Starting a Vintage/Classic Country and Western Swing Band

Takoma Park MD

Description

Guitarist (I play rhythm and some lead) / vocalist (lead and harmony, baritone) looking to start a vintage/classic country group. Looking for a good female singer, pedal steel player, fiddle, drums, country lead guitar, and keys. I could rehearse 1-2 times a week and gig 4-6 times per month. I'm 69, experienced (mostly in other genres), and open to musicians of any age if you're good. Vaccinations and peaceful, friendly vibes required. Playlist might include (but is not limited to) songs these songs: Guitars Cadillacs and hillbilly music (Dwight Yoakam) I’m a honky-tonk man (Dwight Yoakam) He’ll have to go (Jim Reeves) Gentle on my mind (Glenn Campbell and others) Heartaches by the number (Ray Price) Today I started loving you again (Merle Haggard, Stonewall Jackson) Act Naturally (Buck Owens) Crazy arms (Ray Price and others) The race is on (George Jones) Funny how Time slips away (Brooke Benton and others) Jambalaya (Hank Williams and others) King of the road (Roger Miller) Make the world go away (Eddie Arnold) Last date (instrumental, Floyd Kramer) Detroit city (Bobby Bare) Streets of Bakersfield (Buck Owens with Dwight Yoakam) City lights (Ray Price) Walk on by (Leroy Van Dyke, and asleep at the wheel) She thinks I still care (George Jones) Release me (Ray Price) I can’t stop loving you (Don Gibson, Ray Charles) Sweet dreams of you (Patsy Cline) What made Milwaukee famous (Jerry Lee Lewis) You don’t know me (Ray Charles, Mickey Gilley) Take these chains from my heart (Ray Charles) Born to lose (Ray Charles, other artists) I can’t stop loving you (Ray Charles, Don Gibson) Cryin’ Time (Buck Owens, Dwight Yoakam) I can’t help it if I’m still in love with you (Hank Williams, Linda Ronstadt) The end of the world (Skeeter Davis) There goes my everything (Tammy Wynette) My shoes keep walking back to you (Ray Price) She even woke me up to say goodbye (Jerry Lee Lewis) Another place another time (Jerry Lee Lewis) Look at us (Vince Gill) Don’t you ever get tired of hurting me (Ray Price, the Mavericks, other artists) Living proof (Hank Williams Jr) When I call your name (Vince Gill, other artists) Oh how will I ever be simple again (Richard Thompson, Emmy Lou Harris) Love has no pride (Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt) Let it be me (Everly Brothers, other artists) Swinging doors (Jerry Lee Lewis) Georgia on my mind (Ray Charles, Willie Nelson, others) Trying my heart out over you (Ricky Skaggs) Night life (Ray Price, Willie Nelson, other artists) Storms Never Last (Various artists) Take me back to Tulsa (Bob Wills, asleep at the wheel, various artists) Bartenders blues (George Jones) Heartaches by the number (Ray Price) I’m so lonesome I could cry (various artists) Sweet Old World (Emmy Lou Harris) Holding things together (Merle Haggard) Six days on the road (Dave Dudley) Blue bayou (Linda Ronstadt) The fugitive (Merle Haggard) The race is on (George Jones) Sweet dreams (Patsy Cline, Don Gibson) My name is Bob, btw.