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Topic: Let's make a list of absolute show stoppers. |
Bob Doran
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Ames, Iowa, USA
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Posted 30 Oct 2004 7:47 pm |
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I mean, the songs that get everybody out on the floor dancing, and cheering the band.
Let's do a list for both country and rock.
For rock, in my experience, if you played these three all night long, you would be a hit:
Gloria
Twist and Shout
What I like About you
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Stephen Gregory
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Posted 30 Oct 2004 7:57 pm
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 30 Oct 2004 8:36 pm
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Old Time Rock 'n' Roll (yech!!!)
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Bill C. Buntin
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Posted 30 Oct 2004 10:31 pm
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This should be fun. Down here in TX. Here are a few big favorites.
Rock-
Sweet Home Alabama (yuk)
Tush
Wonderful Tonight
Johnny B. Goode
Hard Country-
Drinkin Thing
She's acting single
Whiskey Trip
(anything by Gary Stewart)
Amarillo by Morning
The Chair
Country-
Heart Over Mind
I just destroyed the world
Heartaches by the Number
4 in the Morning
Wine me Up
Silver Wings
Tonight The bottle let me down
Swinging Doors
She thinks I still care
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Tommy Roten
From:
Trondheim, Norway
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 12:46 am
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c'est la vie
Suspicious minds
And of course my favorite:: Dwight Yoakums ::I want you to want me::
With that very very nice steel opening.
Ron
Nikaro SD10 4x6
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James McPhail
From:
Oxford, MS, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 4:25 am
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| Brown Eyed Girl. |
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ROBERT MYERS
From:
HEDGESVILLE, W.VA. USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 5:41 am
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rock sweet home alabama, wolly bully, pretty woman. country. farewell party. he stopped loving her today, look at us.
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Bob Myers Derby SD10 3&4
Sho-Bud super pro 8&6 Nashville 400 Digitech RP100
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Jim Peters
From:
St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 5:42 am
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| No doubt around here it's Mustang Sally, then Brown Eyed Girl, Brick House,Play That Funky Music,Our Sly-Stone Medley, My Girl and AtLast. Pick any of these and up they go. JimP Oh, I forgot La Bamba! [This message was edited by Jim Peters on 31 October 2004 at 05:43 AM.] [This message was edited by Jim Peters on 31 October 2004 at 05:44 AM.] |
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 5:45 am
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Who'da thunk Sam The Sham and the Pharoes would make this list.
Les Yeux Noir always works for us.
I actually played it with a balalika player last night, it went over well.
Lady Be Good done swing.
Ill thin on rock and country later. |
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Bart Maloney
From:
Houston, Texas
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 6:30 am
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I always thought it would be great to play Alabama's "If your'e gonna play in Texas," but without having a fiddle in the band. I would love to see the reactions you get. But I guess that only works in Texas. 
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 8:37 am
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| Little Sister! |
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Terry Farmer
From:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 2:58 pm
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La Bamba
Proud Mary |
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James Cann
From:
Phoenix, AZ
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Posted 31 Oct 2004 3:27 pm
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Waylon Jennings' "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?".
My brother saw him in Boston some years ago and, as he says, "This song was the opener, and you wouldn't have believed what it did to the crowd. No one could sit still!"
All he needed were two chords played the right way!
James
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Joe Alterio
From:
Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 4:50 pm
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2004 11:29 pm
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Bob Doran
From:
Ames, Iowa, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2004 2:25 am
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Pete, do you play the steel on "Little Sister".
My band plays this one a lot, but i have never heard the steel on it.
Any tricks to playing it on the steel guitar?
Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
Let's have a few more!
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Jesse Harris
From:
Ventura, California, USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2004 10:19 am
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ooooohh the horror,
thats one scary list |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 5 Nov 2004 1:35 pm
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Bob,
I usually sing Little Sister while playing a 6 string electric.
I recently played steel with a group and the guitar player did Little Sister.
I played it on the 6th neck using fat 7th chords. For my steel solo I stuck fairly close to the verse melody line, but was wingin' it for the most part!
~pb
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 7 Nov 2004 3:08 pm
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In my day, it was Judy Lynn in spandex!  |
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Rick McDuffie
From:
Benson, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 7 Nov 2004 5:49 pm
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David L. Donald
From:
Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 1:07 am
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Rick that's right up there with
Alone Again Naturaly...
Clear a room by the 2nd chorus... a real show stopper. |
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 6:38 am
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| Steel guitar rag! |
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Ben Slaughter
From:
Madera, California
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Posted 8 Nov 2004 8:59 am
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| Back in my original band (with a fiddle) the Alabama stuff was sure fire, "Gonna Play in Texas" and "Mountain Music." Used to do a surf medly, that worked well. On the rock side, "Keep Your Hands To Yourself" always gets a reaction, ZZ Top too. |
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