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That one random song your cover band does that nobody else does.
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My band hasn't played out yet but we do these and our singer (she) kills it.
Forgot to mention we also cover Take it Off by the Donna's, Stranglehold by Ted Nuggent, and Still into You by Paramore which I don't hear any bands covering in my area.
I once was in a cover band that played Carouselambra.
Not a band I was in, but a favorite band of friends when I was in Jacksonville did a dead-on, gut-bucket 12-bar version of 'Folsom Prison Blues', as if it had been a Freddy King original with John Cash nowhere in sight. Slide leads, big Hammond fills, harp. Worked like free beer.
Make It Witchu by Queens of the Stoneage. Usually the last song of the night. We invite any females in the crowd to come on stage and sing the chorus with us.
Pretty much all of them. We play old surf tunes. Malaguena is my favorite but I also like the Wedge and Let's go Trippin.
One of our favorites to close the show was Wild Wild Life by Talking Heads.
We had ,probably, 2 full sets of oddball deep cuts kinda stuff. It was kind of our specialty.
The call of the wrecking ball.....The Knitters
Blue boy......Jim Reeves
Miss Ann....Little Richard
Surfer Joe and Mo the sleeze.......Niel Young
We used to fuss..........The Lonesome Strangers
Cheap Tequila.....Johnny Winter
Straitin out.....The Guess who
and many more,...hard to remember them all.
We would just sprinkle our originals into the mix
We did alright, and played alot of shows without having to do the top forty hits thing. Some clubs hired bands that did that and some let you do whatever you wanted to as long as the beer got sold.
But those were different times.
The call of the wrecking ball.....The Knitters
Blue boy......Jim Reeves
Miss Ann....Little Richard
Surfer Joe and Mo the sleeze.......Niel Young
We used to fuss..........The Lonesome Strangers
Cheap Tequila.....Johnny Winter
Straitin out.....The Guess who
and many more,...hard to remember them all.
We would just sprinkle our originals into the mix
We did alright, and played alot of shows without having to do the top forty hits thing. Some clubs hired bands that did that and some let you do whatever you wanted to as long as the beer got sold.
But those were different times.
My band The Kolache Bros ( N E Wisconsin)
Do Wishing you were here by Pink Floyd
I have never heard it done around these parts
Duke
Do Wishing you were here by Pink Floyd
I have never heard it done around these parts
Duke
Just started change your mind by Sister hazel... the live version should be good.
Sister Hazel - 02 - Change Your Mind (DVD) - YouTube
Sister Hazel - 02 - Change Your Mind (DVD) - YouTube
Oh man a kolache sounds good right now!
With the exception of Tribute bands, I'd say just about any band that plays covers has one or two "out theres" even if they won't admit it or don't think they do, but yeah, they do...
Stand Up People - Aquarium Rescue Unit
Better By You, Better Than Me - Spooky Tooth
Young Lust - Pink Floyd (hey, at least its not Comfortably Numb)
Better By You, Better Than Me - Spooky Tooth
Young Lust - Pink Floyd (hey, at least its not Comfortably Numb)
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