Drums and Bass only songs

[pklima]

It completely slipped my mind earlier that one of my bands used to do a few songs with just bass, voices and shaker before we added a second guitarist. Even happen to have one of them on video:

Popular and easily recognizable cover, always gets a great reaction from crowds, arranged differently enough from the original that people expect it to have more parts. It definitely works for typical pub crowds. We also did "Pretty" by the Cranberries, "Fever", "First We Take Manhattan" by Leonard Cohen (also as a tango), and "Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones that way.

Could it work for a whole 45-minute set? It'd be pushing it, but if your drummer is a very good vocalist then it might.

 

[Ibanez Bassist]

I think you could lay down a serious groove situation with just a bass and a drummer we do it all the time warming up at practice though not out at a Gig but if it sounds good whats the difference.. Ya might find people getting into it..

 

[Tampabass]

I think it all depends on whether you think the pub mgmt will be PO'd if you play the first set w/o a full band. If you do think that'll cause trouble, then get a fill-in guitarist for that set, as someone else has suggested.

 

[mysteryclock]

Acoustic, spare and brilliant! Well done sir!!!!

It completely slipped my mind earlier that one of my bands used to do a few songs with just bass, voices and shaker before we added a second guitarist. Even happen to have one of them on video:

Popular and easily recognizable cover, always gets a great reaction from crowds, arranged differently enough from the original that people expect it to have more parts. It definitely works for typical pub crowds.

 

[pklima]

Thank you! Tbh we did it that way only because the guitarist didn't feel like playing on that song, even though she's the one who suggested doing it as well as the one who came up with the idea of doing it as a tango.

 

[Deluge Of Sound]

Another One Bites the Dust.

Just throw in some effected bass (at least use distortion) while you reinterpret/transpose the guitar solo.

 

[Epitaph04]

Jeff Hughell.

 

[AltGrendel]

One of these might help fill the space:

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