What are your most requested cover songs?

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good stuff, except for that pic of G :eek: :eek: :eek:

If I only knew a girl who wanted to hear Mr. Bojangles, I think I just might have to marry her too.

I remember one High School talent show where everyone was rockin out and a guy sat on the edge of the stage w/ an acoustic guitar and played what you'd think was a corny, not-caught-dead song, but got the whole place to sing along and it was John Denver.

I saw a duo, two guys who were really really great, very motivated and high energy, retired guys, a banjo and guitar and they knew every song requested or would attempt it and it was very fun, funny and entertaining. They knew all those old songs, train songs railroad songs working songs sea songs folk songs, I don't even know what you call them, those old traditional stuff.

It was basically stump the band, but the older the song the more likely they actually knew it.

Of course the only one I can remember was something about a drunken sailor. I guess I'll go look it up.

more later!!! good posts.
 
I'm shocked that no one in this thread has yet reported experiences similar to mine. Granted, I haven't played live in a very long time, but back when I did, it never ceased to amaze me how many sincere, well-intentioned audience members would request songs by metal bands (or at least songs by heavily electic bands) even though I was sitting there (slack-jawed) with an acoustic guitar on my lap.

So am I to understand that no one else here has pulled out the ol' dreadnought and had people immediately ask for a little Ted Nugent, Jimi Hendrix, or Rush?

By the way, thanks for the fun thread, junplugged. (But shame on you for not being prepared to cover Bob Dylan.)
 
There is a local band around here with a bass, drummer, and two keyboard players. They play mostly classic rock.

However one of the keyboard guys can play some VanHalen songs on the keyboard. It's an amazing thing to watch him. He is actually able to do the songs justice.

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Well, even tho I love a lot of Dylan songs, I can't remember words, so there goes 99% of them for me, so I have to be prepared with lyric sheets.

but talk about not prepared, I saw James Taylor decline one of his own songs because it took a bigger band or something he said! He can't rearrange his own tune for the band he had!? Instead of saying that he should have said something else, it was odd. but the place was so quiet between songs that whatever anyone shouted the whole entire place could hear it! and it was outdoors too, amazing.
 
I was in an acoustic guitar duet and played harmonica in a brace.We played Freebird as a regular set song with me playing leads on harmonica along with my partner while I stummed the chords.Did it sound good...no,but you couldn't beat the novelty factor.
We got requests from all over the board,and as previously mentioned we'd get requests that we had absolutely no chance of covering.(Metal,keyboards,disco...).
The weird thing is we would get lots of requests to play songs we had already played it would be "Aw man, you've got to play that again" and we would later in the night.

We were totally about pleasing the crowd and no song was beneath us,if it made the crowd happy we would play it.Amazingly one of the biggest crowd pleasers was "Cover of the Rolling Stone" by Dr.Hook.Everybody sang along to the chorus and the alcohol poured freely.
 
It's funny that freshmattyp mentioned playing the end of Freebird. During a practice we drew out an ending, then started messing around playing the endings of songs...our drummer jokingly said we should call ourselves the "Happy Endings" and just play the endings of songs. :)
 
Mr. C said:
It's funny that freshmattyp mentioned playing the end of Freebird. During a practice we drew out an ending, then started messing around playing the endings of songs...our drummer jokingly said we should call ourselves the "Happy Endings" and just play the endings of songs. :)
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That would be cool. But I'll bet it would be tought to find a band that plays only the beginnings of songs, to be your opening act. :rolleyes:
 
junplugged said:
Of course the only one I can remember was something about a drunken sailor. I guess I'll go look it up.
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Has to be "What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor". You can't play a pub gig without that one. Might as well not know "Whiskey in the Jar".

"Quare Bungle Rye" is another handy tune to learn.
 
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