There's no harm in that. I think that bands get sick of Sally as it is one
of the most requested songs (the most requested song?) of the formula "can
you play X", where X is not equal to what you're currently playing. And
often the requested song is not in the style that you're playing on the
night. I had a request for Led Zeppelin recently. The line up was harp,
trumpet, piano, bass and drums...
The problem is that if you were to do *only* what the audience think they
want, then you would play only covers. They may well enjoy the new music
you've carefully arranged - but how will they know that unless you've tried
it on them? I think that's another thing that annoys musicians: they put a
lot of effort in rehearsing their material, with good arrangements - and to
be asked for something completely different or out of context seems to
dismiss that effort. It's kind of "the band = my personal jukebox"
phenomenon.
I quite like Cissy Strut, by the way. I'd rather see Cissy Strut than Sally Mustang - is mustang a verb? :-)
"All you got to do is ride around Sally.." 1 2 3 4... yahoo... we're off Eugene _______________________________________________ Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l
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