Thunderbird Club

[GonePlaid]

I'm not gonna say it....


Yes I am...




These people in the UK seemed to like it...

We occasionally get a smartarse request for it. Unlike some bands, we'll play the damn thing. We don't care-fills up a good seven minutes of set time

 

[BklynKen]

We occasionally get a smartarse request for it. Unlike some bands, we'll play the damn thing. We don't care-fills up a good seven minutes of set time

Excellent. And if someone complains, they can take it out on the smartarse who requested it.

 

[GonePlaid]

Excellent. And if someone complains, they can take it out on the smartarse who requested it.

Yup!

 

[GBassNorth]

We occasionally get a smartarse request for it. Unlike some bands, we'll play the damn thing. We don't care-fills up a good seven minutes of set time

In my book, it’s as good as any other song from that band or era, why not play it. I do draw the line at McArthur Park though.

 

[GonePlaid]

In my book, it’s as good as any other song from that band or era, why not play it. I do draw the line at McArthur Park though.

HEY! HEY! I used to do that one back in 75-76(we had the instrumentation to pull it off: multi manual keyboard, trumpet, drums, and me).
Including that last note. I can still hit it-most days.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Anybody else working on adding to the setlist? When we're done with these, we'll have around 75 songs on tap:

All Right Now, Free
Rambling Gambling Man, Bob Seger
Never Been Any Reason, Head East
Good Times Bad Times, LED Zeppelin
The Breakup Song, The Greg Kihn Band
Turn The Page, Bob Seger
Smoking In The Boy's Room, Motley Crew
Have You Ever Seen The Rain, CCR
3 more ACDC songs
Cinnamon Girl, Neil Young,
Brown Sugar, Rolling Stones

Yeah, we're A Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Biker Rock, Dad Rock, 3 piece band

Bikers like the ABB and Steppenwolf also…

 

[GonePlaid]

Bikers like the ABB and Steppenwolf ….

Oh, yeah. "Born to be Wild" gets everybody goin'.

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

All great songs!
Funny thing is, those songs are all about 50 years old and they still appeal to a large portion of the 25 and up crowd. Can you imagine being 25 years old and in a bar in the mid 1970’s and the band set list being all 50 year old songs from around 1925…
Public Domain Popular Song List 1925 | PD Info
Doubt that would go over well.
Kinda speaks to the timeless well written and played music from the classic rock era 1965-1980.

so true, we didn’t wear Bing Crosby or Tony Bennet t-shirts when in our teens…

 

[dagrev]

We occasionally get a smartarse request for it. Unlike some bands, we'll play the damn thing. We don't care-fills up a good seven minutes of set time

That's a legit request. People don't request what they don't like. That people request it says it's much loved. A smartarse request would be along the lines of "Rain Drops Keep Falling On My (empty) Head."

So you play the short version!

 

[GonePlaid]

That's a legit request. People don't request what they don't like. That people request it says it's much loved. A smartarse request would be along the lines of "Rain Drops Keep Falling On My (empty) Head."

So you play the short version!

We used to get-in the 70s-way too many requests for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon".

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

Oh, yeah. "Born to be Wild" gets everybody goin'.

yeah, this one works as well but you kinda need (not the end of the world if not) the keys….

 

[Stealth57]

so true, we didn’t wear Bing Crosby or Tony Bennet t-shirts when in our teens…

My cousin married Bing Crosby's granddaughter...not sure that counts for anything. Apparently, he was an ass...Bing, not my cousin.

 

[GonePlaid]

yeah, this one works as well but you kinda need (not the end of the world if not) the keys….

We've had to drop a few tunes since the guitar man that had an organ sim blew it up(or whatever-it died).

 

[Stealth57]

WBW

 

[Thumper]

In my book, it’s as good as any other song from that band or era, why not play it. I do draw the line at McArthur Park though.

Hey, hey, hey, I McArthur's Park!!! Wouldn't play it at a gig though. We've never learned Freebird but at practice last week broke into, and finished Sweet Home Alabama. Surprisingly difficult for bass and drums to nail.

 

[dagrev]

We used to get-in the 70s-way too many requests for "Tie a Yellow Ribbon".

"Weird. My amp just died. Maybe next time."

 

[dagrev]

WBW

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TRC looks great.

 

[Stealth57]

TRC looks great.

Irv’s the magic man.

 

[KaraQ]

Whitebird Wednesday!

 

[Chucky Stiletti]

We've had to drop a few tunes since the guitar man that had an organ sim blew it up(or whatever-it died).

those are awesome, one of the guitarists in the blues band I play with has one and it sounds sooooo close to a Hammond…..opens up a whole new world to an all guitar lineup…