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I guess it depends on the age of the requester.  If your audience are comprise of babyboomers, then you'll be asked to play more of the 70's and 80's stuff. 

Now, your message said Tesla and Van Halen, well, these are 80's bands.  How about Bon Jovi stuff, like Living on a Prayer or Dead or Alive?  These are pretty good songs to start tinkering with.

I also like mhebert's list of songs.  Stairway to Heaven is a must for any quitarist!  Now, if you add some blues, like a 12-bar blues riff to your collection, you should be famous! 

Good luck!

Kahuna

Using 2,3,4 fingers provide an advantage of leaving the 1st finger free to add another note while playing a G.  A good example is the song Taquilla Sunrise by the Eagles.  While strumming the G chord, your first finger would add that extra note on the 5th string, 2nd fret.

jag,

Now that you know barre chords, try to play your chords further up the neck!  Have you tried to play a C and G chords using the barre on the 3rd fret?  Or, can you play an A and a D chord, using barre on the 5th fret?  What about string muting?  Can you mute the low E string, while playing a barre chord that has a 5th string root? 

These are things that will help you become more effective when playing barre chords!  Give them a try. 

This looks more like an Am pentatonic.  Not Em. 

E-------------------------5-8-------
B---------------------5-8-----------
G---------------5-7-----------------
D-----------5-7---------------------
A-----5-7---------------------------
E-5-8-------------------------------

Crate makes very good acoustic amps!  Their prices are also good.

Vico,

What you're asking for could be countless number of songs.  Is there a reason why you choose to find songs only to this strumming?  Strumming a song can be done in number of ways, so why limit yourself to just that pattern?  Also, a song may have more than one guitar playing and strumming.  Which one will you choose?

It looks like an F root though.  If you're barring the first fret!

I have a Crate Acoustic amplifier, and I really love it!  Mine is a 30-watt amp, but it will cook when I need it to.

I used to use my 1,2,3 fingers.  But, now I found that I played better using the 2,3,4 fingers!  The transition to other chords was easier.

Guys,

The sus (suspended) chords are basically removing a note from the chord.  For instance, Dsus2 means to suspend the #2 note (ie removing the middle finger from the high E string).  There are only 2 suspended methods (that I know of.)  There are Sus2 and Sus4. 

Hope this helps!

Bo,

I can see you do gigs such as Art Gallery opening, Small Pubs, and/or Art Fair. 

Good luck!

Kendo,

With the chords you know, you can probably play over 500 songs with them alone.   Try to add the E chord to your arsenal, and you'll expand that number even further!

If you like Jimmy Buffet, there are several songs you can play with these chords. 

Good Luck!