Song Suggestions For A One-Guitar Band Please

[thebrig]

We are a four-piece band that consists of a Vocalist who also plays Blues Harp, Drums, Guitar & Bass, and we play mostly old school R&B/Pub Rock.

Unfortunately, our vocalist called me a fews hours before our gig last night to say he can't drive due to a problem with his eyes, so rather than cancel, our drummer took on the vocals and did a great job.

This isn't the first time he has pulled out of a gig, and he is also in two other bands, so we feel we need to have a plan B in place so we can still play gigs when he is not available, or pulls out at the last minute.

Our set at the moment is made up of mostly Dr Feelgood material plus a splattering of songs by The Inmates, The Pirates, Nine Below Zero etc, and we are going down quite well locally, but if we go out as a three-piece as well (maybe under a different name), we are thinking of doing something totally different, maybe material by bands such as The Who, ZZ Top, The Jam etc.. but can you suggest other bands/songs we could cover as a one-guitar band please? we would be looking for crowd pleasers rather than songs that please us.

Thanks

[skankdelvar]

Hendrix, Cream, Motorhead, Nirvana, The Cribs, Manics, Green Day, Blink 182, The Police, Stray Cats, Sugar / Husker Du, Supergrass, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Lemonheads, Grand Funk Railroad, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, early Rory Gallagher / Taste, Reverend Horton Heat, James Gang / early Joe Walsh.

I've left Rush out because of the necessity for double-necks, keyboards, helium vocals etc

[Norris]

I'm in a three piece and we'll tackle pretty much anything. You don't have to limit yourselves if you can rearrange things to get the key "hooks" in there. It depends how versatile your guitarist is, and indeed you other two

[TrevorR]

Two words... Gallagher. Rory. Not necessarily in that order.

Plus what Norris said.

Edited September 27, 2016 by TrevorR

[EliasMooseblaster]

You can do a surprising amount of Creedence Clearwater Revival with just one guitar. You may have to make the bassline a little busier during guitar solos, but otherwise most audiences tend not to notice the absence of a second guitar part.