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I play in a vintage rhythm n' blues band, mostly toe-tapping stuff. We have an upcoming gig which will require us to play 3-4 slow dance songs per set. Any of you gigging musicians out there have any ideas we may be able to explore? Any help is greatly appreciated.--Floyd

Waste - Phish (easy one)

Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon (Always wanted to do that one! It's a toughy, though)

Warm Love - Van Morrison

The First Cut Is The Deepest - Cat Stevens/Rod Stewart.Sheryl Crowe (super easy)

True Colors - The Hooters/ Cyndi Lawper (easy)

Time After Time - The Hooters/Cyndi Lawper

Fields Of Gold - Sting

If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody - Bonnie Raitt

Guilty - Randy Newman (easy blues, but you'll hafta extend it)

Missing You - John Waite


Just about ANY Tears For Fears...LOL

Slip Sliding Away - Paul Simon

American Tune - "

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover - "

Take Me To The Mardi Gras - "

Moonshadow - Cat Stevens

Sad Lisa - "

I've been loving you to long to stop right now -Otis Reading (Dion Warwick)

Faithless love -J.D. Souther (Ronstant)

Tears on my pillow - Smokey Robinson

Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum

Slow song - Joe Jackson

Crazy - Patsy Cline

Willie Jean - Hoyt Axton

Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Gerry & the Pacemakers

If you play blues or classic rock the ultimate slow dance songs are;
And drum roll please!!!!!!!
"Heart Of The Matter"
"Wonderful Tonight "
"Deperado"
"Lady In Red"
"When A Man Loves A Woman"
"A Man This Lonely"
"Neon Moon"
"Alone Again"

No, anything but "Wonderful Tonight".

I agree F.B.
everytime we play Wonderful Tonight it packs the dance floor, down here in Texas we call it belt polishing music.
Or you could call it belly rubbin music!

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU = CREEDENCE

Slow tempo / Long / Jam your ass off any way you like lead!

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Wonderful Tonite
Turn The Page
Every Rose Has Its Thorn

We even get people dancing slow to Simple Man or Cant You See

"Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol Harum
"Let It Be" the Beatles
"Something" the Beatles
"Without You" Badfinger (version)

No, anything but "Wonderful Tonight".

Yeah, not just a slow song... more like a slow death. Nothing kills my buzz more than hearing that song (as a patron)... Makes me want to leave the bar, go home and kill myself.

fisherman bob wrote:
No, anything but "Wonderful Tonight".


Yeah, not just a slow song... more like a slow death. Nothing kills my buzz more than hearing that song (as a patron)... Makes me want to leave the bar, go home and kill myself.

that and "Knocking on Heaven's Door" I'd rather dig up that gun if I have to play that song again.

haha true

As bad as Wonderful Tonight and Knocking On Heaven's Door are somehow a lot of people like those tunes. In the past we've had similarly crappy songs in our repertoire that people loved. Unfortuneately sometimes you have to play what people like even if you can't stand them. Even some of our originals I get tired of but people like them so we keep playing them.

As bad as Wonderful Tonight and Knocking On Heaven's Door are somehow a lot of people like those tunes. In the past we've had similarly crappy songs in our repertoire that people loved. Unfortuneately sometimes you have to play what people like even if you can't stand them. Even some of our originals I get tired of but people like them so we keep playing them.

I have to diss on that one Bob.
I believe you can find "other" song's that they will like just as much (and maybe more) and not do what has been DONE TO DEATH!
Give the audience the benefit of the dought that they have some musical taste, and would maybe enjoy something they dont often get to hear, even more than the same ole same ole.


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