home (Albert King)
Rehab (Amy Winehouse)
Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl (Bessie Smith)
To Sir With Love (Black/London)
Route 66 (Bobby Troup)
Wicked Games (Chris Isaak)
What's Going On (Cleveland/Benson/Gaye)
I Want To Make It With You (David Gates)
Tell It Like It Is (Davis/Diamond)
Killing Me Softly (Fox/Gimbel/Lieberman)
Me and Mrs. Jones (Gamble/Huff/Gilbert)
Summertime (George Gershwin)
Let's Stay Together (Green/Mitchell/Jackson)
Jambalaya (Hank Williams)
You Can't Hurry Love (Holland/Dozier/Holland)
Son Of A Preacher Man (Hurley/Wilkins)
Your Love Is Lifting Me Higher (Jackson/Smith)
Grandpa (Jamie O'Hara)
Midnight Train To Georgia (Jim Weatherly)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)
Long As I Can See The Light (John Fogerty)
The Tide Is High (John Holt)
Danny's Song (Kenny Loggins)
Fire On The Mountain (Marshall Tucker)
Wildfire (Michael Martin Murphy)
Mama Told Me Not To Come (Randy Newman)
Hit The Road, Jack (Ray Charles)
You Don't Know Me (Ray Charles)
King Of The Road (Roger Miller)
You Dropped A Bomb On Me (Simmons/Taylor/Wilson)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Rock This Town (Stray Cats)
Heart Of Saturday Night (Tom Waits)
Pancho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)
Heard It Through The Grapevine (Whitfield/Strong)

 

[Garret Wheeler]

Communication Breakdown- Led Zeppelin
Heartbreaker- Led Zeppelin
Paranoid- Black Sabbath
Supernaut- Black Sabbath
NIB- Black Sabbath
White Room- Cream
Crosstown Traffic- Jimi Hendrix
Warning- Black Sabbath
Fire- Jimi Hendrix
The Ocean- Led Zeppelin
For Whom The Bell Tolls- Metallica
Seek And Destroy- Metallica
Stone Cold Crazy- Queen (But we play the Metallica version)
Am I Evil?- Diamond Head
My Generation- The Who

We also do an acoustic set but I only sing and don't play bass on those, so they don't count right?

 

[Odinbass]

Damn.. Now that is a packed night!!! How long are your sets typically with this type of lineup?

Sets are 1hr each, we do 3 with 2 breaks. That's the standard cover band gig around here.

 

[Pacman]

Here's what I played last night:

Uptown Funk
Celebration
DJ's Got Us Fallin In Love
She Drives Me Crazy
Trouble
Best Day Of My Life
We Are Family
Good Girl
Life Is a Highway
Man I Feel Like a Woman
Just a Kiss
Rude
Exes and Ohs
Love Somebody
Hold My Hand
A mashup of Sugar (Maroon 5) and Birthday (Katy Perry)
True Colors
Can't Hold Us
Raise Your Glass
Can't Stop the Feeling
Edge of Glory
Vogue
Dancing On the Ceiling
I Think We're Alone Now
Cake By the Ocean
Billie Jean
Hella Good
I love it
Thinking Out Loud
Like I'm Gonna Lose You
Shut Up and Dance
Roar
I Can't Feel My Face
Cruise
Sweet Child Of Mine (the Sheryl Crow version, sort of)
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Runaway Baby
Love Me Again
Rapper's Delight
Pour Some Sugar on Me
Mercy
Regulate
Living On a Prayer
Don't Stop Believing

 

[LowNloud1]

1st set is longer than the 2nd set. An idea I got from our lead singer's wife. We have another 30 songs we rotate in and add 5 new songs every month. Each member takes a turn at making the list for each gig. It was my turn. This is for our next gig. 90's with a light sprinkling of 80's.

American Idiot - Greenday
What's my Age Again? - Blink 182
Hey Jealousy - Gin Blossoms
Laid - James
Santeria - Sublime
Selling the Drama - Live
When I Come Around - Greenday
Shimmer - Fuel
The Anthem - Sweet Charlotte
Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer
The Rock Show -Blink 182
When you were young - The Killers
Santa Monica - Everclear
Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
All the Small Things - Blink 182
Low - Cracker
Dirty Little Secret - The All American Rejects
Summer of 69 - Bryan Adams
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Down - 311
Where is my Mind - Pixies
I Was Wrong - Social Distortion
The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring
Fat Lip - Sum 41
Self Esteem - The Offspring
Far Behind - Candlebox
Otherside - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Dammit - Blink 182
Mr Brightside - The Killers

Enter Sandman - Metallica
Machinehead - Bush
Everlong - Foo Fighters
You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
Inside Out - Eve 6
Song 2 - Blur
Somebody to Shove - Soul Asylum
Say it ain't so - Weezer
Evenflow - Pearl Jam
Livin on a Prayer - Bon Jovi
Good - Better Than Ezra
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
Closing Time - Semisonic
Scotty Doesn't Know - Lustra
Alive - Pearl Jam

 

[Garret Wheeler]

This is for our next gig. 90's with a light sprinkling of 80's.

Hey dude I noticed the photo you attached says Wilmington! I'm starting at UNCW this August and it's good to know there'll be at least one band playing some rad music! Are there many other bands around the city that play music by similar artists as you guys?

PS. When I get to town I'll be sure to check you guys out!

 

[LowNloud1]

Hey dude I noticed the photo you attached says Wilmington! I'm starting at UNCW this August and it's good to know there'll be at least one band playing some rad music! Are there many other bands around the city that play music by similar artists as you guys?

PS. When I get to town I'll be sure to check you guys out!

That would be great! Please introduce yourself. We don't have a date yet for August or September but I will try to remember to keep you posted. There is one other 90's band in the area, Flannel Rebellion has been around a couple years but unfortunately does not play too often. They are strong on Pearl Jam. I understand that their members play in other bands. L-Shaped Block gets good reviews from people I know.

I invite you to sit in with us at a practice when you get here. Bring your bass or use one of mine! Just drop me a line when you are here.

 

[Garret Wheeler]

I invite you to sit in with us at a practice when you get here. Bring your bass or use one of mine! Just drop me a line when you are here.

That sounds awesome! I'll definitely be in contact with you when my move-in date gets closer. Just out of curiosity though, what is the general age-range of the bands in Wilmington? Considering the college I would imagine there'd be a bunch of 18-21 year olds in bands, but that's not necessarily good or bad. I've only heard good things about the scene there!

 

[RBASS930]

SET 1
SEMI CHARMED
THE MIDDLE
STORY OF A GIRL
HEY JEALOUSY
WHEN I COME AROUND
WHAT I GOT
I DON’T WANNA BE
SEX ON FIRE
YOUR LOVE/ JESSIE'S/ 867-5309/ ‘69
NOTHING BUT A GOOD TIME
LIVING ON A PRAYER / BAD NAME
POUR SOME SUGAR
ANY WAY YOU WANT IT
TALK DIRTY TO ME
AMERICAN GIRL
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC
HARD TO HANDLE
INTERSTATE LOVESONG
LIFE IS A HIGHWAY
CHICKEN FRIED
MY KINDA PARTY
REBEL YELL

SET 2
SHUT UP AND DANCE
ARE YOU GONNA BE MY GIRL
MEMORY/ANTHEM/MY FRIENDS OVER/I'D DO ANYTHING/DIRTY LIL SECRET
MY OWN WORST ENEMY
ALL THE SMALL THINGS
BASKET CASE
RIGHT NOW
DAMMIT
SANTERIA
LAID
MR BRIGHTSIDE
THIS IS HOW WE DO IT
HOTT IN HERRE
TREASURE / UPTOWN FUNK
SUIT AND TIE / LIKE I LOVE YOU / MARIA MARIA
STRONGER
NUMB ENCORE
BLEED IT OUT

SET 3
SWEET CHILD OF MINE
DON'T STOP BELIEVIN
HERE I GO AGAIN
I WANT YOU TO WANT ME
RUNAROUND SUE
SWEET CAROLINE
HOLIDAY
FAT LIP
CRAZY BITCH
CRAZY TRAIN
OCEAN AVENUE/ JULIET/ SUGAR WERE GOING DOWN

 

[Ted Crilly]

Great thread, some many great tunes I'd forgotten about.

This is ours, kinda in order but it changes depending on how the show is going.

Stand by me,
Sitting on the dock of a bay
Wild rover - The Dubliners (if we are playing an Irish bar)
English Man in New York - Sting
Vida la Vida Coldplay
The Joker
Under the bridge - Red hot Chillis
Wonderwall - Oasis
She's Electric - Oasis
Valerie, Original by The Zutons
Ho Hey The Lumineers
One U2
Faith George Michael
Otherside - Red hot Chillis
Blister in the sun - Violent Femmes
Let's twist again - Chubby Checker
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
Jailhouse rock - Elvis
Great balls of fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison (with a funk interlude near the end before ending on original beat)
Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
Sex machine - James Brown
I got you - James Brown
Long train Running - The Doobie brothers
Play that funky music
Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
Sunny afternoon - the Kinks
Three little birds - Bob Marley
You can call me Al - Paul Simon
Here Comes the hotstepper - Ini Kamoze
Can't stop RHCP
Moves like Jagger
Ruby Kaiser Chiefs
Uptown Funk - MArk Ronson ft Bruno Marz
Mr Brightside - The Killers
Sex on Fire - Kings of Leon
Somebody told me The Killers
Lithium
Hey Jude

We play straight through.

 

[Blackjac97]

-CCR
Born On the Bayou
Green River
Suzie Q
Commotion
-Cream
White Room
Sittin' On Top of the World
-Zeppelin
Dazed and Confused
Immigrant Song
Communication Breakdown
Black Dog
Over The Hills/Far Away
Whole Lotta Love
Rock n' Roll
I can't Quit You Baby
Bring It On Home
-Hendrix
Red House
All Along the Watchtower
Fire
Cross Town Traffic
Purple Haze
Foxy Lady
-Joe Walsh
All Night Long
Rocky Mountain Way
-Pink Floyd
Breath/Time
Money
-Radio Moscow
Frustrating Sound
-Beatles
Helter Skelter
-Dead Weather
Cut Like a Buffalo
-ZZ Top
Sharp Dressed Man

I'm forgetting some....

I found some of the songs I forgot!

Beatles
Don't Let Me Down
Cream
Sunshine of your Love
Led Zeppelin
Heartbreaker
CCR
Lodi

I missed our entire Rolling Stones selection:

Rolling Stones
Miss You
Jumpin' Jack Flash
Beast of Burden
I can't Get No Satisfaction

I knew we did Bowie. It's hard to remember becauase we mostly play Summers.
Bowie
Rebel Rebel
The Who
Baba O'Riley
Fleetwood Mac
Dreams
I guess I never realized how many songs we play

 

[marmadaddy]

Old men playing mostly classic rock. The spaces are where we stop between songs, otherwise we segue from one to the next.

SET 1
Any Way You Want It
Stone In Love
Roll With the Changes
Foot Stompin Music
Hold On Loosely
Go Your Own Way
Rag Doll

Sweet Child
Ballroom Blitz
Jessie’s Girl
Leave Your Hat On
This Love
American Girl

Never Been Any Reason
It’s My Life
Rollin In the Deep/Stairway to Heaven
Country Girl
Locked Out Of Heaven
Uptown Funk

SET 2
Separate Ways
Livin On A Prayer
Bad Medicine
Reelin In The Years
Hold Your Head Up
All Summer / Alabama
Listen To The Music

Rockin Into the Night
Drive By
Born to Run
Long Time
Midnight Blue
Double Vision
Drink To You

Last Child
Long Train Runnin’
Don’t Stop Believing
Riding the Storm Out


Addtl
Sweet Caroline
She’s a Lady
F-U
You May Be Right
Addicted To Love
Rock n Roll

 

[Oh! Henry]

Here is our list, We're a 5 piece with sax player and do mostly retro/rockabilly/swing/surf music.

Sets are determined on a show by show basis, we adapt to serve the venue and crowd.

All i can do is cry - Hillbilly Moon Explosion
You're the boss - Elvis
Cadillac Baby - Collin James
Jumpin from 6 to 6 - Collin James
Shake rattle & roll - Bill Haley
Look at that Cadillac - Stray Cats
Tough lover - Etta James
Rip it up - Wanda Jackson
Remember - Hillbilly Moon Explosion
C'mon everybody - Eddie Cochran
Johnny got boom boom - Imelda May
Jump jive - Brian Setzer
Misirlou - Dick Dale
Zoot suit riot - Cherry poppin' daddies
Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day
North side Gal - JD McPherson
Rock around the clock - Bill Haley
Breakin up the house - Collin James
California sun - The Rivieras
Jailhouse rock - Elvis
Who shot sam - Wanda Jackson
Reet Petite - Si Cranstoun
My love forever more - Hillbilly Moon Explosion
Brand new Cadillac - Brian Setzer
Firebug - JD McPherson
Rockabillie boogie - Robert Gordon
You never can tell - Chuck Berry
Baby please don't go - Van Morrison
Keep a knockin - Little Richard
Red Hot - Brian Setzer
Stray cat strut - Strat Cats
It ain't me, babe - Johnny Cash
Bang bang - Nancy Sinatra
Great balls of fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Boppin the blues - Johnny Rivers
Folsom prison blues - J. Cash
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Blue suede shoes - Elvis
Brown eyed handsome man - Wanda Jackson
Poupée de cire - Hillbilly Moon Explosion
Rock this town - Stray Cats
This cat in on a hot tin roof - Brian Setzer Orchestra
Mess around - Ray Charles
Kill my baby - Nick Curran
Scratching circles - JD McPherson
Tutti frutti- Little Richard
Stickshifts and safety belts - Cake
Come as you are - Nivrvana/Smokin' DeVille
Tainted love - Imelda May
All shook up - Elvis
Hash pipe - Weezer/Smokin' DeVille
Man in the box - Alice in chains/Smokin' DeVille
Surfin USA - Beach Boys
Runaway - Del Shannon
I fought the law - Bobby Fuller
Funnel of love - Wanda Jackson

 

[goneflyin]

5 Piece band (2 guitars, bass, keys, drums) just getting together- though we've all played together in other projects. All sing except keys.

Set one:
Tom Sawyer- Rush
Reeling in the years- Steely Dan
Kashmir- Led Zep
Funeral for a Friend/Love lies Bleeding- Elton J
Renegade- Styx
Never been any Reason- Head East
Stealin'- Uriah Heep
Roll with the Changes- REO Speedwagon

Set two:
Baba ORiley- Who
The Camera Eye- Rush
Turn it on Again- Genesis
Stormy Monday- Allman Bros
I am the Walrus- Beatles
Frankenstein- Edgar Winter
Us and Them- Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd

Set three:
Show me the Way- Peter Frampton
Red Barchetta- Rush
Roundabout- Yes
On the Loose- Saga
Epic- Faith no More
Bloody Well Right- Supertramp
Don't tell me you love me- Night Ranger
Immigrant Song- Led Zep
Highway Star- Deep Purple

 

[Ox Boris]

Next Saturday, our 3-piece will be playing this:
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