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Title: Help for cover band (nsc)
Post by Starbuck on Dec 13^th, 2015 at 2:14am

hello all

need help from any musicians who have played cover music for years, or at least anyone with a good ear.

the current band (Petty tribute) I'm in does a medley in the middle of our show in the key of A - we chug along at a steady tempo and crack off choruses and famous verses from as many songs as we can in about 3 minutes....all the songs have the same beat as well. Each guy picks a song and sings what he wants to sing. Usually included in the medley are:

All Right Now
Cat Scratch Fever
God Save the Queen
Funkytown
Carry On Wayward Son

For my verse, I've done Get Back (and Get Up & Go), You May Be Right, Honky Tonk Women, Let's Go (Cars), Electric Avenue, Rockin' Me...and I'm running out of ideas. Anyone know any tunes that are easy to play, in the key of A (G or B would be fine as well), and chug along at the same tempo as these tunes?

TIA!

Title: Re: Help for cover band (nsc)
Post by Bitch on Dec 13^th, 2015 at 7:36am

These would be good song choices, maybe.

Get Off My Cloud
Jumping Jack Flash
Under My Thumb

Title: Re: Help for cover band (nsc)
Post by Paranoid Android on Dec 13^th, 2015 at 5:57pm

I dont think GOMC and UMT are in the key of A...I am pretty sure JJF is though.

Title: Re: Help for cover band (nsc)
Post by Zack on Dec 14^th, 2015 at 6:51am

Try this one. It's in A . . . sometimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY

Title: Re: Help for cover band (nsc)
Post by gypsymofo60 on Dec 15^th, 2015 at 6:33pm

You play carry on wayward son? Tough song vocally, I tip my hat. We used to do that, and Miracles out of nowhere, also Cat Scratch Fever, which I nicked and called Gin Slag Fever; different song altogether though.

Title: Re: Help for cover band (nsc)
Post by gypsymofo60 on Dec 22^nd, 2015 at 7:03pm

Zack wrote on Dec 14^th, 2015 at 6:51am:

Try this one. It's in A . . . sometimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR9d4ESlpHY

OUCH! My fucking ears are bleeding. That's worse than SAXON!.Here..Take the money and just go away! ARRRRRRRRRRRGGG!

Title: Re: Help for cover band (nsc)
Post by Holden on Dec 22^nd, 2015 at 8:28pm

Stand by me?