She specifically wants a 60s Hippy birthday party. I don't personally want to play too many slow songs or love songs as there will be about 40 people aged around 50+, mostly musicians. Gabi loves musicians.

I am looking for songs that will fit this theme that are fun to play and easy to learn that will get people at least dancing a bit (most of them are single in any case, if not all - this is an age of divorced or never marrieds). This is also Austria so a lot of them will only know the mainstream numbers. They don't HAVE TO BE 60s numbers or even hippy songs but she has expressed an interest in having an all-night mini Woodstock!

Trouble is, a lot of these songs as listed above are likely to make people feel sleepy and go home. I would like to have something from '61 but so far it looks like 'Blue Moon' and/or 'Are You Lonesome Tonight'. Gabi has said that she wants me to sing songs that I will enjoy singing and that suit my voice but are also with the theme. Mike, you know my voice, what do you think?

Due to my rather simplistic guitar playing, I would prefer songs that can be simplified down to triads and either I, ii, IV, V7, vi

Please bear also in mind that I am unlikely to have a band with me, perhaps a flautist but that is probably all. Several of us are also members of the Vienna Folk Club (of which I was elected Chairman last night). Vox and guitar does tend tio make things sound a bit country / folk - hard to get a real rock / rock&roll feeling going with just a guitar.

Due to my financial circumstances, it looks like I may have to end up busking this year to make ends meet so, in an effort to economise on learning time, I would also like the songs to be the kind of numbers that I can busk with just voice and guitar and play in pubs and bars and on the street.

Thanks fellas. I know it is not easy

Follow That Dream

Sam
Karaoke King

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Turning that corner again - I have to keep following that dream, no matter what