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And what month we live in today? Come on man.. You can do it!
You KNOW the songs, you KNOW the lyrics. More than about 10 chords on your guitar for the entire night will be overkill...

You can do this Sam!

Go get 'em

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Don't forget Me and Bobby Magee.




That's a great song! But I'm a MALE vocalist... Know what I mean?




So am I but someone requested some Patsy Cline at todays gig and I sang them . . . does this mean I was "Crazy" for singing "Back in Baby's Arms" at this early gig or should I have started singing while "Walking After Midnight"?

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And what month we live in today? Come on man.. You can do it!
You KNOW the songs, you KNOW the lyrics. More than about 10 chords on your guitar for the entire night will be overkill...

You can do this Sam!

Go get 'em




Actually, about 20 is all that is needed: Major, Dominant 7, Minor and Minor 7 x 5 (I, II, IV, V, VI) plus a capo! No problem with the chords at all, it is a question of knowing when the next one comes! That and a multitude of rhythms...


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That's a great song! But I'm a MALE vocalist... Know what I mean?




So am I but someone requested some Patsy Cline at todays gig and I sang them . . . does this mean I was "Crazy" for singing "Back in Baby's Arms" at this early gig or should I have started singing while "Walking After Midnight"?

Later,




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Mind you, most of Patsy's best hits were actually written by WILLIE NELSON!


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[quoteThat's a great song! But I'm a MALE vocalist... Know what I mean?



Hi Sam,
But it is a guy's song!!
Written by Kris Kristoffson, first recorded by Roger Miller, later by KK and by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition. "Bobby" was actually a girl (think "Bobbie")




That's the WORST spelling of Kristofferson I've ever seen!!


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i hope peter doesn't start penalizing bad spelling on here, keith. i'd be totally speechless in that event.

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I'm still wrestling how anyone who's a child of 50 wants hippy music. We are all like 60 to 65. Music of the 70's, but I missed all of that. we did have a guy played a mean mouth organ in the 1st bush camp I lived in, but I went to bed at 7:30 before the radio would work. If you stayed up late you could get Detroit for an hour, then Cinci, then Atlanta. I never stayed up after midnight for a long time, Mom told me nothing good happens after midnight. I wasn't sure about that from all the banging went on in that house after midnight. But I was the oldest of 6 and they were busy times.


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Well, that is what she wants. I am 51 and like music from 55 to about 85

Me and Bobby McGee has been added to the list


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If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bch1_Ep5M1s

C'mon people now, smile on your brother...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4fWN6VvgKQ

For What Its Worth...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5M_Ttstbgs

Band called, "The Cyrcle" had a hit with this one, not too many realize that Paul Simon wrote this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy0ja70jz8E

"Once upon a time, ya dressed so fine, threw the bums a dime, in yo' prime...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk3mAX5xdxo

Speakin' about Bob Dylan's impact on the era, Jonny's in the basement mixin' up the medicine...

This guy on Youtube seems to be the one who captures the whole Hippie thang with it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUzlEd61JbU

Oh No! Oh yes, must be the season of the witch...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjsNrIYI58


Another Bob Dylan anthem of the era, in the jingle-jangle mornin' I'll come followin' you...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGE1uGt3ng8

Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff, 'n brought him strings and sealing wax, and other fancy stuff...

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

Where have all the flowers gone? (once I sang this one with what I thought was conviction, today it may be more of a rhetorical...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYii6nxhvUk&feature=related

You can choose to retune to the open chord like he did, or you can just slam the chords in standard tuning if you got good riddim - Richie Havens, of course...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1pMeyy__r0

Okay, so mah checkered past is showing, but man, I could do this gig in my sleep, would likely save an acoustic rendition of Little Wing/Castles Made of Sand for the encore, doin' my damndest to channel
Tuck Andress and his wife Patti - and its the only one in this list I'd have to actually practice on first, the rest - and more - are permanently lodged in memory banks from giggin' the 60s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M56QwDjE6PQ

PEACE, MAN, 'n don't bogart that joint, my friend.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvGJvzwKqg0


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Oh, I love that 'Bogart' track, Mac! Never heard it before...

Short list so far (not all 60s though but 60s style) and looking for more:

Edelweiss
Four Strong Winds
Lemon Tree
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Me & Bobby McGee
MoonShadow
Puff The Magic Dragon
Queen Of Hearts
Rock & Roll I Gave You
San Francisco
Streets Of London
The Last Farewell

The above are definite

We have had a fight about 'Angel' by EP. I don't think it is party material - too personal and too naieve but she would like...

Blue Moon
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Hey Jude
House Of The Rising Sun
Crazy
Paint It Black
It Ain't Me Babe
Pretty Woman
Sympathy For The Devil
Revolution
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Like A Rolling Stone
Blowin' In The Wind

I must admit, I fancy 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone' as well...

Keep the ideas coming please! Thanks very much


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Now at the moment in Brisbane I understand the fools are not on the hills. LOL


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I was the Fool on the Hill when I was at school - Harrow School, Harrow On The Hill, Middlesex. Same school as Sir Winston and many others... I am not on the Hill anymore but I am still a fool...


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Now at the moment in Brisbane I understand the fools are not on the hills. LOL



This is true.

FYI the state of Queensland is 1,734,157 square kilometres. 3/4 of that (1300618 sq km) is currently under water.

To put that in perspective the UK is 243,610 sq km. I.E. there are 7.12 UK's in Queensland, 5.34 of them are under water...

Another comparison: Alaska is, at 1,482,970 sq km, the largest state of the U.S. Queensland is 17% larger...

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Is there a song about the sea reclaiming land?


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Not suggesting it for your play list as #1. it is not from the 60's and #2. it will no doubt get lost in translation but Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927" tells a similar story.

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Oh, I love that 'Bogart' track, Mac! Never heard it before...

Short list so far (not all 60s though but 60s style) and looking for more:

Edelweiss
Four Strong Winds
Lemon Tree
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Me & Bobby McGee
MoonShadow
Puff The Magic Dragon
Queen Of Hearts
Rock & Roll I Gave You
San Francisco
Streets Of London
The Last Farewell

The above are definite

We have had a fight about 'Angel' by EP. I don't think it is party material - too personal and too naieve but she would like...

Blue Moon
Are You Lonesome Tonight
Hey Jude
House Of The Rising Sun
Crazy
Paint It Black
It Ain't Me Babe
Pretty Woman
Sympathy For The Devil
Revolution
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Like A Rolling Stone
Blowin' In The Wind

I must admit, I fancy 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone' as well...

Keep the ideas coming please! Thanks very much





Youve got to be kidding WS adding the songs below people will fall asleep.. mind you if there are children there then its ok!Also I think list 2 is much better Frankie


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Man, ya gotta do:

Proud Mary
Suzy Q
Joy To The World (Jerimiah was a bullfrog....)

Few chords, do em in your sleep.

For crooning some Ray Charles

I Can't Stop Lovin You
Georgia
Lets Go Get Stoned

Some Willie Nelson with lots of "busted on the bus with a joint" jokes

Blue Eyes Cryin In The Rain
On The Road Again


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That was my point re 'Angel'. I think there are too many 'love songs' in the selection


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Perhaps she really likes love songs. Afterall, we all must cater to our audience, even if we question their preferences.


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