Setlist Critique & Feedback requested.

[Tarrant]

OK we are a three piece transitioning to a 4 piece and moving in a more country direction, play out 2-3 times a month. We've tried to get a good mix, plus a few we play because we like them and can pull them off. All four members do vocals and we work hard on our harmonies.

Any feedback on some duds that might be in the list or tunes we've overlooked? We typically play 4 sets with 13-15 songs in each set and here's the pool we are looking at drawing from in no particular order.

Life is a Highway - Rascal Flats
Tequilla Sunrise - Eagles
Already Gone - Eagles
Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles
Ain't Living Long - Waylon
Driving My life away - Eddie Rabbit
Folsom Prison - Johnny Cash
Fast as You - Dwight Yoakam
Swinging - John Andeson
Suspicious Minds - Dwight Yoakam
Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Dixieland Delight - Alabama
I'm in a hurry - Alabama
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
Living in Fast Forward - Kenney Chesney
Hold on Loosley - .38 Special
Aime - Pure Prarie League
Fall into me - Emmerson Drive
Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi
Cruise - Florida Georgia Line
Sure be cool if you did - Blake Shelton
Beer Money - Kip Moore
Drink in my hand - Eric Church
Neon Moon - Brooks & Dunn
Farmers Daughter - Rodney Atkins
My Kinda Party - Jason Aldean
Fishin in the dark - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Drunk on You - Luke Bryan
Guitars Cadilacs - Dwight Yoakam
Bad Moon Rising - CCR
Don't Mess around with Jim - Jim Croce
Car Was Blues - Jim Croce
I love a rainy night - Eddie Rabbit
Working Man Blues - Merle
Honky Tonk Woman - Rolling Stongs
I run to you - Lady Antebellum
Country Roads - John Denver
Drift Away - Dobbie Gray
Blue Hotel -Chris Issak
Kiss You all over - Exile
Forget You - Cee-Lo
Seven Bridges Road - Ricochet
Rikki don't lose that # - Steely Dan
The Joker - Steve Miller Band
Wild Nights - John Melloncamp
Pink Houses - John Melloncamp
Burning Love - Elvis
Sister Golden Hair - America
Brandy - Looking Glass
Twilight Zone - Golden Earring
Breakfast in America - SuperTramp
Night Moves - Bob Segar
Living on a Prayer/Billie Jean/Do it again- Mash-up
Werewolves of London/Sweet Home Alabama - Mash-up
Last Dance with Mary Jane/Ice Ice Baby - Mash up
Dust on the Bottle - David Lee Murphy

 

[Joe Louvar]

FWIW: From looking at the song list, I’d say you’re more a cross between classic rock and an easy listening oldies type band rather than a county band.

 

[wdog3973]

Pretty cookin' list! I'm in the same type band other than having a chick singer to add to the mix. It would be cool to check you guys out.

 

[Tarrant]

We were, with the addition of another member dynamics change, and so has the crowd we've been playing to. This is fueling some of the change. only a few acts playing any country at all, party rock and classic rock bands are a dime a dozen and pretty much share the same set list. Just trying to differentiate ourselves.

 

[xgator4u]

FWIW: From looking at the song list, I’d say you’re more a cross between classic rock and an easy listening oldies type band rather than a county band.

YUP, that's what I was thinking.

 

[Bassist4Eris]

Last Dance with Mary Jane/Ice Ice Baby - Mash up

All kidding aside, a few of these tunes *might* be too mellow for a bar gig (e.g. Peaceful Easy Feeling) and some others, while great, seem to be misfits in your setlist (e.g. Forget You).

Overall, though, it looks like a pretty good list. I think the country/classic rock mix could be successful.

If you guys REALLY have the harmonies together on these tunes, you're gonna impress one way or the other.

 

[bluewine]

Looks like a good list, I'm not sure " Super Tramp " fits in.

blue

 

[xgator4u]

Looks like a good list, I'm not sure " Super Tramp " fits in.

blue

YUP.

NOT what I would consider "country".

 

[Joe Louvar]

OP - out of curiosity, do people in your area dance more to your slow or upbeat songs - or is about equal?

 

[agreatheight]

Not a bad list, but there is a bunch of mid tempo stuff in there. May want to add some more upbeat...

 

[Tarrant]

It depends on the place, 2 of our regular bars we do get dancers on slower songs, but not as many. We used to do more slow songs but it's slowly being phased out like Wonderful tonight, Chevy Van, Layla, Purple Rain, Reminiscing, etc.

 

[Joe Louvar]

The reason why I asked is because here on the west coast (CA) some of the songs on your list work well for easy listening restaurant and arty-fart background type gigs, but are real sleepers that don’t work well with an upbeat dance type band - something you may want to pay extra attention to and adjust your song list accordingly.

 

[xgator4u]

The reason why I asked is because here on the west coast (CA) some of the songs on your list work well for easy listening restaurant and arty-fart background type gigs, but are real sleepers that don’t work well with an upbeat dance type band - something you may want to pay extra attention to and adjust your song list accordingly.

Good call. It's the same way over here.

Incidentally, I wouldn't market or book any gigs as "country" and then show up to play THAT set list.

MMMMMMMMMM Rubber Biscuit.

 

[ChrisB2]

You're transitioning to country and haven't added Honky Tonk Bedonkadonk and Save a Horse Ride a Cowboy???

 

[Joe Louvar]

Good call. It's the same way over here.

Incidentally, I wouldn't market or book any gigs as "country" and then show up to play THAT set list.

MMMMMMMMMM Rubber Biscuit.

I wouldn't either, and every country band needs to know Rawhide.

 

[xgator4u]

I wouldn't either, and every country band needs to know Rawhide.

I would say EVERY band, regardless of genre.

 

[mellowinman]

I have a freebie for you to add:

 

[obimark]

"we all sing"- Just my opinion but I am sick of these 4-5 dudes singing type bands- Eagles,etc...
To me "we all sing" says "None of us are particularly good at any of our instruments" have always found that to be the case.

 

[coop]

You could do pretty well in Oklahoma with that set list. We have several of those same songs in our inventory.

Contrary to what others have told you, we would add some ballads to the mix. Guys wearing Stetsons want to "shine their buckles" a few times through the evening. Also, because we live here, we would add more "Red Dirt" to the list.

As far as whether or not it's Country, your set list has alot more Country in it than the CMT top 20.

 

[mellowinman]

"we all sing"- Just my opinion but I am sick of these 4-5 dudes singing type bands- Eagles,etc...
To me "we all sing" says "None of us are particularly good at any of our instruments" have always found that to be the case.

I think that is just plain ridiculous.

The Eagles were all top-notch at their individual instruments. I get sick of 1 or 2 guys singing bands where I grow tired of one guy's voice over the course of the night.

The more singers, the better, especially regarding the harmonies.

Four guys singing is a good thing every single time.

I don't know where you're coming from with that post at all.