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1. 

   ameiner
   

   I liked the top 100 piano bar song list.

   I'm a bass player that is also an amateur guitarist/singer and I'm interested in going solo just so I can have some gigs without having to have a band or someone to accompany.

   I've been searching the web for help with repertoire, but theres not much out there and from what I see the majority of guitarist/singers play originals.

   It always depends on your audience etc. and really its how the singer interprets the song (especially if its not an acoustic type thing originally), but if we think of a general audience what kind of list could we come up with similar to the Piano bar thing.

   http://www.bgsubass.blogspot.com

   Posted 1 month ago #
2. 

   bilco
   

   I imagine I am WAY older than you, but I'll give it a try. Like you I am a bass player first, but I play just enough acoustic guitar to be a songwriter and I used to play solo gigs with just me and a guitar. Thinking in terms of what works pretty easily with just one guitar and a vocal and in my case, a vocal range of only 1&1/2 octaves and what gets a good audience response from a typical audience:

   Fire and Rain - James Taylor
   American Pie - Don Mclean
   Sundown - Gordon Lightfoot
   America - Simon & Garfunkle
   Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues - ?
   Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins
   King of the Road - Roger Miller
   Mr. Bojangles - JJW
   Blue Eyes Cryin' In the Rain - Willie Nelson
   Solitary Man - Neil Diamond
   Amarillo By Mornin'- Terry Stafford, George Strait
   Anything by Jim Croce
   Danny's Song - Kenny Loggins
   Good Old Boys Like Me - Don Williams
   Pancho & Lefty - Townes VanZandt
   City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman
   If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
   California Dreamin' - Mamas and Papas

   That's all I have for now

   Good luck,
   Bill

   Posted 1 month ago #
3. 

   DC
   

   Some songs that were successful for my acoustic group:

   Brown Eyed Girl
   Amie
   Anything by the Beatles
   Margaritaville
   Shanty
   Ventura Highway
   Dixie Chicken

   ...that's all I can think of at the moment.

   Posted 1 month ago #

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