Diablo Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 While we search seemingly in vain for a singer in the main band me, the drummer and a our lead guitar decided to do some acoustic numbers at a local open mic. The drummer was singing, me on bass and guitard on his nice hollow-body. It was okay, but when singing our drummer has a tendency to totally dominate, which is why in a band setting we hide him at the back. We did: Have You Ever Seen the Rain - CCR Babylon - David Gray Times Like These - Foos Sail Away - David Gray Back It Up - Cadillac Three I don't think any of those songs had ever been done at this event and were wheeled out by us between 9 other sets of 60's vomit-pop like the beatles, Everly Brothers, Mustang Sally (yes - someone played it) and the rest of the safe Smooth FM playlist. So I need to put the drummer back behind his wheelie bins so suggested for next time we just do a short set of instrumental numbers. It will be something different and puts the three of us where we belong. I just wondered which songs others play and go down well to a mixed audience with 1x drums, 1x bass 1x guitar. So far I was thinking: Rumble - Link Wray Green Onions - Booker T (would need 2nd gutard or keys to throw it around a bit I guess) Budgie - Bottled Side Of The Road - CCR (needs two guitards) Crazy Otto or Heard It Through The Grapevine - CCR but the long version instrumental breaks I realise there is a huge list here, but I have not heard of 99% of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_instrumentals Suggestions welcome, Cheers Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Two classic Freddie Green tracks made famous(ish) by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Hideaway was Clapton's the Stumble Peter Green - here are the originals: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54HwF8mVlaw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54HwF8mVlaw[/url] [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcF2zWhNdHA"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcF2zWhNdHA[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of Little Wing - how good is your guitarist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_lindsay Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Cissy Strut by The Meters is a cracker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 Cheers for the ideas, I'm going to play a few myself tonight then see which I can persuade the others to go for. Lead guitar is very good, classically trained so can do all the twiddly finger picking stuff too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leschirons Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Bit off the wall here but how about a few classic standards if your guitarist is good. Girl from Ipanema Got you under my skin Come fly with me All quite interesting to play and go down surprisingly well. If you want something a little more up tempo, Kiss (Prince) works well, even with just an acoustic as does Valerie (Mark Ronson version) and also have a look at the Franz Ferdinand version of Blondie's "Call me" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurksalot Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Wipeout ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 There are some scary purists out there that do them super accurately and making it all a bit naff, but there's a lot of fun to be had with the Shadows/Ventures repertoire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Why don't you or your guitarist sing? It's only an open mic so you don't need to be awesome and you might end up discovering a voice you never knew you had! Your drummer will be an enthusiastic backing vocalist!! Truckstop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solo4652 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Dr Who theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 I'm working my way though the above suggestions, listening and playing some. Cissy Strut is certainly there as a favourite I think. As for me singing, there are two reasons: 1. I sing like a cat caught in a piece of industrial machinery 2. When I sing I seem to forget what I'm supposed to be playing on bass, or I concentrate on playing the bass for forget to sing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapiro Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Baker Street can be done without vox! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 But not without sax ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Bar Kay's - soul finger Casa forte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Root Down - Jimmy Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 We sometimes do a couple. easy and fun to play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoBJXwdn2Jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ta5T8cg3c0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gapiro Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 [quote name='Geek99' timestamp='1420550777' post='2650497'] But not without sax ? [/quote] I play in a trio that does it with the sax parts on guitar... Sacrelidgeous maybe but it does sound awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveFry Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 Soul Limbo Sylvia Jessica Moanin' Moby Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I went to an Open Mic last night, and a few people did Peter Gunn. Great tune, and it went down really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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