Some of the 650 songs rarely, if ever, get played.

We got together in 1985 and decided to play the adult/retirement market here in South Florida. It's a big, steady market and until COVID we were never out of work.

But at that time, the majority of the audience wanted to hear Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller era songs. We rarely play those anymore.

But those people died off and what were once younger people entered the adult/retirement audience. So we learned early rock songs, and as the years went on, classic rock, to whatever the current audience asks for.

About as old as we get now is Elvis Presley era songs, about as new as we get is Adele era songs.

We mix in some Country from Ernest Tubb to Zac Brown and play a lot of Baby Boomer Classics from the Beatles onward.

On our beach-side gig we get to mix in some Bob Marley, Jimmy Buffet, Arrow, and other Caribbean songs.

We learn new songs all the time. Whatever gets requested often, if we can cover it, we work it up.

Our songlist: https://www.nortonmusic.com/cats/songlist.html

I've omitted a dozen or two songs that we would rather not be asked for, because they are in medleys and if someone looks at the lists and requests one that is in the middle of a medley, we down't want to disappoint them.

I like playing a variety of genres. I have to put my head in the different places to be authentic, and that keeps things interesting.

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Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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