Topic: Party tracks - suggestions please

Its my boys 18th this sat and we are having a rock/blues party. We have a band who will be doing a mixture of stuff. I have about 3 hours to fill with some music. Of course if it were just me I would be taking the roof off with allsorts of obscure stuff but I have to be carefull not to allienate 70% of the folks who would not 'get it'. Soooo some recommendations please along the same theme for the sort of stuff that would generally appeal and catch peoples attention. Of course Joe will feature:) Alex has his own ideas too but we want to mix it up a bit.
Also which 3 Joe numbers would you choose for folks who have not heard him before.

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Hmm, hopefully Wooders will answer this as he is devising a playlist for the aftershow party...

I guess for general appeal you could look to play some BB King ie Thrill Has Gone, You Upset Me, When Love Comes to Town with U2, Albert Collins: Honey Hush, I Ain't Drunk, Lights Are On..  Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man, Mojo Working, I Wanna Be Loved etc, Howlin' Wolf maybe too scary!

Some good more modern stuff might be Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green: Oh Well, Stop Medding Round, Black Magic Woman, Rory Gallagher: Tatoo'd lady, Messing With The Kid, Stevie Ray Vaughan: Pride And Joy, Sky Is Crying and Robert Cray: Phone Booth, Bad Influence etc, Some Rolling Stones and ZZ Top would be good for parties and Cream and Led Zep might also go down well.

For Joe, it's hard to limit it to three songs, but my thoughts would be The Last Kiss, The Great Flood and something older like The River

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As for 3 Joe tunes I'd go with "Never make your move too soon" , "Burning Hell" , and "Story of a Quarryman".

Aynsley Lister's new stuff "Time's Up", "Running on Empty", maybe a bit of "Crazy" & "Sugar Low".

Some John Mayer Trio "Try" , "Who did you think I was" , "Good love is on the way" & "Wait until tomorrow".... these tracks seem to be getting the younger crowd's attention, as shown by the excellent Virgil & the Accelerators.

Depends on what your band's playing too though I guess!?

Just a couple of my random thoughts.... roll

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Hello Martin,

For 3 Joe party songs I'd go with: "Burning Hell", "The River" and "Story Of A Quarrryman". Although, "The Ballad Of John Henry", also kicks butt too.

Any song off of Albert Cummings CD, "Feel So Good-Live" would be great! In particular, Albert's rendition of B.B. King's "Rock Me Baby", a song written for him, "Barrel House Blues" and his own "Tell It Like It Is". Like I said though, anything off that album would work.

Also, put on some spirited Rory Gallagher too. Listening to Rory's music has always put a smile on my face and makes me want to jump out of my seat! smile

Roy

Joe is the Best!

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Jane H. wrote:

i will think about it but I definitely vote against the Great Flood as a party song

Good point, better make it "Funkier" instead...

Some Free would be good too, "Alright Now", "Wishing Well", "Walk In My Shadow", and Hendrix's "Come On (and let the good times roll)".

"The recently formed Edinburgh Blues Club has identified an appetite for the personal communication between musicians and audience that the blues long ago perfected." The Herald Newspaper (Scotland)
http://www.edinburgh-blues.uk

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You can never go wrong with AC/DC of course. At some point of the evening everyone will just rock out to it. A quick 3 song back2back should have them moving. I would always go for the Bon era and my current faves would have to be Sin City, If you want blood and Whole Lotta Rosie.

Should be headbanging and air guitar everywhere.

Lizzy will do it most times as well and theres plenty to choose from. The other day I heard Deep Purples "Space Truckin'" for the first time in years and that had me tapping away like mad.

Your theme had me thinking back. I didn't have an 18th, it was still 21st in those days. I can recall getting the DJ at the Railway Tavern, Forest Gate to play "Immigrant Song", "We won't Get Fooled Again" and "Green Grass and High Tides" by the Outlaws in short order. Shortly after that though my mind went blank as I recall.

Aaaah, halycon days. Enjoy the party you lucky dog1

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hansamike wrote:

You can never go wrong with AC/DC of course

and ZZTop.
Günter

Rock On and Keep the Faith

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Great suggestions, very much appreciated. We were are having a blast getting this together. Will post the final results when Alex gives it a nod:)

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Hope you have a great time at the party, sounds like fun!! Wish Alex a Happy Birthday from me too.

Is nice to be able to put faces to names finally!! cool

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One number that gets everybody off their feet at parties (in my experience) is 'Everybody needs somebody' by the Blues Brothers. cool

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If it's party tracks you're going for, gotta something to get people to shake it. I would recommend Ain't Nothing Wrong With That by Robert Randolph & The Family Band. Heck, anything off of the Colorblind album.

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Aha I got that one on the bands set list;)

Amsterhammer wrote:

One number that gets everybody off their feet at parties (in my experience) is 'Everybody needs somebody' by the Blues Brothers. cool

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Hi Martin,
I think the best Joe party track has to be Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter and Taking the Hit would be good.
Some classics like Alright Now, Brown Sugar, Born To Be Wild, Rock 'n' Roll, Whole Lotta Rosie and Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry (ok that might just be me!).

I hope Alex has a fantastic party! smile Give him my best wishes

Tripsy smile

ps Throw in Played By The Devil by Oli...a fantastic toe tapper smile

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MoTown, Rick James, Ohio Players, Sly and The Family Stone, mixed in and some Tommy Castro and some Tina Turner.

If you need some mp3s of funk, I'll email em to ya.  Just don't tell gsj.  wink

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"Gin and Juice" by the Gourds.

It's very cool cover of a Snoop Dogg song. If you like funky country blues bluegrass you'll love this 6:23 minute cover.

You can grab it off iTunes.