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my 2nd set of parents run a car show at their little restaurant around here and he's been playing the same 50's and 60's songs for well over 4 years now and he's looking for something new
can anyone give me suggestions for songs you enjoy listening to/hearing at car shows?
thanks in advance guys
steve
try 60's and 70's :d deep purple playing in the garage is always a motivator
I grew up on 50's/60's rock and roll and even I got burned out on it. I agree that every car show seems to think they need to play music of that era so that it "fits in" with old cars.
How about some of the slightly more modern stuff like from ZZ Top, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Steely Dan, etc? There are still some cool tunes from those groups that are not over the top hard rock, but still bring down the house. This has always been one of my favorites from Steely Dan.................. grab a beer and crank up the volume. :D :D :D :D
YouTube - Steely Dan - My Old School (Featuring Jon Herington)
or, from Aerosmith.............
YouTube - Aerosmith - Dude (looks like a lady)
or ZZ Top..............
YouTube - ZZ top I"m Bad I"m Nationwide and Just got Paid Today
Don
thanks guys
downloading now
aerosmith sweet emotion ! head east -never been any reason uriah heep-stealin , easy livin
Steppin wolf - born to be wild
Early Springstine - born to run
Stones - anything
Skynard - anything
REM
Clapton
The list goes on, but unfortunately my spelling and my brain need to retire!:LOL:
I dont know if they are interested in this but once a year one of the local places hold a car show where they advertise to the local churches and play a lot of upbeat southern gospel and contemporary Christian music, usually a little live music, too. The turnout from the local churches is huge, and lots of people really look foward to it.
I would guess the old list includes some selections from the Beach Boys, but I am not tired of them yet so keep "I get Around" and "Daddy took her T-bird Away". Also "Take it to the Limit" by the Eagles is really good. To honor the California roots of rodding I still like "Hotel California" (Eagles) and "California Dreaming" (Mamas and Pappas). Hey, let's not throw out all the good old stuff! If you want modern, the one disk I play over and over in my Sunfire is the Ace of Base "Its a Beautiful Life" and "I'll never say I'm sorry". The Ace of Base stuff is now considered "old" by college Freshman, but it gets your blood flowing and was favorite music at RAVES a few years ago.
Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder
wow, take it to the limit, now that brings back memories :LOL: foghat makes for a nice evening in the garage working on the car, slow ride, fool for the city, etc...
"Easy Rider" by Iron Butterfly always gets me speedin' tickets.:)
in a gadda da vida is an american institution !!!! in all of its 17:53 glory!!!!
Try some classical music. :eek: You'll lose the gear heads, but gain a whole new group of upscale high brows!:LOL: :LOL:
Actually some of the others got it right, move into the 60's to 80's stuff. Whole lot of really good music in that period. Like Survivor, Jouney, Reo Speedwagon, Queen, the Cars, etc. People who enjoyed that music are now in their late 20's to early 60's.
Just yesterday I saw a new set of the music from Time Life called Ultimate Rock Ballads. Not cheap at $150, but you get 9 CD's by original artists. Quick way of getting a lot of good music all at one time without losing time shopping. Time-Life also has music from other periods as well. I have some of their 50's Rock and their 50's and 60's country classics.
You can go to THIS LINK & scan the artists & see what is there or type in the group or songs name & find a boat load of songs also...joe
im up for some sinatra and some glenn miller.... and i am not kidding :)
how about some music by the cars and old johnny cash car songs
take it easy - Eagles
Doobbie Brothers - Black Water
Police - Don't stand so close to me, Roxanne
BB King
Hot for Teacher
Van Halen
Fleetwood Mac
Pearl Jam
Upbeat '60s and '70s, especially surf music, and car related songs:
Chuck Berry.....Beach Boys.....MoTown......Eagles.....The Doors.....Mitch Ryder......Bob Seager.....Linda Rhonstadt.....Eric Clapton.....Carlos Santana.....
Well, here's one other prospective. I got my first car in the early sixties and grew up with the music of that time. I even spent the first couple of years of my career spinning records at the local AM station. Thought I was pretty hot stuff....
A few years ago I built up a car just like the one I had back then except much nicer.
When I get in that thing and put on an oldies disc it's like being transported back four decades.
I can't do much about the scary wrinkled up cadaver assed raisin I see in the mirror each morning but when I get behind the wheel of my 56 and go to the shows that play oldies, it makes me feel a bit better.
You'll see what I mean in about forty years you will look back to this year and remember the music and the time when gas was only 4 bucks a gallon.
Now I have to agree with you on the current batch of oldies that seems to dominate the shows. I mean, you can only listen to "little duce coupe" so many times before you want to pull out your three or four remaining hairs.
I put together a series of discs with all of the top 50 hits between 55 and 69 and even found some of the ones you never hear anymore.
In fact I found and included the flip side of many of the hits that came out but they didn't get as much play.
Many of the tapes and discs that are currently on the market are of the really popular tunes that were on the charts at the time. They don't really reflect or recreate the mood of cruising on a friday night listening to the AM radio with one rear seat speaker with a spring type reverb blaring the huge cross section of the talent that's currently lost to todays listeners.
If your parents are interested, have them drop me an e mail, Steve and I'll see if I can fix them up.
Pete
dogtagsvette@netscape.net
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peace
If you're playing surf music you gotta have Dick Dale, the rest are pretenders.
here is some AC/DC highway to hell ZZtop manic mechanic B.T.O roll on down the highway . steppin wolf
make sure it's legal.. if it's not and the wrong person finds out your playing it publicly, you'll have the RIAA on your tail. a person around here has a 50's diner/ ice cream place, they used to host a car show and played downloaded 50's/'60s music. stopped the show when she had to pay $3,000 or go to jailQuote:
Originally Posted by muteboy49
How about you head over to 4shared.com - free file sharing and storage and set up a free account, drop the URL here and we can all upload some suggestions for ya..
You get 5gb of free space, so there's penty of scope for alot of tracks, esp if everyone does them as WMA and not MP3.
Why not check out some of the 'modern' rockabilly/swing bands to bring a more upto date aspect to the nostalgaic theme of the show???
try bands like the go-getters/ carlos and the bandidos/ brian setzer / 3 bad jacks / Big sandy and his flyrite boys / indigo swing / Big bad voodoo daddy / Royal crown revue / lil mo and the monicats / hillbilly hellcats / bellevue cadillac / the atomic teardrops / lavay smith and the redhot skillet lickers(AMAZING!) / steve lucky and the rhumba bums / hot club of cowtown / BR549 ????
If you want i'l set up and account and post the link and everyone can stick their stuff up there for ya....
and i can whack a bunch of the above bands there for ya too.
Here's a link to one of my music storage folders.... I'll post a list of the stuff that i think could be of interest as i'm uploading some more tracks for you.
4shared - free file sharing and storage - share folder - rollitup music storage
ALSO, if any of you guys n gals wanna post any track there, feel free.
just hit the link, browse the file on your 'puter then hit the upload button. :)
easy as pie.
Here's a list of the tracks i've uploaded(i'm doing it right now) you might wanna check out....
ELECTRICK LOOSERS - 60's garage rarities/psyche/prog/oddities
electrick a.wma 1,599 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick b.wma 1,406 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick c.wma 1,444 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick d.wma 1,344 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick e.wma 1,811 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick f.wma 2,920 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick g.wma 1,831 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick h.wma 1,822 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick i.wma 1,086 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick j.wma 2,078 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick k.wma 1,417 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick l.wma 1,197 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick m.wma 1,834 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick n.wma 1,878 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick o.wma 1,144 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick p.wma 2,054 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick q.wma 1,734 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick r.wma 1,300 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick s.wma 1,385 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick t.wma 1,241 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick u.wma 1,077 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick v.wma 1,799 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick w.wma 1,872 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick x.wma 1,828 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick y.wma 1,467 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick z.wma 1,517 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick zz.wma 1,946 KB File 2008-05-10 0
electrick zzz.wma
INDIGO SWING - Modern jump jive/swing/jazz
NDIGO SWING A - indigo swing.wma 975 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING B - todays the day i'm glad i'm not dead.wma 1,374 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING C - how lucky can one guy be-.wma 1,072 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING D - blue suit boogie.wma 1,397 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING E - baron plays the horses.wma 989 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING F - thats where my money goes.wma 1,098 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING G - hot in harlem.wma 1,353 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING H - regular joe.wma 1,265 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING I - whats the matter baby.wma 1,121 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING J - violent love.wma 743 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING K - the way we oughta be.wma 1,309 KB File 2008-05-10 0 INDIGO SWING L - drinkin it up.wma 702 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING M - so long.wma 1,347 KB File 2008-05-10 0
INDIGO SWING N - memory of you.wma
ATOMIC TEARDROPS - modern swing/jazz VERY UPBEAT
- TRACKS labelled atomic a-l
LIL MO AND THE MONICATS - modern rockabilly/ western swing/
Tracks labelled with track titles
BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY - SWING-A-BILLY
tracks labelled with track titles
STEVE LUCKY AND THE RHUMBA BUMS - modern swing/rockabilly
Tracks labelled as STEVE LUCKY A - M
HOTCLUB OF COWTOWN - ROCKABILLY/WESTERN SWING
Tracks labelled as Hotclub of cowtown 1 - 16
BIG SANDY - Modern rockabilly/Rock n roll
Tracks labelled Big sandy b- p
&
Bsandy a - n
ELECTRICK LOOSERS VOL 2 - 60s garage / psyche/ early rock rarities
tracks labelled as ELECTRICK LOOSERS A - ZZ
IRON BUTTERLY - 60s/70s early prog/psyche rock (I LOVE IRON BUTTERFLY)
Tracks labelled as IRON a - u
Cream - 60's
tracks labelled as CREAM a - k
WANDA JACKSON - THE QUEEN OF ROCKABILLY
tracks labelled as wanda jackson a - zzzz
THE GO-GETTERS - Modern rockabilly rock n roll
Tracks labelled as go-getters a - p
HIGH ROLLERS - RARE vintage 50's/60's rockabilly/blues/ bluegrass
tracks labelled as HR a - r
LAVAY SMITH AND THE REDHOT SKILLET LICKERS - modern rockabilly swing (GREAT VOICE AND BAND ARE KILLER!!!!)
Tracks labelled as
a - The Busy Woman's Blues.mp3
B-EVER~1.MP3
c - Big Fine Daddy.mp3
D-GEE_~1.MP3
e - Now or Never.mp3
f - I've Got a Feelin'.mp3
g - Roll the Boogie.mp3
h - Honey Pie.mp3
k - Voo-It.mp3
L-HEBE~1.MP3
m - Hootie Blues.mp3
n - lavay Track 14.mp3
o - lavay Track 15.mp3
And finaly here's a very rare radio show recording of Lux interior from THE CRAMPS...Its him playing all of his favorite 40/50/60s jazz/rockabilly/rock nroll/surf rarities and some vaudeville novelties...This is quite a favorite amongst the music conscious rockabilly crowd.
Some awesome tunes, and great effects...
Tracks labelled as The Cramps Z - B , I have had to label the track Backwards so they would play on my mp3 player, so Track Z is track 1
Track Y is track 2 etc....
Very odd and very quirky cruising music on there..
I can also upload a bunch of Surf music, lke The Champs / the Trashmen/ the revells / etc if'n ya want...
Quote:
Originally Posted by gassersrule_196
You can keep frankie bro, but gimme some glenn miller anytime.
:)
ok i'm all done with the upload, if ya want anyhting else, hit me up i have thousands of records and cds you might wanna use. :)