My logic in picking these songs was as follows:
1. Covers many people would recognize but that have (mostly) not been
overplayed on the radio or by other bands;
2. Singable, usually if transposed into another key but some would
work
in the original keys;
3. Variety of lyric themes ("Whipping Post" is too negative, but there's
nothing wrong with sad songs; I tried to put in some sexy stuff 'cause
I
remember how much Phil enjoyed singing "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?");
4. Interesting musical potential (for jams, of course, but also if
the
guys want to slip in something quick and upbeat, like the Dead used
to
do with "Me & My Uncle").
OK, here they are, by artist. Obviously many are pop throwaways. I
marked the ones I feel most strongly about with an asterisk. About
20 of
them were suggested by my husband.
Allman Brothers
*Dreams
Every Hungry Woman
In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
Average White Band
*Pick Up The Pieces
The Band
Jawbone
Don't Do It
Daniel & the Sacred Harp
*Life is a Carnival
When You Awake
Endless Highway
Beach Boys
Long Promised Road
Do It Again
Do You Wanna Dance? (for Jerry--everybody and their kid sister
have covered this, obviously)
Beatles
Things We Said Today
Across the Universe
Ticket to Ride
*Taxman
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
*Hey Bulldog
With a Little Help From My Friends
*Drive My Car
Sun King-->The End (2d side of Abbey Road, minus first track)
Blood, Sweat and Tears
Something Going On
Meaghan's Gypsy Eyes
David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust
All the Young Dudes
Suffragette City
Jackson Browne
Redneck Friend
Byrds
So You Wanna Be a Rock and Roll Star
Beefheart
Hothead
*Advance Romance
Chambers Brothers
Time
Chicago (medley)
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Beginnings
Questions 67 & 68
Joe Cocker
Feelin' Alright
*Sandpaper Cadillac
Elvis Costello
RadioRadio
Cream
Badge
Sunshine of Your Love
*Strange Brew
White Room
Deep Purple
Hush
Dire Straits
Down to the Waterline
Water of Love
Skateaway
Once Upon a Time in the West
Doors
*Roadhouse Blues
Unknown Soldier
Wild Child
Derek & the Dominoes
*Anyday
Peter Gabriel
*Sledgehammer
Salisbury Hill
Jimi Hendrix
Voodoo Chile/Slight Return
The Wind Cries Mary
*Red House
Little Wing
EXP
Jefferson Airplane
*Crown of Creation
Elton John
*Holiday Inn
Kinks (medley)
You Really Got Me
Tired of Waiting
Sunny Afternoon
King Krimson
*In the Court of the Crimson King
Led Zeppelin
Misty Mountain Hop
*No Quarter
Dazed and Confused
Bob Marley
*Waitin' For My Baby
Is This Love?
Soul Shakedown Party
*Mellow Mood
Steve Miller
Jet Airliner
Moody Blues
Afternoon (Tuesday?)
Story in Your Eyes
Van Morrison
*Sweet Thing
Astral Weeks
New Riders
****Garden of Eden**** (I thought the Dead were nuts for not doing this!)
The Police
Demolition Man
Too Much Information
Does Everyone Stare?
Lou Reed
Walk on the Wild Side
Dirty Boulevard
REM
*What's the Frequency, Kenneth?
Rolling Stones
*Torn and Frayed
*Jig-Saw Puzzle
Rip This Joint
Silver Train
Winter
Sway
Dead Flowers
Til the Next Goodbye
Todd Rundgren
Dust in the Wind
Bob Seger
Fire Down Below
Steven Stills
Love the One You're With
Change Partners
with Manassas
The Treasure
Talking Heads
And She Was
City of Dreams
Big Country
*Heaven
People Like Us
Richard Thompson (some of these were recorded with Fairport Convention)
*Wall of Death
*Genesis Hall
*When the Spell is Broken
*Calvary Cross
*John the Gun
*Now Be Thankful
*Sloth
The Who
*Bargain
*Substitute
Magic Bus
Goin' Mobile
*Gettin' In Tune
Neil Young
Barstool Blues
Human Highway
*Cortez the Killer