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Songs like 'Havana' please?

Oddly

Oddly

Jan 17, 2014
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It looks like I may be playing a few small gigs soon with a couple of folks from work.
The current line-up is a 35-yr-old singer/percussionist, big into rap and reggae, two younger women on vocals, one with some good rhythm guitar skills, the other one can absolutely nail an Amy Winehouse cover...and a guy who's only learning piano but has a great ear.

We got together the other evening to try and find common ground and one song that really came together was Camila Cabel's 'Havana'.
Truthfully I hadn't paid any attention to this tune...vaguely recalled hearing it on radio a couple of times but that's it.
But man, it's fun to play!



So now I'm on the hunt for some more tunes like it to bring to the table.
I know I should just leave it to the younger folks, but they're all new to the whole band idea and very shy of making suggestions.
So, help me out, TB...
 
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Oddly said:
It looks like I may be playing a few small gigs soon with a couple of folks from work.
The current line-up is a 35-yr-old singer/percussionist, big into rap and reggae, two younger women on vocals, one with some good rhythm guitar skills, the other one can absolutely nail an Amy Winehouse cover...and a guy who's only learning piano but has a great ear.

We got together the other evening to try and find common ground and one song that really came together was Camila Cabel's 'Havana'.
Truthfully I hadn't paid any attention to this tune...vaguely recalled hearing it on radio a couple of times but that's it.
But man, it's fun to play!



So now I'm on the hunt for some more tunes like it to bring to the table.
I know I should just leave it to the younger folks, but they're all new to the whole band idea and very shy of making suggestions.
So, help me out, TB...
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Ha, my in law produced that song. Same dude who found Katie Perry. My wife's always playing it.
 
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Well we're definitely aiming at doing maybe an hour's set at our company summer party so it'll be a friendly crowd with a few drinks in them.
If we can get them up dancing that would be fantastic, and a morale-booster to take it further.
I can drag along a decent sax and trumpet player too...and a very good lead guitarist.
Not sure I'd actually want to go that route for a full-time project, but I can see us doing more of an almost-acoustic show, maybe in clubs before the DJ comes out to press play on a laptop...
 
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