What do you think of this Setlist? 50s rock covers

Are you looking for slow ones? House Of The Rising Sun maybe?

 

how about Runaway, Del Shannon

 

Not tryin to nitpik here but your post said 50's covers. Lots of stuff here are not 50's covers. It IS a good set list IME though only from a 50's heavy, classic oldies perspective.

I did 14 years in a regional 50's and 60's band, and the gig was somwhat strict in the parameters of what the band did. Mostly because the band was known for a certain product.

Most of your stuff is well known and danceable and that is what you mainly need for this type of gig.

JKT

 

Great list!

My band does two that might fit the bill and generally go over big with the crowd.

Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis version
I Saw Her Standing There - although the Beatles wrote this in the early 60's, it was on the first album and definitely shows how influenced they were by the music of the 50's.


Good luck with the band.

 

I think your list looks good, but it DOES need a few slow numbers. The audience needs a change of pace after a few hard, fast ones. Varying the tempo occasionally is a characteristic of a good set.

 

That's a good set list for what you're trying to accomplish. Rave On is another Buddy Holly song that would fit well. Rock This Town is a good rockabilly song, you might want to consider one or two rockabilly more tunes from that genre.

I've gotta say I just can't associate any Who song with the groove you're trying to project - to me the London mod sound is a hard 90 degree turn away from American pre-Beatles, pre-surf rock n roll, even though they covered many of those songs in during an earlier period when they called themselves the High Numbers.

3 disclaimers:
(1) Just my opinion, YMMV, IMHO, etc, all the usual disclaimers
(2) Nonetheless, I love early Who music dearly and wish one of my bands played some
(3) I'm also being seriously nit-picky here. What you've got is good - run with it!

Good luck!

 

cocain blues

it aint me or jackson if you can do a duet ...

 

Sounds like a fun project. Here's a couple you might consider.

1. Little Sister - Elvis
2. The Twist - Fats Domino
3. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard
4. Rock Around the Clock - Bill Haley
5. Kathy's Clown - Everly
6. Bye, Bye Love - Everly
7. Sea Cruise
8. Bird Dog - Everly
9. Blue Berry Hill - Fats Domino

 

I like the list!

One thing, though. I can't imagine anyone doing Stray Cats stuff and NOT doing the Stray Cat Strut!

Or maybe that's just because it's one of my favorites.

 

I thought the Stray Cats were an 80's band doing a retro thing.

 

For a slow instrumental Brian Setzer's version of Sleepwalk brings down the house.

 

You are correct. The music still fits with the genre of the OP, as I see it. Retro is always cool.

 

Indeed albeit I never found their stuff all that satisfying. Kind of sparse for all but the guitarist.

 

You may want to include a Bo Diddley tune or two.

 

I think that would be a killer roots rock set list and a lot of good suggestions as well. I wish my band would pick up more roots rock like that. We have a lot but lately we've been in a bag of doing some of the more poppy and wimpy 50's music. Makes me want to kill myself. Then I get paid, and suddenly I don't care.

 

LOL!!! Jimmy FWIW, I seemed to have connected the two words 'professional' and 'musician' in my sons mind. As a result he happily does a jazz standard gig, then a hip hop gig, then a blue grass, then a church gig, then a rock gig, etc.

In any event I'll trade you a day playing wimpy/pop 50's stuff over a day doing accounting and taxes any time you want.