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Topic: Top 20 sing along songs

My wife recons I  don't  play  enough  sing along  songs in my  set  and  I  show  off too much  with  the  guitar  licks .So  I  would  welcome any  suggestions as to  a  new  set  list  of  covers .
My  recent set  list  includes
Waiting  for  the  man
pay me  my  money down
the  passenger
phone booth
rock me  baby
bullfrog blues
sweet  jane
killing floor
satisfy suzie
watchtower
when I'm dead and  gone 
heavens door
st james infirmary
the gun
police dog  blues

Any  ideas   guys  gratefully  considered .

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Graham

I know you're being serious and all, but I can't resist.

Maybe you should include this little sing along and ask your wife if it's okay to do this one. smile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ3SC-gVvy0


In reality - I only knew three of those songs.  I think you should include some Eric Clapton , it's well known and you nail Clapton every time!
The other one that I would suggest is Van Morrison's Have I told you lately... I think that would be a perfect night ending song for your set...and your voice is perfect for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFF1wJN75Z0
But then again, I'm not  musician - what the hell do I know? smile

Good luck Graham

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Brown eyd girl
American pie
Yellow submarine

All good for sing along

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Gidday grah
Considering your style  i think maybe
I hear you knocking    Dave Edmunds
The price of love   Status Quo & others
i see u already got a` mcguinees flint` song   how about `malt & barley blues.`

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Jim its funny you posted a comedy song ,for  years  I  have  written comedy  songs  but  I  usualy  only  do  them at  private  functions  or  party's  for  friends as  some  of  the  lyrics are  a bit  crude  .I  think  I  can adapt  the  one  you  posted  though .
Brian  We  used  to  do  the  Dave  Edmonds  stuff   a  few  years  back  so  maybe  I  can give  it  another  go ,re  the  Quo I've  tried  to  avoid  them for  years even though  I am a  big  fan ,maybe  I  will    try  one  or  two  of  theirs .
Joe, when I  played  with  Cindy  Scholl  from Maine we  used  to  do  the  Van Morrison  stuff always  went  well ,great  suggestions guys  .

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

"Seven Drunken Nights."

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Might not be quite as appropriate or as well received on your side of the pond but Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land is a great sing-a-long over here.

One of the original American folk artists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aE

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Werewolves of London
Country Roads
Yesterday
Sweet Home Chicago
Anything from Neil Diamond (I'm working on Cherry Cherry for this very reason)
Sundown (also on the 'learn it' list for me)
Me and Julio Down By the Schoolyard
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Volcano
If I Had a Million Dollars

Edit to add...
Dance Dance Dance
Jet Airliner
Magic Carpet Ride
Pink Houses
Jack and Diane

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Thanks  Zurf there's    two  on your  list I'm not  familiar  with Pink  Houses and  volcano?
Jerome  seven drunken nights is  awesome  in a  folk  club  .
Uncle Joe  I'd  pulled  this  Wood song  off a  couple  of  days  ago  again its  a  great  song  for  our  folk   clubs My  friend  Will Kaufman does a Woody  tribute  act  and  its  a  fantastic set .

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Pink Houses, John Mellencamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOfkpu6749w

Volcano, Jimmy Buffett

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

You can add Two Pina Coladas and I've Got Friends in Low Places to the list, both Garth Brooks. 

Two Pina Coladas:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgYiUtWmY08

I've Got Friends in Low Places:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvCgSqPZ4EM

So there are suggestions panning from Pop Country to Sissified 70's Folk/Pop to Singer Songwriter to Rock.

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

I suppose the popularity of "sing along" songs depends on the crowd and location. Anyone performing here in the Appalachian foothills of southern Ohio better have these songs in their repertoire:

Circle be Unbroken
Wagon Wheel
Pancho and Lefty
Dead Skunk
Fox on the Run
You Ain't Goin Nowhere
Paradise
Rocky Top
Country Roads
Rocky Mountain High

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Almost anything by the Beach Boys.

my papy said son your going too drive me too drinking if you dont stop driving that   Hot  Rod  Lincoln!! Cmdr cody and his lost planet airman

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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Rock Island Line -Sonny Terry
Me and my Dog - Brownie Maghee
Coal Town Road - John Allen Cameron
Sixteen Tons -  Merle Travis
Getting Dark Again - Rankins
Coal Boat - Stompin Tom Connors
45 Years - Stan Rogers
Deeper in the Well - Luster Brothers
Tennessee Stud - Doc Watson
Deep Elm Blues - Doc Watson
England Swings - Roger Miller
Someone Gonna Get Hurt - Waylon Jennings
Diggin Up Bones - Randy Travis
Daisy a Day - Judd Strunk
Stormy Monday - Albert King
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard
City of New Orleans - Woodie Guthrie
Whiz Kids - Matt Minglewood
Three Marys - John Allen Cameron
Slow Bus To Sydney - Hughie and Allen


And many more,,,   we jam till the weee hours of the morning...   good times


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Re: Top 20 sing along songs

Grah1 wrote:

Jerome  seven drunken nights is  awesome  in a  folk  club  .

Indeed.  Particularly if everyone is drunken, and they know *all* the verses.

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