True Dat

So, I guess that means Jimi Hendrix and Iron Butterfly will work ok then huh?

... never know till you try it ...

montunoman ... that list is like the 'gold standard' of "solid gold standards"

Do the math:

Someone 25 in 1948, would be 89 today, which is hitting the age range where they're either A) unable to get down to the dining room, activity space, etc or they are B) dead...

I'm not saying there won't be any people that old, just that its a minority within most NH audiences.

I'd suggest a better target would be about 10 years later, say 1958. Those folks are 79 and even that's a tad on the high side.

Look at your audiences and ballpark how many are in their 60's, 70's, 80's and up...

A nice mix of pop, country, rock, etc. which aims at the bulk of your audience will play the most dividends. If 50% of your audience is in their 60's, then play 50% of your stuff for them. If 30% is in their 70, play 30% of their material and so on...

I'm playing less and less and less Big Band stuff in the last few years...more and more 60's, 70's and newer...

Good luck...

montunoman ... that list is like the 'gold standard' of "solid gold standards" [/quote]

Thanks Tony. I need to thank you for recomending the show "Million Dollar Quartet." If you want to see what goes over in BIG way with people of "a certain age", you got to see that show!

I won't be the one to try it anytime soon but it just a matter of (not too much)time before lots of NH residence will be very familiar with Hendrix. I guess the average Woodstock atende would be in the 60's now, right?

Everybody is forgetting this is Scotland hes talking about...most any song can be done in any genre or rhythm if you a good musician



so....... what is your mostly Scottish song list gonna be ..?

Amazing I play many of those at my 1 hour gigs. One comment about My Way. I many times will sing/play My Way the last song of the gig. I stole a line from Sinatra used at his Madison Square Garden performance in what I think was 1974. Old blue eyes said at that concert, "And now ladies and gentlemen, the National Anthem, but no need to stand". One time at an assisted living facility that's the way I opened my playing My Way. At least one member of the audience's hearing was poor, one guy a veteran stood up and and saluted the entire song. I'm careful now how I phrase the intro of My Way. [/quote]

A quote of his I like to use with this song goes like this: This song was written by Fred Ebb and John Kandor, arranged by Don Costa, recorded by Liza Minelli and stolen by me.

Joe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Way_(song)

Paul ... glad you enjoyed it ... it is just a FUN show ...