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Last week, Gary left this comment in a gig announcement post for a Thirst N’ Howl gig.

Hey Jack, me and some fellow musicians here in the UK would be interested in seeing a typical thirst n howl setlist. maybe post it here or to me and I’ll blog it – whatever works. Cheers!

O.K. Gary, here goes. This would be a typical night for TNH which, hopefully means four 45 minute sets of cover tunes that the audience is going to be somewhat familiar with.

SET#1
Burnin’ Down the House-Talking Heads
Hurts So Good-John Mellencamp
Choo Choo Ch’boogie-Asleep At The Wheel
Talk To Your Daughter- Robben Ford
Susie Q-CCR
Brass in Pocket-The Pretenders
No Matter What-Badfinger
Livin’ For the City-Stevie Wonder
Tool Box-Susan Tedeschi
Turn Me On-Norah Jones
Wanna Love Somebody-Keith Urban
Before He Cheats-Carrie Underwood

SET#2
Black Horse And The Cherry Tree-K.T.Tunstall
Pink Houses-John Mellencamp
R.O.C.K. In The USA-John Mellencamp
Statesboro Blues-Allman Brothers
Don’t Get me Wrong-The Pretenders
I Feel Fine-Beatles
Dreams-Fleetwood Mac
Long Cool Woman-The Hollies
Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’-Journey
That’s All-Genesis
Mama-Susan Tedeschi
Sunshine Of Your Love-Cream

SET#3
Harden My Heart-Quaterflash
Hit Me With Your Best Shot-Pat Benetar
The Warrior-Scandal
Let’s Get it On-Marvin Gaye
Nadine-Chuck Berry
Messin’ With The Kid-Junior Wells
Love song-Sara Bareillis
Cold Shot-SRV
Rollin’ And Tumblin’-Bob Dylan
Play That Funky Music-Wild Cherry
Car Wash-Rose Royce

SET#4
Bring Me Some Water-Melissa Etheridge
Middle Of The Road-The Pretenders
Messin’ With The Kid-Junior Wells
If Lovin’ You Is Wrong-Al Green
Don’t Stop Believin’-Journey
The Joker-Steve Miller Band
Hey Joe-Jimi Hendrix
You’re No Good-Linda Ronstadt
I’ll Stand By You-The Pretenders
Shook Me All Night Long-ACDC

So, like I said, we aren’t trying to come up with b-sides or obscure tunes to cover, we are trying for things that audience is going recognize instantly. Within that framework, there is room set aside to blow a little and a couple of things that are carried by the strength of the particular groove. These guys are all pros and a joy to play music with.

Brandi Shortt-vocals
Boyd Manning-drums
Tom Hobson-keyboards
Allen Edwards-bass

By the way everybody sings, including myself, which is a real help when you are playing a wide range of stuff over four sets. The first key to a good cover band is having credible vocals. And, having an outstanding and fearless singer like Brandi (Brandi at MySpace) out front makes it possible to really take flight.