Cover Bands - What Do You Open With?

[Bombadil]

Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Pride and Joy"...seems to always get peoples attention for us

 

[Lady Kayri]

we're looking at rotating between three:
BYOB by Sister Sledge
Werewolves of London - Zevon
Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band - Moody Blues

 

[Phalex]

Usually something to warm up with.

Pride and Joy

Cumbersome

Kryptonite

Sin City

Hard to Handle

Those usually seem to be somewhere near the front of the first set.

 

[Calebmundy]

Psycosis Roger Clyne and the PeaceMakers

This is amazing. It's so rare to come across someone who's even HEARD of RCPM. Awesome. Awesome. Well done.

 

[TeamTrejo]

Lately we've been opening with,

"We're an American Band".

Fun, easy song to get things going.

 

[nitrofix]

Smooth - Santana

 

[ExaltBass]

Sultans of Swing

 

[Deacon_Blues]

It depends a lot on the audience and when we start. However, it should be uptempo, fun, and give a hint about what you're about to perform the whole evening. Here's a few:

I wanna hold your hand - The Beatles
Superstition - Stevie Wonder
I shot the sheriff - Bob Marley
Gimme all your lovin' - ZZ Top
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett

The time I did longer gigs like four sets or so with old people in the audience, it was always more or less a requirement to start with a waltz... I like today's gigs much more when we make clear what we play and don't play and have much more of an own sound.
It's not prostitution anymore, but the gigs are way fewer than before too....

 

[Basshappi]

Roadhouse

 

[pedro]

I'm a Man...Spencer Davis

Sweet.

 

[alembicguy]

Immigrant Song

 

[alembicguy]

This is amazing. It's so rare to come across someone who's even HEARD of RCPM. Awesome. Awesome. Well done.

They are very popular where Im from and the Gear Daddies.

 

[chaunceytoben]

Modern Rock-

Our last gig we opened up with Aeroplane- Chili Peppers. Sets a cool, funky, fun vibe for the show.

 

[Barfly]

Boys are Back in Town - Lizzy

 

[scottbass]

Surrender - Cheap Trick

+1. Us too.

 

[Blah114]

Dishwalla's Counting Blue cars.. an easy, good song, that gets you warmed up.. plus it's a good song..

 

[millsbass5]

We usually open up with "Working for the Weekend" by Loverboy.

 

[buzzbass]

Metallica's cover of So What

 

[skidrawk]

Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran

 

[denhou1974]

We don't like to make a bunch of noise during soundcheck, so we start out with an easy song that allows each of us to play and tweak [volume, tone, monitor levels, etc] at the same time.