Looking for KILLER 60/70's rock covers help....

[Scott Peterson]

Rock Cover Band - What would be your essential covers from the 60/70's?

I am working on putting together a killer rock covers band; have a great playlist for the modern (80-90-00's) stuff.

I want to assemble about 3 sets of modern rock and 3 sets of classic rock; and rotate them in and out as the gig needs.

What I am looking for input on here is stuff that KILLS crowd's from the 60's-70's.

Beatles, Zeppelin, Doors, Who or whatever.

Not looking for show-off stuff, looking for stuff that makes the girls dance and gets rooms jumping.

Suggestions?

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[BrownDog]

I play in a classic rock cover band, some that work for us:

Surrender (Cheap Trick)
I Want You to Want Me (CT)
We're an American Band (Grand Funk)
Are You Ready? (GF)
Bang a Gong (TRex)
China Grove (Dobbie Bros)
Feel Like Makin' Love (Bad Company)
All Right Now (Free)
Too Hard to Handle (not really 60/70s, but it works and fun to play) (BC)
Beer Drinkers/Hell Raisers (ZZ Top)
Smokin' in the Boys Room (Brownsville Stn)
You Really Got Me (Kinks)
Honky Tonk Woman (Stones)
Cocaine (Slowhand)
Rock and Roll Never Forgets (Seger)
Any Way You Want It (Journey)
I Don't Need No Doctor (Humble Pie)
Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy)

SLOW
All the Young Dudes (Mott)
Little Wing (Jimi)
Wonderful Tonight (Slowhand)

With tone and oneness, Mike.

[dannopelli]

Wasted Time - Eagles
Desperado - Eagles

Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan
Bodhisattva - Steely Dan

Oye Como Va - Santana
Samba Pa Ti - Santana

Saturday Night's All Right for Fighting- Elton John
Levon - Elton John

Changes- Bowie
Suffragette City - Bowie

Mercy Mercy Me - Marvin Gaye
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzie

Long Train Runnin - Doobies

You Gotta Fight for Your Right - Beasties I think?

[bruce]

I would pretty much idolize anyone that could pull off Hocus Pocus by Focus.

[brian b]

don't forget some Areosmith.

[funalij]

Another big ones:

La Bamba (very funny song, solo is funny too)
Black magic woman -Santana
Baby please don't go
Keep on runnin' - Spencer Davis band
Like a rolling stone -Bob Dylan
Suzie Q - Creadance....
God save the queen - Sex pistol
......

Javier

[Classic T]

I'll Supply The Love - Toto

Baby Hold On - Eddie Money

You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth (Hot Summer Night) - Meat Loaf

Hold Your Head Up - Argent

Nature's Way - Spirit

Living Thing - Electric Light Orchestra

Peace Of Mind - Boston

Surrender - Cheap Trick

Are You Ready? - Pacific Gas & Electric

Sweet Jane - Mott the Hoople

Magnet And Steel - Walter Egan

Cruel To Be Kind - Nick Lowe

The Lonely One - Dave Mason

Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas

Avenging Annie - Andy Pratt

The Air That I Breathe - The Hollies

Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass

You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther

Still Alive & Well - Johnny Winter

Thunder & Lightning - Chi Coltrane

Frankenstein - Edgar Winter

Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent

Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie

Roll With The Changes - REO Speedwagon

Reaper, (Don't Fear) The - Blue Oyster Cult

Cover Of The Rolling Stone - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

You Better Think Twice - Poco

Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer

The American Girl - Rick Springfield

Panama Red - New Riders of the Purple Sage

[BrownDog]

Some others we cover that might fit the bill:

Francine (ZZ Top)
Jet Airliner (Steve Miller)
I Got a Line On You (Spirit)
Back in the USSR (Beatles)
TNT (ACDC)
Unchain My Heart (Joe Cocker - out of timeline, but works)
Keep Your Hands to Yourself (Georgia Satellites - out of timeline, but works)


SLOW
To Love Somebody (Bee Gees)

With tone and oneness, Mike

[pluto]

AC/DC-Girls Got Rhythm
Judas Priest-Hell Bent For Leather, Breaking the Law.
Van Halen-Dance the Night Away, I'm the One (good luck playing that one!), and their version of You Really Got Me.
Thin Lizzy-Boys are Back in Town
UFO-Too Hot To Handle
Led Zeppelin-Rock and Roll
Steve Miller-Swingtown, Jet Airliner
Kiss-Rock and Roll All Nite
Jefferson Airplane-Somebody to Love
Big Star-September Girls
Byrds-I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better
Beatles-Helter Skelter
BOC-Godzilla

[michaelomiya]

Here's the old list (from back in the "day") and limited to the 70's mostly:

Sister Golden Hair - America
Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Moon Dance - Van Morrison
Take It Easy - Eagles
Tequila Sunrise - Eagles
Twist & Shout - The Beatles
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Mustang Sally
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Peace of Mind - Boston
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynryd
Listen to the Music - Doobie Bros
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Dream Police - Cheap Trick
First Cut is the Deepest - Cat Stevens NOT Sheryl Crow
Hot Legs - Rod Stewart
Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money
Closer to the Heart - Rush
Only You Can Rock Me - UFO
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Aint Talkin Bout Love - VH
Runnin w/ the Devil - VH
Beautiful Girls - VH (right after Hot Legs)
Women in Love - VH (right after Beautiful Girls)
Pretty Woman - VH (right after Women in Love, but that version came out in 82, I know!, but I was playing covers in the mid 80's so kill me! :D)
Dance the Night Away - VH
Somebody Get Me a Doctor - VH
(see a pattern here?!)

[pluto]

Originally posted by michaelomiya
Here's the old list (from back in the "day") and limited to the 70's mostly:

Sister Golden Hair - America
Brown-Eyed Girl - Van Morrison
Moon Dance - Van Morrison
Take It Easy - Eagles
Tequila Sunrise - Eagles
Twist & Shout - The Beatles
Day Tripper - The Beatles
Mustang Sally
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry
Peace of Mind - Boston
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynryd Skynryd
Listen to the Music - Doobie Bros
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Dream Police - Cheap Trick
First Cut is the Deepest - Cat Stevens NOT Sheryl Crow
Hot Legs - Rod Stewart
Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money
Closer to the Heart - Rush
Only You Can Rock Me - UFO
Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Aint Talkin Bout Love - VH
Runnin w/ the Devil - VH
Beautiful Girls - VH (right after Hot Legs)
Women in Love - VH (right after Beautiful Girls)
Pretty Woman - VH (right after Women in Love, but that version came out in 82, I know!, but I was playing covers in the mid 80's so kill me! :D)
Dance the Night Away - VH
Somebody Get Me a Doctor - VH
(see a pattern here?!)

I didn't know you use to play in a cover band. Cool. I think the only songs I could play from that list are the ones from UFO and America!!

[michaelomiya]

Originally posted by pluto
I didn't know you use to play in a cover band. Cool. I think the only songs I could play from that list are the ones from UFO and America!!

yeah, for free beer back "in the day"!! We were....decent. BUT as soon as I wanted to play VH, Rush, Scorpions, Ozzy.....the looks that I'd get! Remember this was the era of Duran Duran, The Stray Cats, Modern English, The Plimsouls, Kajagoogoo, U2, Flock of Seagulls, blah, blah.....

At my HS, it was KROQ or nothing. Metal rockers got NO respect.

I had to go to the "dark side" (translation: outside the school) to find anyone who wanted to really ROCK (ala VH and Ozzy).:D

[King Cobra]

You gotta have some Skynerd bro. Sweet Home Alabama or Gimmie back my bullets works well. Allman Brothers band works nice too............Jessica is awesome live if you can pull it off. And a great closer is Won't get fooled again ................and if you have Keyboards..........check out Baba Oreily. ;)

Santana works...........maybe some Rod Stewart (Hot Legs) ZZ Top (La Grange)..........Alice Cooper( No more Mr. Nice Guy )..........Black Sabbath(into the void) ...............Whitesnake(slide it in)...................Can't forget the Stones........(its all good;) )
Ted Nugent.........(Great white Buffalo) AC/DC.......(whole lotta Rosie).................This is a 60's tune but...........Jimi's Voodoo child always gets them drinking! ;)

[scottiK]

Steppin Wolf (sp?) "Magic Carpet Ride"
great groove and you can jam the end out ...

The Doors "Break on Through" or "LA Woman"

Jimi "Fire" or "Crosstown Traffic" those seemed ot get them dancing.

James Gang "Funk 49"

James Taylor has some songs that will get them to the dance floor.

that's all I could come up eith off the top if my head that I didn't see mentioned above.


sk

[pluto]

Originally posted by michaelomiya
yeah, for free beer back "in the day"!! We were....decent. BUT as soon as I wanted to play VH, Rush, Scorpions, Ozzy.....the looks that I'd get! Remember this was the era of Duran Duran, The Stray Cats, Modern English, The Plimsouls, Kajagoogoo, U2, Flock of Seagulls, blah, blah.....

At my HS, it was KROQ or nothing. Metal rockers got NO respect.

I had to go to the "dark side" (translation: outside the school) to find anyone who wanted to really ROCK (ala VH and Ozzy).:D

Plimsouls, huh? "1,000,000 miles away" or something like that, right? what about Echo and the Bunneymen, Japan, New Order, Teardrop Explodes, etc.? Great bands. But I'll still take Priest over them anyday! BTW-sorry I missed your call-my wife came home early so we took our daughter to see the Polar Express. Great movie, but the Incredibles rocks!

[michaelomiya]

Originally posted by pluto
Plimsouls, huh? "1,000,000 miles away" or something like that, right? what about Echo and the Bunneymen, Japan, New Order, Teardrop Explodes, etc.? Great bands. But I'll still take Priest over them anyday! BTW-sorry I missed your call-my wife came home early so we took our daughter to see the Polar Express. Great movie, but the Incredibles rocks!

"Million Miles Away" as in the Valley Girl soundtrack! Yes!:eek:

No prob on "Polar Express". I've not seen either movie, as long as I can continue to dodge the mall and "babysit" at music stores. BTW, Wildwest has/had some SWEET axes and amps. I feel about $2k about to leave the wallet again!!
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[pluto]

Originally posted by michaelomiya
"Million Miles Away" as in the Valley Girl soundtrack! Yes!:eek:

No prob on "Polar Express". I've not seen either movie, as long as I can continue to dodge the mall and "babysit" at music stores. BTW, Wildwest has/had some SWEET axes and amps. I feel about $2k about to leave the wallet again!!
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Did you check out the Suhrs? Babysit at music stores? I wish I had that luxury.