INSTRUMENTALS FOR COVERS BAND

[leroydiamond]

PLAYING IN A ROCK COVERS BAND AND WANT TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF OUR VOCALIST FOR A REGULAR EXTENDED SATURDAY NIGHT GIG, SO WE WANT TO INTRODUCE SOME INSTRUMENTALS. WE ARE A 3 PIECE (DRUMS, GUITAR, BASS). ANY RECOMMENDATIONS?

[Mark_Bass]

Hmmmm....I'd say Iron Maidens Losfer Words off of powerslave. But that's the only one that springs to mind at the mo, I'm sure others could suggest better/more accessible to the listener

[the_skezz]

Rush's YYZ, assuming that you are all Godlike at playing your instruments. Otherwise, I'm hard pushed to think of anything that'd be suitable for a covers act - most instrumentals tend to only be known by diehard fans of the original band. Though speaking purely for myself, I'd love to show up at a gig to see the aforementioned Losfer Words being played

[Hobbayne]

The F1 bit from Fleetwood Macs' The Chain, makes a great instrumental rocker!

[bertbass]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bm8CsTk3I0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkUpfw4Hf3w

[bertbass]

and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OznS7X9BOxs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeT1sXLzAko

[BassBus]

Satriani's Surfing With the Alien

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-miLbYrpdvQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-miLbYrpdvQ[/url]

Edited December 15, 2013 by BassBus

[bertbass]

and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9-42mu1D9Y
[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XvlsM39C-U"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XvlsM39C-U[/url]

[bertbass]

and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfM6nRVBvGs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXgvxg8StnI

[paulconnolly]

We're doing The Chain in our next set and we've learnt In That Quiet Earth. This is tricky without keys but with the addition of flute it sounds pretty good to me

[leroydiamond]

Thanks for all the recommendations. Wow! ye guys are setting the bar pretty high, though YYZ is a piece of p**s

[mikeh]

A Band I was in years ago did Steve vais for the love if God, absolutely bombed, needless to say we only did it the once

[paulconnolly]

[quote name='mikeh' timestamp='1387180766' post='2308952']
A Band I was in years ago did Steve vais for the love if God, absolutely bombed, needless to say we only did it the once
[/quote]

A good point and why I'm a bit hesitant about ITQE. I think whether we put it in will depend on the audience and how we feel the gig is going.

[gerryc]

Band round our way used to do "Wipe out " by the Surfaris? used to go down a storm.

[Cosmo Valdemar]

Everybody loves a bit of The Shadows now don't they? Plus the audience will most likely recognise the tune. Also, Walk Don't Run or Wipeout.

[Norris]

There's always the Sabre Dance

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Have done 2 by satch; day at the beach/all alone.
Plus wipeout. All went down really well

[bassjunkie]

The beasties boys did a few cool instrumental grooves you could try to use/adapt if that suits your genre?

Rich

[xilddx]

You have two choices in my book. Green Onions, or Dick Dale's version of Misirlou.

[KevB]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Viqr6KHwJjc

Edited March 24, 2014 by icastle
Link fixed.

[Paul S]

If you are ok with some old fashioned RnB, what about 'Hideaway', a la John Mayall/Eric Clapton? Or 'Steppin' out'? Bit heavier - 'Rat Salad', Black Sabbath

[Conan]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1387199738' post='2309205']
Dick Dale's version of Misirlou.
[/quote]

Good call! Or this one...

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWw55XhTehg&list=PL541375AC7BE86908"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWw55XhTehg&list=PL541375AC7BE86908[/url]

[leroydiamond]

Some great recommendations boys and girls. Keep them coming. I will draw up a short list by the weekend and make suggestions to my band mates. Great stuff and many thanks.
I think an important thing to factor in is that the tunes need to be pretty much instantly recognisable by a crowd made up of regular punters out for a few beers on a Saturday night.

[Happy Jack]

[quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1387199738' post='2309205']
You have two choices in my book. Green Onions, or Dick Dale's version of Misirlou.
[/quote]

Green Onions? With no organ?

[Happy Jack]

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAefTj7GXwQ"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAefTj7GXwQ[/url]