Re: [Harp-L] Cover Songs

[maurice richard libby <blues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 04:34 PM 15/04/2005, S.Doyle Yoder Sr wrote:

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fernando Toral" <ftoral@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <Harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 9:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Cover Songs
> Chris Michalek wrote:
> > > What are the "cheesiest" or not so cheesy cover songs you guys play?
> > >
> > > Lately we've been doing:
> > >
> > > (...)
> >
> > I like this thread, but -sorry for my ignorance- why are these songs so
> > called "cheesy"?
> >
> > Fer from Argentina
> > __Thank you Fer,  I wanted to ask the same question, I just didn't know 
> > how to approach it, even though there is nothing 'cheesy', in my opinion, 
> > with any of the songs that I saw.

Yeah, I was wondering that, too. Is it because they are over played? I've 
noticed in similar threads on this and other lists that that's a pretty 
regional thing--in same places everybody seems to do the same covers, and 
others those songs are all but unheard  for example, I'm about 99% certain 
that we are the only band around here that does "She Caught the Katy"--I 
say that because every time I get anew bass player (which is quite often 
these days) I have to teach them the song and they always want to play it 
as a 12 bar. (My girlfriend thinks it's regarded as cheesy because The 
Blues Brothers did it , making it automatically cheesy, but that's another 
flame>)

Also I don't think I've heard anyone do "Stormy Monday Blues" for years, 
(in fact, I'm actually thinking of putting it back into regular rotation).

I'm just curious--I don;t want to go somewhere to play and be considered 
cheesy.

maurice

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