What songs have you covered in a band?

[Rogo]

In the summer of 84, I played keyboards with a band called - wait for it - Gandalf!!!

We did mostly covers, as far as I can remember including the following:

Steely Dan: Gaucho, Babylon Sisters, Hey Nineteen
Yes: Hearts
Manfred Mann: Davy's On The Road Again, Mighty Quinn (covers of covers!!!)
Supertramp: Breakfast In America, The Logical Song
Mezzoforte: Gazing At The Clouds

My job was to listen to the songs and try to write down the chords. The Steely Dan songs sound relatively simple, but the chord changes are ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to make out! But it was a good learning process, and now I can "pick" almost anything off a CD and get it down on paper. Saves you from buying the song books!

What covers have you done?

[mayor greezy]

I played in many cover bands between '81 and '90. In the '90's I played mainly original music. Among the bands I've covered are, in NO particular order:

Alice Cooper, Kiss, Twisted Sister, Ratt, Hendrix, Iron Maiden, Krokus, Riot, Uriah Heep, Carpenters, ZZ Top, Metallica, Anthrax, Bon Jovi, Living Colour, Judas Priest, Scorpions, Guns & Roses, with excerpts of YES thrown in here and there....

Thanks for bringing up such PAINFUL memories.....;)

Employee of the Month
-The Mayor

[RobAdams]

Between 1986 and 1996 a few of my friends and myself had this ever changing, ever falling apart band. I played bass, and occasional guitar. In this ten year period we had quite an array of covers. Here's what I remember playing, some more successfully than others. For the most part they sounded pretty good, especially in the early period when my late friend Mark was singing and playing rhythm guitar. I swear he knew thousands of songs.

ABWH:
Quartet (1st movement)
BE BOP DELUXE:
Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape *
THE BEATLES:
Tomorrow Never Knows *
It's Only Love *
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight *
For No One *
I'm So Tired*
I've Got A Feeling
Two Of Us *
It's All Too Much *
Flying
Hey Bulldog
CHICAGO:
25 or 6 to 4
BOB DYLAN:
It's All Over Now Baby Blue *
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Simple Twist Of Fate *
Man Of Peace
Positively 4th Street
Desolation Row *
Ballad Of A Thin Man *
Isis *
Hurricane
Knockin' On Heaven's Door *
She Belongs To Me
EMERSON LAKE & PALMER:
Take A Pebble *
Lucky Man
Still...You Turn Me On *
The Sage *
From The Beginning *
Trilogy (just the opening, before the song gets loud) *
C'est La Vie
JOHN ENTWISTLE
I Found Out *
Smash Your Head Against The Wall
JERRY GARCIA BAND
Catfish John
Mission In The Rain *
Ruben & Cherise
GENTLE GIANT
Funny Ways *
Memories Of Old Days
DAVID GILMOUR:
Murder *
There's No Way Out Of Here *
GRATEFUL DEAD
China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider *
Throwing Stones *
China Doll
Scarlet Begonias/Fire On The Mountain *
Playing In The Band *
West LA Fadeaway
Wharf Rat *
Althea *
Terrapin (almost pulled it off, but tricky)
Bird Song *
PETER HAMMILL:
The Institute Of Mental Health (Burning) *
The Comet The Course And The Tail
Vision +
German Overalls
GEORGE HARRISON:
Run Of The Mill *
All Things Must Pass
The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp
Art Of Dying *
Isn't It A Pity
Beware Of Darkness *
The Light That Has Lighted The World
JIMI HENDRIX:
Little Wing *
The Wind Cries Mary
Castles Made Of Sand *
HOT TUNA:
I See The Light *
Serpent Of Dreams
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
Eskimo Blue Day *
Martha
Spare Chaynge
JETHRO TULL:
Thick As A Brick (first part) *
Thick As A Brick (the 'Do You Believe In The Day' section) *
Thick As A Brick ('I see you shuffle in the court room' part)
Skating Away
Pibroch (Cap In Hand) *
We Used To Know *
Reasons For Waiting
Look Into The Sun *
Mother Goose
Black Sunday (instrumental) *
One White Duck/0 to the power of 10=Nothing At All *
Wind Up
Locomotive Breath *
ELTON JOHN:
Madman Across The Water *
Sixty Years On
KING CRIMSON:
Epitaph *
I Talk To The Wind *
LED ZEPPELIN
Ramble On
That's The Way *
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You *
The Rain Song *
No Quarter *
JOHN LENNON:
Working Class Hero
God
Isolation *
Watching The Wheels
Bless You *
How Do You Sleep
LOGGINS AND MESSINA
Angry Eyes *
BOB MARLEY:
Three Little Birds *
PAUL McCARTNEY:
Picasso's Last Words *
Mrs Vandebilt
Too Many People
Smile Away *
C Moon
Junior's Farm *
Let Me Roll It
PINK FLOYD
Comfortably Numb *
Wish You Were Here *
Fat Old Sun *
Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun (instrumental) *
The Narrow Way (part 1) *
ROLLING STONES:
Angie
Wild Horses *
SIMON & GARFUNKEL:
America
The Boxer *
Homeward Bound
RINGO STARR:
It Don't Come Easy
ROD STEWART:
Mandolin Wind *
CHRIS SQUIRE:
Lucky Seven * (this was a fun one to play 20 min versions of)
JAMES TAYLOR:
Fire And Rain *
You Can Close Your Eyes
Country Road *
Riding On A Railroad
Places In My Past
TEN YEARS AFTER:
I Want To Change The World
PETE TOWNSHEND:
A Little Is Enough
Heart To Hang Onto
Mary *
TRAFFIC:
Dear Mr.Fantasy
Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR:
A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers (first 5 mins or so)
Meurglys III: The Songwriter's Guild *
Whatever Would Robert Have Said
Afterwards *
Pioneers Over C (instrumental jam) *
The Last Frame
Scorched Earth *
THE WHO
I'm A Boy *
Tattoo *
Happy Jack
I Can See For Miles
The Seeker *
Sea And Sand *
Is It In My Head *
I'm One *
Amazing Journey/Sparks *
Imagine A Man *
Love Ain't For Keeping
Pure And Easy
Naked Eye *
However Much I Booze
Let's See Action
Behind Blue Eyes *
Too Much Of Anything
YES
Mood For A Day (Mark played this solo - incredible. I watched him learn it from playing the record. In about an hour he had a recognizable and decent arrangement worked out) *
Changes *
The Remembering (about the 1st 6 minutes)
Leaves Of Green (Mark came close but wasn't close enough)
Heart Of The Sunrise (we couldn't play the opening part unless we did it WAY too slow. We started it from the bass solo, went to the main body of the song, and let it fizzle out, planning to insert it into a medley of other tunes we couldn't get completely)
Shoot High Aim Low *
Starship Trooper (just the Wurm section, used in medleys)
Perpetual Change *
Close To The Edge (opening theme) *
NEIL YOUNG
Cortez The Killer *
Powderfinger
Like A Hurricane
Don't Be Denied *
Don't Let It Bring You Down *
FRANK ZAPPA
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Bobby Brown *
The Illinois Enema Bandit *
Muffin Man
Inca Roads (just the opening verse up to & including guitar solo)
Easy Meat *
Dog Breath
The Torture Never Stops *
Yo' Mama *

What a band we could have been if we stuck with it. I have only a small fraction of this stuff on tape. Less than 2 hours. :( When Mark was still alive and in the band, we had about 50 songs well rehearsed enough to play out.

I think there was much more than this, but this is all I remember.
Songs with an asterisk * are ones that I remember being quite good when we played them. The rest ranged from okay to poor.
This sure was a trip down memory lane...

[upbgirl]

i see you have tull AND traffic on there!! my question is: who in the hell did you find to play the ad lib solo for locomotive breath?? i have been trying to figure out that part of that song on my flute since it came out long ago..no luck yet, but i can mangage a few other tull songs-thick as a brick being one i LOVE to play. bourree is another..i saw tull this past august-frustrating and inspiring at the same time for a former flautist..they played 'elegy' from stormwatch this time-i dont have that lp, and had only ever heard it at that concert, but after bootlegging the show, i came home, whipped out my beat up old flute, and tried it. i was amazed at myself-it was like my fingers/body just KNEW that tune-i couldnt even think straight enough to figure out a key signature to write any of it down for later.. it was a 'casteneda moment' for me.. i even watched myself in the mirror to try and get anything on paper, but to no avail..something was trying to keep me from writing it down..i havent had the nerve to get out my flute and try it again yet..soon i will, tho, and i wont give up on my instrument-even if i never get to play it for anyone again..i have been bugging jamison from konocti band, saxlife, for some sheet music of yes, but maybe it's time to just close my eyes and go for it like i did with 'elegy', and not get stuck being forced to have the music in front of me.. ad lib locomotive breath, here i come again..:cheers:

[Moopitation]

My band MAGPU, now on hiatus after playing 5 years in the Southwest, has covered a few tunes.

Here is what I can recall:

Star Wars disco theme - Meco
Rio - Duran Duran
Groundhog's Day - Primus
Speak to me, Breathe, On The Run, Brain Damage, Eclipse - Pink Floyd
King Tut - Steve Martin
2112 Overture - Rush
Beethoven Opus 130, 2nd Movement
Brick House - The Commodores
Christmastime is Here - Vince Guraldi
Cities - Talking Heads
Dark Star - Grateful Dead
Fire on the Mountain - Grateful Dead
Friend of the Devil - Grateful Dead
First Tube - Phish
Tweezer - Phish
Ghost Riders in the Sky
La Grange - ZZ Top
Timber Ho! - Josh White
Ramblin' Man - Hank Williams
RIFT (performed the entire album for Halloween '01) Phish

Not including impromptu teases of other songs, and in addition to 60 or so original songs.

I played Keyboards, Synths, percussion & vocals.

[haroldthebarrel]

I've been in many different kinds of bands, so I have a pretty diverse list. I've covered everything from Nirvana to King Crimson, some I've done:

Rancid: Salvation
Smashing Pumpkins: Cherub Rock, Today, Rocket
Weezer: Sweater song
Metallica: Seek and destroy, One, Dyers Eve, Master of Puppets, and pretty much every song they ever did (metallica wanna be band in highschool)
Nirvana: Downer, Molly's lips, Teen Spirit, Hairspray queen, etc...
Bryan Adams: Summer of '69
Steppenwolf: Born to be wild
NWA: F*k the Police
Ice T: There goes the neighborhood
James: Laid
Sleepwalk: Steve Howe version
Megadeth: Peace Sells, Hangar 18, Holy Wars
G.G. Allin: eat you out, highest power
Motorhead: Killed by Death
Ozzy: Crazy Train
Sabbath: Paranoid, Iron Man, Sweet Leaf
Grateful Dead: Casey Jones
B.O.C.: Don't fear the Reaper
Gloria Gaynor: I will survive
Pink Floyd: Wish you were here, Time/Breathe reprise, Mother
Jimmy Hendrix: Watchtower, Foxy lady
Phish: First Tube
Doors: Wild child, Riders on the storm, People are strange, roadhouse blues
Slayer: Season's in the Abyss
7 seconds: we're gonna' fight
Danzig: Devil's Plaything, Twist of Cain, Mother, Blood and tears
Misfits: Skulls, Wolfsblood, vampira, I turned into a martian, Hatebreeders, etc...
King Crimson: Red
Genesis: beginning of dancing with the moonlit knight, Horizons
Yes: Mood for a day, From the Balcony
Led Zeppelin: Over the hills..., Living lovin' maid, dy'er maker, Moby Dick, Bring it on home, Rock n' Roll, Whole lotta' love etc...
Warren Zevon: The French Inhaler, Lawyers guns & Money, Carmelita.
Radiohead: Creep

That is one crazy list of covers if you ask me. I am reforming my band Whitespace right now, and we are sticking with alot of prog and classic rock, but want to appeal to the people our age (early 20's) so we are learning alot more Radiohead, Blind Melon, Aerosmith, Phish, and stuff like that, even Kid Rock, Jewel, and India Arie. It's gonna' be weird!

[Dale Cleary]

Most standards, jazz and rock.
Loads of funk and R+B.
Plenty of original material.
Country music.
Ska and reggae.
Even some punk. One of the last sessions I did was with Nancy Vandal and the pop gun assassins. Crazy band!
The list is beyond anybodies patience to read it!

[gt76yesman]

Maybe I can do it by band.

Most recently I have tried South Side of the Sky, Mood For a Day.

Wishing to do more YES.

Glendo

(Hope this post works. Haven't been allowed to post in a couple of weeks, don't know why)

[gt76yesman]

GRATEFUL DEAD (mostly);
Aiko, Aiko
Alabama Getaway
All Along the Watchtower
All Over Now
Althea
Around & Around
Beat it on Down the Line
Bertha
Big River
Birdsong
Black Peter
Box of Rain
Brother Esau
Brown-eyed Girl
Brown-eyed Women
Buy You a Chevrolet
Candyman
Cassidy
China Cat Sunflower
Crazy Fingers
Cumberland Blues
Dead Flowers
Deal
Don't Ease Me In
-drums-
Easy Wind
Eyes of the World
Feel Like a Stranger
Fire on the Mountain
Forever Young
Franklin's Tower
Gimme Some Lovin'
Gloria
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Good Love
Harder They Come
Help on the Way
Hey Pocky Way
I Know You Rider
I Like it Like That
I Need A Miracle
It Must Have Been the Roses
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, but it Takes a Train to Cry
Jack-A-Roe
Jack Straw
Jumping Jack Flash
Last Dance with Mary Jane
the Last Time
Let it Grow
Let the Good Times Roll
Loose Lucy
Loser
Lost Sailor
Lovelight
Mama Tried
Man Smart, Woman Smarter
Me & Bobby Magee
Me & My Uncle
Memphis Blues Again
the Mighty Quinn
Minglewood Blues
Miss You
Morning Dew
Mr. Charlie
Music Never Stopped
Not Fade Away
One Kind Favor
One More Saturday Night
the Other One
Playing in the Band
Playing in the Band (reprise)
Pressure Drop
Promised Land
Queen Jane Approximately
Ramble On Rose
Saint of Circumstance
St. Stephen
Samson & Delilah
Scarlet Begonias
Shakedown Street
Silvio
Sister Goldenhair
Slipknot
Spoonful
Sugaree
Sugar Magnolia
Sunshine Daydream
Sympathy for the Devil
Tangled Up In Blue
Terrapin Station
They Love Each Other
Tippi Toes
Touch of Grey
Towards the Sun *
U.S. Blues
Umbilical
Uncle John's Band
Viola Lee Blues
Walkin' Blues
Wang Dang Doodle
the Wheel
the Weight

* - JC Flyer original

[maninawhitecar]

This REALLY brings back the memories! I have a lousy memory, never did remember song titles...here is a list of some of the bands we covered though:

Jethro Tull
Rush
Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Outlaws
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Jimi Hendrix
Seals and Crofts
Robin Trower
Hall and Oats
The Who
Black Sabbath
The Doors
Led Zeppelin
James Gang
Grand Funk Railroad
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
UFO
Christopher Cross
David Bowie
J. Geils Band
Doobie Brothers
The Moody Blues
Bob Dylan
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Booker T. & The MG's
Eric Clapton
Heart
Van Morrison
The Tubes


There were many others, simply because I've played in rock bands to country bands.(notice I didn't include any country artists, not exactly my favorite music) Thanks for the memories!:cheers:

[gt76yesman]

Talking Heads;
Cities
Psycho Killer
Stay Hungry
Life During Wartime
Who is It
Take Me To The River (cover of cover. LOL)

Devo;
Blockhead
Mongoloid
Shrivel Up

David Bowie;
Scary Monsters
Ashes to Ashes
Ziggy Stardust
Hang On To Yourself

plus
Pretenders, Stones, various . . .

[haroldthebarrel]

I'd love to see any of your guys' bands live!!! Looks like some killer setlists!!

[Sonoacustico]

Hello!

well, I play keyboards in a chilean band called SUBTERRA, and sometimes with some friends from another band called ENTRANCE use to do STARSHIP TROOPER, like the UNION tour version, hehehe. And it sounds pretty well.

I also have a side band and we use to do Genesis songs, man, ANY Genesis song is a LOT more harder (for the keyboards) than it seems, Tony Banks use to use a lot of VERY strange harmonies and chords, very hard to emulate, as well as the synth sounds...
Starship Trooper is a LOT easier...

We use to do Genesis' Hairless Heart, Squonk, In That Quiet Earth (Man!! It was SOOOO hard to learn!), Dodo/Lurker, Home By The Sea, Second Home By The Sea, Domino, Driving The Last Spike, Fading Lights, Uncertain Wheather, One Man's Fool. We also do some Marillion Songs: The Great Escape and The Party, and we also added IQ's Widows Peak and GTR's When the Heart Rules the Mind, and it is sooooo funny!! just to play for pure diversion. I'd love to do some Yes songs, but the drummer is not very much into Yes... maybe I need another sideband!! lol ;-)

Greetings from Chile!!!

Claudio

[haroldthebarrel]

Hi!
You are right! Tony Banks is one of the best keyboardists Rock has ever seen! His work on songs like "Supper's Ready", "Watcher of the Skies", "One for the Vine", "Dance on a Volcano" etc... is nothing short of brilliant.....and also insane!

[Sonoacustico]

well, That's the reason why we don't play those songs, hehehe, well, Watcher and Volcano (not the closing section) are easy ones, and I'd love to play them, well, maybe soon! ;)

and btw, Tony Banks is my All Time Favorite Keyboard Player :clap:

GREETINGS!!!!

Claudio

[haroldthebarrel]

Tony and Patrick Moraz are my faves! You must pretty good to think Dance on a volcano isn't hard! Especially the middle instrumental section!

[Sonoacustico]

hehehe of course, I don't think the middle section ofVolcano is too hard (at least for me), but the closing insstrumental section of it is a Nightmare to play!!!! ;-)

And I agree with Patrick Moraz, he definitely kicks ass!!!!! :D

[Margit]

Talking about YES (this is a yesfans forum, isn't it?)...there's no master like master Wakeman...Yes is not the same without him...I have said!! :1svader:

[Sonoacustico]

hehehehe

well, the huge difference between Rick Wakeman and Tony Banks is for me the fact that Rick Wakeman is essentialy a player, and Tony Banks is essentialy a writer. And that is shown in the harmonies and chords they use, Wakeman always use simple chords compared with the complex chords and sequences of chords that Banks uses. I don't say that one is better to another, but for me, when I see and hear Wakeman playing (with Yes or solo) I say "wow!!! that's incredible!! what a technique, what a delicious soloing" and that please me pretty well!! but Tony Banks playing and composition just touch my soul, I don't feel chills on my body when I listen another keyboard player... probably master Eddie Jobson is the near one for that :)

Greetings!

Claudio

[Cosmic_Hippo]

Not really a band, but a collective of friends. Some would come and go. Here's a few songs we did at weddings, get togethers and the like:

Yes songs:

Your Move
Onward
Heart of the Sunrise
Time and a Word
Yesterday and Today
Sound Chaser / Tempus Fugit jam
Surface Tension (Steve Howe)
Double Rondo (Steve Howe)

Other stuff:

Imperial March (From Empire Strikes Back) - This was done as a heavy metal song!
Three of A Perfect Pair (King Crimson)
When the Heart Rules the Mind (GTR)
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

Just about every Beatles song ever!

[Dr Yes]

Sadly my playing days are over. But at the zenith this was our set list.

YEP SETLIST

opening - excerpt from "The Firebird Suite"
Siberian Khatru
Tempus Fugit
Astral Traveller
And You And I
Wonderous Stories
Long Distance Runaround
The Fish
Lightning Strikes
Rob - keyboard solo
Awaken
Make It Easy
Owner of a Lonely Heart
Hold On
Your Move/Seen All Good People
Yours Is No Disgrace
Hearts
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(encore)
Roundabout
Starship Trooper

But it folded and I can't get any enthusiasm to top this. So I have pretty much given up playing and sold all my gear.

Yours depressed,


Dave.

[mdthomas]

I'd say the toughest songs we cover are "Deep In The MotherLode" By Genesis, &U&I, and America. Some of the time on the Genesis stuff is just absurd, &U&I I have to play 3 guitars and, well, as we all know Steve Howe is just total "taste" in America.

Michael Thomas
www.yourmovetheband.com

[pauli]

I did sound for some friends' band back in 1979-80. It was fun, but I'd be embarrassed to write out the setlists!
My 15 minutes of fame came and went one night when I got to play rhythm guitar on "One Way or Another" and "Like a Hurricane".

[PO]

Oooh, my fave cover tunes! I never saw this thread. I'll only include the ones that were actually played on a stage. Many more were learned and attempted!

Yes:
Yours is no Disgrace
Your Move/A.G.P
Roundabout
Long Distance
Heart of the Sunrise
Siberian Khatru
Parallels
Future Times
Release, Release

Gentle Giant:
Mr. Class and Quality
Way of Life
Aspirations
Just the Same
Interview/I lost my head
Two Weeks in Spain
Turning Around

I'll think of more later.

[Amy]

I played keyboards and sang harmony in a band called "HEY BABY" from about 1984-1986.
What fun days!
There were 7 of us. In addition to the usual drums, bass guitar, guitar and keyboards, there was a 5th guy on saxophone and a 6th on trumpet. The lead singer also played trumpet and French horn. What a full sound we had!

I can't believe that was 20 years ago! Most of the cover stuff was 60's and 70's. Let me see if I can remember some:

The Dock of the Bay - (Otis Redding)
Try a Little Tenderness
My Girl
Dance to the Music - (Sly and the Family Stone)
I Want to Take You Higher
Sing a Simple Song
Love Me Two Times - (The Doors) One of my favorites and it's so fun to play!
Another Doors tune but I can't remember which one!
I Feel Good - (James Brown)
Heard it Through the Grapevine - (Marvin Gaye)
Good Lovin' - (The Rascals)
Gimme Some Lovin' - (The Spencer Davis Group)
Mustang Sally - (Wilson Pickett)

There was lots more, but I just can't remember!

[Jackaranda]

Amy, do you still play?

I was in a band in high school. The guitarist, a Yes fan who could play pretty much anything, went on to be a session guy in Nashville. The drummer became a pro as well. Me, I quit playing a few years after that. One of my biggest regrets nowadays.

[Amy]

I haven't played seriously for many years.
I'll whip out some things for my kids once and a while, some ragtime, rock'n'roll or classical, but not much in my memory anymore.

The last time I "performed" was in '95 when I had to play in order to get my degree (Associates in Music).

In '95 I got married, got pregnant about 2 weeks later, moved into our house at 6 months pregnant and have been "mom" ever since.

My son started kindergarten 2 weeks after my daughter was born, so I haven't really gotten a break!

I taught piano on and off from about '84 - '01, but even that was getting tough.

I would like to get out there and perform again, maybe when my kids get a little older.

So tell us about your band. What instrument did you play?

[Jackaranda]

Rhythm guitar and bass. I learned rhythm by listening to John Lennon's parts in the early to mid period Beatles. Bass was easy for me. But I haven't picked up a guitar in 20 years, so it's history for me.

So Amy, can you play Gates?

[Amy]

If I wanted to I could; but I've never tried.

[WhiteKnight]

I used to play in a band, too.

We basically could not play - so we decided it was better to explore the ultimate boundaries of interstellar rock instead of trying to play something in particular, which was beyond us. Nevertheless, I recall we did "Fugazi" from Marillion, later to be known as "vodka itiment..." because our singer could not speak english (at least he knew vodka).

WK

[PO]

Sadly my playing days are over. ...But it folded and I can't get any enthusiasm to top this. So I have pretty much given up playing and sold all my gear.

Yours depressed,


Dave.

What did you play? In the best way I hope you regret this and pick it back up. Everyone goes through lean times. You just have to let it hit you again. And it will.

If you play guitar and/or keyboards, I need you. See? Things are looking up already.

[Timmo]

I'm impressed, no HUMBLED, by the talents on this thread.

Man, some of those setlists were SICK.

(OK, I'm too old to say "sick," but I do it anyway).

Amy, you go girl! Funky stuff!

It's making me realize that I desperately have to start playing classical piano again.

I was in CostCo the day before the San Diego Yes show getting my car ready for the voyage, and I found this amazing $500 Yamaha device called "The Portable Grand."

It has a full keyboard, with action similar to a real piano, but it's a keyboard, and seemed pretty versatile to me. Plus a hell of a lot cheaper than even a used piano.

I managed to get "Cathedral Organ" voice and picked out parts of "Awaken." Badly. All of a sudden I looked up and there were all these people watching.

I am so not ready for prime time, I slunk off!

Anyone know anything about this machine, or have a good first keyboard for someone that also wants to use it as a piano?

TIM
Venice, CA

[PO]

I'd say the toughest songs we cover are "Deep In The MotherLode" By Genesis...

Interesting. What difficulties are you finding? I know the song well but have never tried it in a band.

[PO]

...Anyone know anything about this machine, or have a good first keyboard for someone that also wants to use it as a piano?

TIM
Venice, CA

Kurzweil PC-1X

Sound is stellar. 88 keys and it's a stripped down version of the PC-2X. The Yanahas/Rolands/etc are just a bit too pre-fab for my taste.

[bataisflow]

Just getting to this now but...I have played the following(these are highlights, cause there are way too many):

2112 (Rush - Whole album)
Natural science (Rush)
The Wurm (from ST)
Lemon Song (Zep)
Song Remains the Same (Zep)
Freeway Jam (Jeff Beck)
Come Dancing (Jeff Beck)
Childhood's End (Marillion)
Carpet Crawlers (Genesis)
Salisbury Hill (Peter Gabriel)
From the Beginning - Santana style (ELP)


Anyway, that is a very small portion, but some of the better covers I have done. Couldn't do any Yes, because I could never find anyone who could sing like Jon (and I certainly can't). BTW - I am a Bass Player.

[Timmo]

Kurzweil PC-1X

Sound is stellar. 88 keys and it's a stripped down version of the PC-2X. The Yanahas/Rolands/etc are just a bit too pre-fab for my taste.Thanks!

A songwriting friend of mine swears by Kurzweil, I'd forgotten about that.

The Yamaha did feel very pre-fab, although that might be a good thing for someone just starting out.

TIM
Venice, CA

[Amy]

[QUOTE]It's making me realize that I desperately have to start playing classical piano again.

Go for it, Tim!

I was in CostCo the day before the San Diego Yes show getting my car ready for the voyage, and I found this amazing $500 Yamaha device called "The Portable Grand."

It has a full keyboard, with action similar to a real piano, but it's a keyboard, and seemed pretty versatile to me. Plus a hell of a lot cheaper than even a used piano.

I have to get something like this. I have two collecting dust in the closet, a Roland and (I think) a Yamaha. They were sufficient when I played in the band, but they're not full keyboards. I always wanted a full keyboard, but because I have a Grand upright piano, I never bothered.

I do believe the time is coming soon to invest in something better.

[altaeria]

Here's a few songs we did at weddings, get togethers and the like:

YES songs:

Your Move
Onward
Heart of the Sunrise
Time and a Word
Yesterday and Today
Sound Chaser / Tempus Fugit jam
Surface Tension (Steve Howe)
Double Rondo (Steve Howe)



SOUND CHASER / TEMPUS FUGIT jam ??? ... at a wedding !?!?

Man - I wish I was invited to THAT.
We can't get the real band to even consider playing either song ...
and that's at a ROCK concert.

[altaeria]

Years ago, I played DRUMS for a band and we covered:

TOM SAWYER - Rush (who didn't?)
SEPARATE WAYS - Journey
FOREPLAY/LONG TIME - Boston
ONCE - Pearl Jam
HEART SHAPED BOX - Nirvana

Coincidentally, I used to try to get the band to segue the end of "Heart Shape Box" into "WURM". Something about the chord progression sounded similar to me. It never really developed, though.

ALSO...
I recall perfectly executing a stirring vocal rendition of LEAVES OF GREEN in the shower last week.
Why is the tape never running when you really need it?

[Timmo]

Kurzweil PC-1X

Sound is stellar. 88 keys and it's a stripped down version of the PC-2X. The Yanahas/Rolands/etc are just a bit too pre-fab for my taste.Unfortunatly, I haven't been able to find the Kurzweil PC-1X USED for less than about $1200, where the Yamaha new is about $500.

Probably start with the Yamaha and if I get into it and need to grow past what it can do, the Kurzweil.

BTW, the friend that suggested these keyboards is, or was, tight with Raymond Kurzweil, so he might be biased!

TIM
Venice, CA

[PO]

Muscla, a PC-1X is about $1100 when new.

Their PC-88 (current) or SP88 (previous) are easily had for $700 and less.

FWIW, I don't own a Kurz and I am biased because they sound better. They also have a lot of resale value if you do change your mind.

[Brewer]

I played in a cover band named Canyon in the 70s. We played Long Distance Runaround live one time. Yes stuff is not easy to pull off live. Here's the stuff we did from the Canyon website (http://canyon.brewerworld.com):

Alice Cooper Ballad Of Dwight Fry
Alice Cooper Be My Lover
Alice Cooper Eighteen
Allman Brothers Band Statesboro Blues
Allman Brothers Band Stormy Monday Blues
Allman Brothers Band Whipping Post
Bad Company Can't Get Enough
Beatles Get Back
Beatles Here Comes The Sun
Beatles Something
Beatles While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Chicago Colour My World
Cream Badge
Cream Crossroads
Cream Sunshine Of Your Love
David Bowie Rebel, Rebel
Deep Purple Lazy
Deep Purple Rat Bat Blue
Deep Purple Smoke On The Water
Doobie Brothers China Grove
Emerson Lake and Palmer From The Beginning
Emerson Lake and Palmer Lucky Man
Eric Clapton Let It Rain
Foghat I Just Want To Make Love To You
Grand Funk Railroad Country Road
Grand Funk Railroad Heartbreaker
Grand Funk Railroad I'm Your Captain/Closer To Home
Half Moon Janis Joplin
Humble Pie I Don’t Need No Doctor
James Gang And It's Strange
James Gang Funk #49
James Gang Tend My Garden
James Gang Walk Away
James Gang Woman
Jethro Tull Locomotive Breath
Jethro Tull Teacher
Jimi Hendrix Experience Fire
Jimi Hendrix Experience Johnny B. Goode
Jimi Hendrix Experience Purple Haze
Jimi Hendrix Experience Red House
Joe Walsh Rocky Mountain Way
Led Zeppelin Black Dog
Led Zeppelin Moby Dick
Led Zeppelin Out On The Tiles
Led Zeppelin Over The Hills (And Far Away)
Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin The Crunge
Led Zeppelin The Ocean
Leon Russell Delta Lady
Leon Russell Tightrope
Moody Blues Nights In White Satin
Moody Blues Story In Your Eyes
Mountain Mississippi Queen
Procol Harem Whiter Shade Of Pale
Quicksilver Who Do You Love?
Ready for Love Bad Company
Rick Derringer Rock-N-Roll Hootchie Koo
Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Woman
Rolling Stones Jumpin' Jack Flash
Rolling Stones Wild Horses
Santana Black Magic Woman
Santana Evil Ways
Santana No One To Depend On [No Tienga, Nada]
Steppenwolf Born To Be Wild
Steppenwolf For Ladies Only
Three Dog Night Feelin' Alright?
Three Dog Night Liar
Three Dog Night Out In The Country
Wings Junior's Farm
Yes Long Distance Runaround
ZZ Top La Grange

[STARRSHIP TROOPER]

I'd give my right arm if I could play or remember the songs I covered in bands.
First paying band was, Billy Harry and Dennis 1974. Songs: Your move, Starship Trooper, mood for a day, perpetual change. (ELP): Lucky Man, Still You turn Me On (King Cimson): In the court of the Crimsum King (Super Tramp) School, Even in the quietest Moments ( Beatles) A Day in the life, Fool on the hill (Doobie Brothers) China Grove ( Blind Faith) Can't find my way home.
Those are the ones I'm sure of. Later bands a few songs like Free bird, Suit Judy Blue Eyes, Woodstock, Ohio, Rambling Man, Jessica, Tied to the wipping post, Sound Chaser, You and I, Money, Dark side of the moon, Comfortly Numb, Shine on you crazy diamond, Wip It, What a Fool believes, White Punks on Dope.
I should find and old set list book. This could take days.
Starrship Trooper

[Q]

Great question, Rogo!

"Owner," "Your Move/All Good People," "Rhythm of Love," and this summer the band I'm in will be doing "The Calling" ...

[CybrKhatru]

Well....

We covered a lot of ground in the Genesis and Peter Gabriel cover bands...with Cinema Show it was mostly stuff from Foxtrot thru Duke, although we did do Giant Hogweed, Dodo, and Mama. The Gabriel band was heavy on PG3, Security, and So---I'll never forget the first time we all played "Family Snapshot"....

Before I started getting serious about writing songs, I was in cover bands or playing as a soloist...here's a partial list (by no means complete)

Elton John- Funeral For a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding, Skyline Pigeon, Daniel, Saturday Night's Alright, Grey Seal, Empty Garden, Rocket Man, Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters
Marc Cohn-Walking in Memphis
Billy Joel-Scenes from an Italian Restaurant, And So It Goes, Leningrad, Goodnight Saigon
Rush - Limelight, Red Sector A, Middletown Dreams, Bravado, Distant Early Warning, La Villa Strangiato (try to imagine THAT one with drums, bass, and a keyboardist playing Alex Lifeson's parts on a Yamaha KX5--a small Keytar-like thing that Chick Corea used to use)
Sting - TONS of stuff -- Why Should I Cry For You, All This Time, Mad About You, Moon over Bourbon St, Fragile, If I Ever Lose My Faith in You, Fields of Gold, Seven Days
Police-Tea in the Sahara
Monty Python-Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Pat Metheny-Last Train Home, In Her Family, Phase Dance, First Circle
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill, Sledgehammer, Secret World, Digging in the Dirt
Yes-The Meeting (my voice isn't high enough to do most Yes tunes, sadly)
Dylan-Tangled Up in Blue
Seal-Prayer for the Dying
Toad the Wet Sprocket-All I Want, Walk on the Ocean, Nanci, Fly From Heaven
Allman Brothers-Melissa
Who-Eminence Front, Gettin' In Tune
U2-A Sort of Homecoming
Neil Young-Cortez the Killer, Sail Away
Eagles/Henley-Desperado, Last Resort, Wasted Time, End of the Innocence, Heart of the Matter
Pink Floyd-Goodbye Blue Sky, Wish You Were Here, Fearless
Lots of Beatles/Lennon/McCartney stuff

There's more that I have certainly forgotten!
--Matt

[CybrKhatru]

Muscla, a PC-1X is about $1100 when new.

Their PC-88 (current) or SP88 (previous) are easily had for $700 and less.

FWIW, I don't own a Kurz and I am biased because they sound better. They also have a lot of resale value if you do change your mind.

I swear by my SP88...just love that piano!!

---Matt

[the'YES'kid]

In a cover band called Overdoze (me playing bass):

Def Leppard - Photograph
Guns & Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine
Guns & Roses - Paradise City
Metallica - From Whom The Bells Toll
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Metallica - Master of Pupets
Kiss - Rock & Roll All Nite
Stryper - Free

some more (I don't remember)

By myself
playing spanish guitar

Steve Howe - Mood for a Day
Steve Howe - Surface Tension
Steve Howe - The Ancient
Steve Howe - Corckscrew (NNA version)

playing electric guitar
medley:
Steve Howe -"That, That is" intro
Rick Wakeman - guitar solo from "Wives" from "Live At Hammersmith"
Santana - Black Magic Woman

[jnbgtr]

while in H.S. we did mosty Yes (much to the dismay of our friends). I think we did 15 songs in total:
Siberian Khatru
Roundabout
Perpetual Change.....(Live version)
Yours Is No....(Live version)
Asteral Traveler
Tempus Fugit
Your Move/All Good People
Starship Trooper
Heart Of The Sunrise
Long Distance Runaround
Release, Release

Pink Floyd:
Pigs (Three different Ones)
Sheep
Comfortably Numb

ELP:
Hoedown

Zep:
Hots On for Nowhere
The Song Remains The Same
Houses Of The Holy
Over The Hills and Far Away
Rock 'n Roll

Some Skynard.....

Can't remember much more from then.....

Now we are doing...yourmovetheband.com...see the repertoire page.

[Mr. Holland]

Wow....I've been in a rock/blues cover band called "Blackstone" for 7 years now, first as a drummer and for the last 1 1/2 years as drummer/leadsinger. There is a very long list of songs we've done over the years. At home I've got a complete list, witch I will post here later (I'm at work now...I know, I know, visiting Yesfans in the boss's time, I should be ashamed of myself.. :D ), but this is from the top of my head:

Deep Purple: Smoke on the Water, Black Night, Blind Man
Rolling Stones: Satisfaction, Sympathy for the Devil, Start Me Up, Angie, Honky Tonk Women, Little Red Rooster
Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze, Voodoo Chile, the Wind Cries Mary, Hey Joe, Red House
Lenny Kravitz: Always on the Run, Let Love Rule
Stevie Ray Vaughan: Cold Shot, Pride & Joy, Empty Arms, Texas Flood, Mary had a Little Lam, Tightrope
AC/DC: It's a Long Way to the Top, Highway to Hell, Nightprowler
Pearl Jam: Alive
Black Crowes: Remedy, Hard to Handle
Golden Earring: Twilight Zone, Radar Love
David Bowie: Heroes, Suffragette City
Living Colour: Love Rears it's Ugly Head
Doors (the): Roadhouse Blues
Neil Young: Heart of Gold
Thin Lizzy: Still in Love With You
ZZ Top: Gimme All Your Lovin', Sharp Dressed Man
Rod Stewart/Faces: Hot Legs, Stay With Me
Cheap Trick: I Want You to Want Me
Queen: Tie Your Mother Down
Robert Palmer: Addicted to Love
Judas Priest: You've Got Another Thing Coming
G3: Going Down
Bad Company: Can't Get Enough of Your Love
Free (the): Allright Now

.....and I'm still forgetting a few...will take a look at the list when I'm home...

[weebl]

We did a kick-ass version of "Come Together".

[Mario1970]

We used to play some Elvis and Rolling Stones stuff. We tried also to perform our own composed songs. It was between 1995 and 2000. Maybe, the best five years in my life.

[PO]

Mario, that is a great time in one's life. I remember my hottest band days being such a great time.

[Mario1970]

I wish now to find a new band that plays Yes songs.

[fish62858]

i play in a band called EchoPark, out of Boone NC, we've been together in a variety of forms since the late 70s, and have always been influenced by Yes, as well as Rush, Pink Floyd, Zep, Beatles, and many others. in our heyday, we played:
And You And I
Starship Trooper
Hold On
Roundabout
Long Distance Runaround/The Fish

from Rush
Subdivisions
Red Barchetta
Show Don't Tell
Roll the Bones
Tom Sawyer

from Floyd
Wish You Were Here
On The Turning Away
Money
Comfortably Numb

from Zep
Kashmir
Black Dog
Rock n Roll

Beatles
Get Back
Here Comes The Sun

i'm sure there are others from those groups that i can't remember right now.

we also do some of the following bands...
CSNY
Eagles
Simon and Garfunkel
Steely Dan
and i forget who else... without a keyboard player these days, we're mostly acoustic.

as i said, we've had various personel changes, but interestingly enough, the guitarists kids have grown up listening to us and watching rehearsals down in the basement, and its paid off, as now his almost 16 year old son is our drummer, and the 13 year old daughter (i think she's 13) is learning bass and keyboards. i accuse rusty of looking to get rid of the rest of us, replacing us with family members so he doesn't have to pay the band... :-)

[ndselwood]

Sang in a band "Sinner" between 76 and 80. We covered Priest (Beyond the Realms of Death), Van Halen (You Really Got Me), Deep Purple (Stormbringer), Hendrix (Hey Joe), Zeppelin (Black Dog) and many, many others. Went on to do our own stuff but not to my taste so left to do covers of slower tunes as a duo (vocalist/guitarists) doing Kiss (Hard Luck Woman, Beth), Bowie (Space Oddity), Zeppelin (Stairway) and more.

What great days !! - Miss it big time but no vocal power or range any more (aaahhhhh)

[Yes Lover]

A few years back I was a singer for a band (with no name) for one day. We covered Kansas, Heart, Styx, Jefferson Starship ("White Rabbit" right into "Somebody to Love"...sweeeet), and Rush. I requested Yes but you know how "hard" they are to play....so we didn't do any Yes :crybby: . Yeah, like Rush is easy to play.....

I am actually looking to get some sort of fun get-together here in New Mexico and do some Yes covers and others. I love to sing! I try to sound like whomever's songs I'm singing. Like for Jefferson Starship I actually took on Grace Slick's singing style and sound. That was pretty awesome. Who knew I had it in me to do that? Of course being a female it's not hard at all to sing like Jon Anderson. :ele:

[slazman]

My finest hour was covering the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's cover of Tom Jones Delilah. Three guys and three guitars. We split the day after...it was amicable.

[soul warrior]

cool thread rogo! i played professionally since 1985. alot of weekend warrior stuff. some over the road work. a slight sprinkling of original projects, but predominantly working cover bands, as a bass player, although now i mainly play acoustic guitar and sing. did lots of classic rock (hendrix clapton, eagles, etc.), blues, even worked through the techno period (duran duran, inxs, etc). worked with a great female voc. for a while so we did alot of mellissa etheridge, alanis morrisette, etc. i think one of the coolest things i got to perform was a bass/drum solo where we mixed some odd time signature stuff together from different songs. i remember it contained parts from ""Lucky Seven" and Suppers Ready" the 9/8 section. good memories!