The Ultimate garage Band set-list!

if you play a musical instrument you have probably run into this major problem whenever you meet other people you want to jam with,"What should we play first?".
obviously you need to keep it simple,a lot of folks just go for a 12 bar blues,but that can get old pretty quickly,not to mention the repulsive histrionics of your pasty-faced lead singer yowling about his "Mojo" working :eyes:

here is the answer,The Ultimate garage Band set-list.
starting with the easiest and veering off into the obscure.most of these can be found on YouTube.
to paraphrase Lou Reed,one chord is good,two is fine,but three is getting dangerously close to jazz.



1.louie louie, the kingsmen
2.gloria, them
3.wild thing, the troggs
4.hey joe, the leaves
5.stepping stone, the monkees
6.96 tears, ? and the mysterians
7.wooly bully, sam the sham and the pharoahs
8.hang on sloopy, the mc coys
9.house of the rising sun, the animals
10.pushin' too hard, the seeds
11.she's about a mover, sir douglas quintet
12.telstar, the tornadoes
13.runaway, del shannon
14 la bamba, ritchie valens
15.psychotic reaction, the count 5
16.wipeout, the surfaris
17.twist and shout, the isley brothers
18.you're gonna miss me, 13th floor elevators
19.walk don't run, the ventures
20.dirty water, the standells
21.shakin' all over, johnny kidd and the pirates
22.doo wah diddy, manfred mann
23.secret agent man, johnny rivers
24.liar liar, the castaways
25.misirlou,dick dale and the del tones
26.rumble, link wray
27.surfin' bird, the trashmen
28.tequila, the champs
29.the hanky panky, tommy james and the shondells
30.pipeline, chantays
31.green onions, booker t and the mgs
32.apache, the shadows
33.little girl, syndicate of sound
34.strychnine, the sonics
35.talk talk, the music machine
36.fortune teller, bennie spellman

every garage band plays that.

that must have like 10 or 12 chords in it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLQxOtx_FRA

fire in the sky

Animals style!

I could add The Last Time by the Rolling Stones, Little Black Egg by the Nightcrawlers, Hungry by Paul Revere and the Raiders, and Good Lovin' by the Young Rascals.

in prairie village, ks in 1967!!!! We did pretty much that whole list, including a very romantic slow version of Louie Louie. We did the whole set, took a break, then did the entire set over again. That was the peak of my rock and roll career.