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Hi Pat

Guess the first question I would ask you - what kind of backing will you have?
A single guitarist and bass, or full BIAB Band?



I plan to play guitar and sing (solo), harmonies provided by "TC and the Helicons"
backing band courtesy of RealBand and Midi automation.


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Were I going to do it, I would use folk, folk/rock from the 60s and 70s. That's the repertoire that worked
for me north of the border. Anything I could get away with playing on 6, 12 string and harmonica.

Interesting story - back in the 70s buddy and I had a duo - ac guit and bass. Played the 60s and 70s folk & folk/rock. In 2000 we discovered that the new singles and duos were still playing the same repertoire 30 years later.




seems to be the same here, much to my surprise

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So we got got back into it for a couple of years and did the same stuff successfully - and the bar patrons were my kids ages!!!! Not Boomers.



That's my plan too! (why'd you stop?) And as long as an audience shows up, I really don't care how old they are.

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Spend a few nights sitting watching what's going down now in the places you want to play.
Your repertoire will depend what's working or did work in your area.
Ian




That's pretty much the stage I'm in right now. Listening, buying gear, recording the tracks, playing the songs on CD all the time to burn the words into my brain...

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0