BluesWithoutBlame Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Heh..I saw this on a Fender forum, and liked it so much I stole it. Probably more fun for us over-40's but, can you name 5 songs from your first bands' reportoire? Mine (Bands name was Blackrose, circa 1974): Love Me Please (slow blues) Tell Mamma Southern Man Done Somebody Wrong I just want to make love to you ==================================================== Check out my original music at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/jacker "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice, but not in practice." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklava Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Red House Ain't Talkin about love Little Dreamer Little Wing Bridge of Sighs...sorry can't spell The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" "Tell the Truth" "Back in the U.S.S.R" "Peaches en Regalia" "Tripe Face Boogie" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 "Southern Man" and "Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo" (Johnny Winter And Live version) were also on my first band's songlist, along with...hmmm Keep Playin' That Rock and Roll (Edgar Winter) Good Feelin' to Know (Poco) Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh) American Band Choo Choo Boogie (Ten Years After) "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone Taster Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Whippin' Post Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys Crosstown Traffic Pick Up the Pieces Come Dancing - Jeff Beck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picker Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Purple Haze Almost Cut My Hair Gimme Some Lovin' I'm A Man Foggy Mountain Breakdown Always remember that you are unique. Just like everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corner Pocket Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 First "gig" I played was as a 3 piece, (1 guitar, 1 guitar/vox, 1 vox), opening for The Spoons at a high school concert dance. I was in grade 11, I think. We did Rumble In Brighton - Stray Cats Nights in White Satin - Moody Blues Ziggy Stardust - Bowie The next event was a school variety night. With a 5 piece band we played Distemper - an original instrumental tune Tokyo - Bruce Cockburn In the Crowd - The Jam So that's 6 tunes...... Peace, Paul ---------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steevo Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Show Me the Way (Frampton) Sweet Emotion (Aerosmith) Rocky Mountain Way (Walsh) Suffragette City (Bowie) Walk this Way (Aerosmith) Lots of 'way' tunes in there for some reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WornNeck Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Taking Care of Business (BTO) Happiness is a Warm Gun (Beatles) Three Times a Lady (Commordores) China Grove (Can't remember, but they were big) Waited So Long (Eddie Money) "I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes." - Jimi Hendrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCustom Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Detroit Rock City - Kiss Swamp Music - Lynyrd Skynyrd Rock Candy - Montrose Working Man - Rush Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf Born on the Bayou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPCustom Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Originally posted by WornNeck: Taking Care of Business (BTO) Happiness is a Warm Gun (Beatles) Three Times a Lady (Commordores) China Grove (Can't remember, but they were big) Waited So Long (Eddie Money) China Grove was by The Doobie Brothers. Born on the Bayou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Ross Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 I played my first gig in 11th grade. We had two weeks to learn a two hour set Here are some that I remember doing China Grove Soul Man Gloria That's all I can remember. I must be blocking the rest out It's not simple to be simple. -H. Matisse Ross Precision Guitars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardtail Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Cat Scratch Fever - Nugent Living After Midnight - Judas Priest (every garage band in the area played this freaking song... now I can't listen to it anymore). Somebody Get Me a Doctor - Van Halen Working Man - Rush Rock and Roll - Led Zeppelin ... and last but not least... this one is totally embarrassing Dirty White Boy - Foreigner I hated this song but the rest of the band liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarPlayerFL Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Hot Blooded - Foreigner Naughty, Naughty - John Parr Foreplay/Longtime - Boston Big Log - Robert Plant Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group A Jazz/Chord Melody Master-my former instructor www.robertconti.com (FKA GuitarPlayerSoCal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruupi Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 This could go either way, we did 100's of songs. I'll do 5 bad and 5 good. Good: Crossroads Hidaway Pride and Joy Peace Love and Understanding Behind Blue Eyes (lots of 60's rock and folk) Bad: Margaritaville Never even called me by my Name Up against the wall Redneck Mother Teddy Bear The Chair (we did a few country songs, mostly the real pop stuff that I hated) My soundclick site: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=397188 My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/gruupi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Geoff Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Jada(!) Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain What'd I Say Apache Love Me Do G. "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILLO Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Metallica-One, Fade to Black Pantera-Mouth For War 3 silly 'originals' "Without music, life would be a mistake." --from 'Beyond Good and Evil', by Friedrich Nietzsche My MySpace Space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Wow... I played my first gig with a band my best friend and I put together in summer camp when I was 12. I don't remember which songs we played, but it was a Jewish camp, so we played a bunch of hebrew songs and Debbie Friedman tunes out of a thick songbook the camp published. Most of the songs were unavailable to the average consumer at their local music store (Imagine that! ) so many people opted to buy a copy. The only individual song I remember was Friedman's Not By Might, Not By Power. After that I wasn't in a real band until senior year of highschool. We formed to play a huge arts festival my highschool hosts every four years called Focus On The Arts. In addition to poets, writers, tv personalities (Oprah, among them), musicians (Last year, Howard Levy made the long 10 mile trek. ) photographers, dancers, etc. they have bands from the student body play during lunch. We played: Spirit Of The Radio - RushWalkin' On A Thin Line - Huey Lewis & The NewsMagic - The CarsYou Might Think - The Carsand Just What I Needed - The Cars . What can I say? It was 1984-5 and I couldn't play Van Halen. It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcat Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 "When I Look In Your Eyes" - The Romantics "What I Like About You" - The Romantics "Just Can't Stop Me" - J. Geils Band "Tired of Waiting For You" - Kinks "You Can't Do That" - Beatles Junior year of high school (Spring 1980). All songs were played poorly but with much enthusiasm at a friend's graduation party. We got paid! Mudcat's music on Soundclick "Work hard. Rock hard. Eat hard. Sleep hard. Grow big. Wear glasses if you need 'em."-The Webb Wilder Credo- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A String Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Hmmm, that was a long time ago. It would have been about 20 years ago. I was the guitar player in a three piece. I think the first few songs were: -Led Zep - The Ocean -The Beatles - Don't Let Me Down -Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe -Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb -Neil Young - Cinnamon Girl I'm not a hundred percent sure about the order though... Craig Stringnetwork on Facebook String Network Forum My Music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basshappi Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Rock Bottom - UFO Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith Make It Last - Montrose Snortin' Whiskey - Pat Travers Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Bad Co. Nothing is as it seems but everything is exactly what it is - B. Banzai Life is what happens while you are busy playing in bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlyFoxx Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hummm...let's see. The first paid show I ever did was like 18 or so years ago. A private party at a state park inside this pavillion. It started with me and the bass player singing the theme song to the Bugs Bunny Show...you remeber it..."Overture, curtain lights, this is it, the night of night's."...etc Then we bust into "Somebody Get Me A Doctor"...YYZ...Victim Of Changes...Sin City & Winter Snow (original I wrote). If I did a big Townsend windmill and hit my had on the light trusses I got a big electric shock...surprised I didn't kill myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rw2003 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 First band... High School circa 1980. Battle of the Band set list... Sunshine of Your Love - Cream Tie Your Mother Down - Queen Stairway to Heaven - Led Zep "Spend all day doing nothing But we sure do it well" - Huck Johns from 'Oh Yeah' Click to Listen to Oh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoes Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 These are the ones that were on list one and I think they were from set one. Communication Breakdown The Ocean Whole Lotta Love Rock & Roll Bring it on Home Sets 2 and 3 were dominated by Areosmith and ZZTop. We had a rather narrow musical appreciation as teenagers! Once we were old enough to drink (not necessarily of age!) things got more interesting. ya.. I remember playing I think I'm Going Bald by Rush and Oh War from Max Webster.. Anus of Uranus Klaatu and other wierd stuff we didn't pull off very well. .. oops.. forgot.. band name: Live Garbage. we made customized silk screened shirts with flies and roaches all over them. I still think guitars are like shoes, but louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 First gig that wasn`t improvs or originals was at The Farmhouse in Taipei. I`ve got the set list buried somewhere but I`ll see what I can recall offhand: Travelin Light-J.J Cale (my idea) One Bad Stud-Dyke & The Blazers (used to be announced as `our favorite lesbian preppy band`) Hustle down in Texas-Johnny Winter (contributed by the other guitarist who was actually a jazz player). Sea Cruise-Bobby Darren (I think) Little Wing-Skipclone`s moment in the solo spotlight-we divided it between guitar and sax, loved the segue. crap, I have to amend this a little-the improv-based band I was in did do a few covers but we never played out. Fortunately we did record most of our stuff. The covers I can recall offhand (note the contrast when money isn`t involved): Blue World-Moody Blues Phase Dance-Pat Metheny Blue Wind-Jeff Beck Franklin`s Tower-Grateful Dead Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzmon Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I was a drummer back then but; -we're not gonna take it-twisted sis -wild thing- hendrix -some april wine song-the one with the fire bell in it (i remember "borrowing" it from the high school gym wall) -beans and weiners-cheech and chong -paranoid-sabbath peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlh Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 What a fun question. I hadn't thought about it in years. The band was "The Knights of Day" Little Black Egg - The Nightcrawlers Out of Limits - The Marketts I'm a Man - The Yardbirds Knock on Wood - Eddie Floyd Till the End of the Day - The Kinks Plus all those I, IV, V'rs like Gloria, Louie Louie, Hang on Sloopy etc. These were early ones, the band was together all through high school and in the 60's there were a lot of great songs. We could do an 4 hour set easily by '68 when I graduated. Jamie But never fear, you're safe with me... Well maybe. - Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B. Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 I got hooked up with a guy from high school that played bass and we were gonna get a singer and drummer. So he is talking about a band that he's friends with (more guys from the same school) and we go see them. Long story short, they ask me to join. I seriously believe that the only reason the wanted me was because I had a half stack. (A completely BAD-ASS Carvin X100, it was incredible! Wish I still had that one!) I was still a little self conscience about my ability and they were really good. Long story short, about the time that I joined they all ended up hating each other and we broke up. Some of the songs we played that I remember were: Fire - Hendrix Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Enter Sandman - Metallica Outshined - Soundgarden Several originals that they wrote before I joined, a couple of which I still remember as being really good songs. Wish I had a tape of them now. Avoid playing the amplifier at a volume setting high enough to produce a distorted sound through the speaker-Fender Guitar Course-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihategarybettman Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Gruupi, my first band also did "Hideaway" plus: - "All My Lovin'" (What can I say - we had the Bluesbreakers album, too) - "Rumble" (Link Wray) - "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (Buddy Guy/Stevie Ray) - "Peter Gunn Theme" - "Who's Been Talkin'" (Howlin' Wolf) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcy H Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Beatles - Taxman Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking Stones - Honky Tonk Women Tom Petty - Runnin Down a Dream Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl plus numerous hits in the same vein. Would have loved to have done some Bluesbreakers, and some blues, but I joined in pretty late in the game, and they had their set list down. www.myspace.com/darcyhoover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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