Set list suggestions - country / southern rock

John_P

Possible new band so kicking around ideas and while it’s not a genre I usually play I quite like a lot of the bluesy country Americana stuff. 
I’m looking for upbeat songs that aren’t overplayed but not too obscure - no sweet home alabama but fortunate son is good mid that makes sense.     

Anyone played similar gigs and care to suggest songs that work would be appreciated.  

Legionreturns

Most of the Blues Brothers soundtrack?

EricTheWeary

I don't know if it's strictly Southern but Grand Funk's We're an American Band - I was watching some Dead Daisies stuff on YouTube and it seemed to go down better than their own songs (and he's Australian), not an uncommon cover. Too rocky? 

Steve Earle - Copperhead Road? Recognisable, 3 chords and adaptable. 
He also did a version of Jonny 2 Bad and several of his own are great songs and would have some recognisability factor.

Willie Nelson - The Harder they come or the Keith Richards version. Certainly a recognisable song. 

For definitive southern rock Molly Hatchet's Flirting with Disaster, but I don't know how many people would actually know it. 

John_P

Thanks - American band is a good call.  I used to work with the singer in Jovi tribute so thing are likely to get family rocky.

He wants to do some steve earle so that will be on the list I suspect.

I'll check out the Willie Nelson tune.

Rocker

Check out Drive By Truckers. Might be up your street, pardon the pun.

EricTheWeary

Had a quick look and the Willie Nelson, Richards versions don't sound much as I remember them at all!  Oh well...

nocasternoproblem

Midnight Rider by Greg Allman?

Veganic

This is what I'd want to hear 

ESBlonde

Ramblin man - Allman bros.
Born to be Blue - Mavericks
Early Morning rain - Gordon lightfoot
Highway 40 Blues - Ricky Scaggs
Driving my life away - Eddie Rabbitt
Living in Tulsa time. - don Willaims/Eric Clapton
Already Gone - Eagles
How Long - Eagles
Panama Red - New Riders of the purple sage
Rocky mountain way - Joe Walsh

All cover country and creap into the rock genre as far as you like.

Also see
The flying Burrito Bros/Gram Parsons
Little River Band
Poco

EricTheWeary

Veganic said:

This is what I'd want to hear 

Wis given, I love Dan Baird's* solo catalogue although I don't know how recognisable any of it is.
I Love You Period was a 'radio hit' ie had lots of airplay at the time but nobody bought it. One of the great rock choruses of all time and upbeat, 3 chords (IIRC) so it will survive a few different approaches. 

' I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses.' 

[ from memory]


*Singist from the Georgia Satellites and, very probably, the only country rock singer of note to record a live album in Dudley. 

Veganic

EricTheWeary said:

Veganic said:

This is what I'd want to hear 

Wis given, I love Dan Baird's* solo catalogue although I don't know how recognisable any of it is.
I Love You Period was a 'radio hit' ie had lots of airplay at the time but nobody bought it. One of the great rock choruses of all time and upbeat, 3 chords (IIRC) so it will survive a few different approaches. 

' I love you period
Do you love me question mark
Please, please exclamation point
I want to hold you in parentheses.' 

[ from memory]


*Singist from the Georgia Satellites and, very probably, the only country rock singer of note to record a live album in Dudley. 

Let's what @John_P thinks but I will check him out.

Jimbro66

If you don't mind redneck country there's the Brooks & Dunn catalogue. Plenty of hits in there.

A number that always got a great response when I was in a country rock band was Tim McGraw's "I like it, I love it".

HAL9000

Simple Man - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Learning to Fly - Tom Petty
Gone to Texas - Mike Zito
Long as I Can See The Light - CCR
Have You Ever Felt The Rain - CCR

Jonathangus

Not American, but a few possibilities here:

robinbowes

We [Acko Pulco & The Cliff Divers] play quite a bit of music with a country tinge (we're more TexMex).

Playing Wold Top Beer festival on October 14, if you fancy a listen.

R.

Dominic

Eagles
 CCR
Brooks And Dunn
Garth Brooks
Brad Paisley
Allman Bros
Skynnrd
some Bryan Adams
Keith Urban
Alman bros
Joe Walsh
Country Boy /Albert Lee
Gretchen Wilson
Recent Sheryll Crowe
Doobie Bros
Amanda Marshall
Some Elvis Costello covers
Dierks Bentley
Alan Jackson
Tim Mcgraw
BLACKBERRY  SMOKE

Teyeplayer

+1 for Poco -particularly anything from 'A good feeling to know'.

Comedy number...Dukes of Hazard theme tune?

fields5069

Something by The Blasters? Common Man comes to mind.

John_P

Thanks chaps - a few more ideas I hadn’t thought that I’ll add to the list.  
unfortunately the singer has gone very quiet so might not be as quick to happen.  

Here’s my current list of suggestions 

Fortunate Son

I put a spell on you

La grange

Just got paid

Mississippi Queen 

Train Train

Good times 

American band

Simple man

Bad to the bone 

Remedy

Hard to handle 

Ramblin man

Jessica 

Oh well

Copperhead road

American woman

Take it easy 

I’d loke to add some modern country - Keith urban, Tom McGraw etc but it’s harder finding hits the average punter will know.