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Jim Cohen Member From: Philadelphia, PA	posted 29 September 2006 08:13 AM profile Elmer Fudd??
Mike Shefrin Member From: New York	posted 29 September 2006 12:42 PM profile lol!
Chuck Cusimano Member From: Weatherford, Texas, USA	posted 29 September 2006 12:59 PM profile In New Mexico a few years ago, a drunk Hispanic feller came up and asked for "Blue Eyes Crying On The Range" and another time (Same Bar) another "Vato" came and wanted to hear "Jupeekah" When we said we didn't know that one, he said, "Ju know, Ju Peek a find time to leave me Lucile". I love New Mexico!
Tracy Sheehan Member From: Fort Worth, Texas, USA	posted 29 September 2006 03:23 PM profile My favorite was always,no one in the band has ever heard that song. Play it any way.
Steve Stallings Member From: Bremond, Tx, pop 876, Home of the fighting Bremond Tigers	posted 29 September 2006 03:54 PM profile We've been asked to play "Dixie Chicks" tunes... No females in the band! "Play some Rock"... ------------------ Steve Stallings The Songs
Larry Garrett Member From: Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA	posted 01 October 2006 10:47 AM profile This was not a request but funny. (Please don't anyone mistake this as being racial. It was just amusing to me.) When I was in the service in 1970 overseas an Asian "go-go girl" band was entertaining the troops. I enjoyed the show but I only remember one song that they sang. "Prease rerease me ret me go".
Kenny Dail Member From: Kinston, N.C. 28504	posted 01 October 2006 01:29 PM profile We did actually get a request for Elmer Fudds "awwangment" of "Bwue Qwismas" during the Christms Season a few years ago. ------------------ kd...and the beat goes on...
Pete Burak Member From: Portland, OR USA	posted 01 October 2006 02:08 PM profile I was getting really PO'd at a lady who kept yelling "Play something good!", untill she caught me at break and said she wanted to hear "Something Good" by Hermans Hermits. Live and learn. The guitar player knew it, so we did it!
Billy Wilson Member From: El Cerrito, California, USA	posted 01 October 2006 09:54 PM profile Something Good is something good.
Loni Specter Member From: West Hills, CA, USA	posted 05 October 2006 12:54 AM profile I was at a wedding and they had a harp player performing during the pre cerimony. Someone yelled out "Stairway to Heaven" and without missing a beat she broke right into it. No she quit befor the solo!
Leroy Riggs Member From: High Country, CO	posted 05 October 2006 09:05 AM profile When my daughter was 5-years old, we were at an outside gig and she requested, "Their wings are wet, their wings are wet". What she wanted was "The Lion sleeps Tonight" (A-weema-weh, A-weema-weh). [This message was edited by Leroy Riggs on 05 October 2006 at 09:06 AM.]
Mike Shefrin Member From: New York	posted 05 October 2006 09:39 AM profile That tune used to give me nightmares when I was a kid.
Terry Edwards Member From: Layton, UT	posted 05 October 2006 10:46 AM profile "Lollin on a Liver" Requested by an Asian-American still wrestling with pronunciation issues. I knew what he meant and I played it although I'm sick of that song! Terry
Bob Hickish Member From: Port Ludlow, Washington, USA	posted 05 October 2006 05:58 PM profile Are trio range from 66 to 76 and we do Horse $#!) & gun smoke swing ! last july we were playing a garden party and a young lady ask if we knew any thing by Shania Twain ! Boy ! We should look so good !
Leslie Ehrlich Member From: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada	posted 05 October 2006 09:25 PM profile Back in the late 1970s I remember playing at a high school dance with a rock 'n' roll band and someone in the crowd requested something by Nana Mouskouri.
Keith Cordell Member From: Atlanta	posted 06 October 2006 04:12 AM profile When I was playing punk rock back in the 80's one guy followed us from show to show hollering about wanting to hear Zamfir, the pan flute player. We ordered a copy of the tape from the TV commercials and played it between sets. Lost part of the crowd but the look on his face was worth it. Our closing music to clear the bar was Slim Whitman...
Henry Matthews Member From: Texarkana, Texas, USA	posted 06 October 2006 06:31 AM profile I was playing faded Love on the fiddle one night and a couple danced up close to the stage, then stopped and hollered to me. I can't waltz to that, you're timing is off. I hollered back to and said, It's not a waltz, we'll do Boot Scootin Boogie next, you can try to waltz to that and I think he did.
Kenny Radas Member From: Edwardsville,IL,USA	posted 06 October 2006 12:55 PM profile Last weekend we did Buckaroo. Right after the song ended a lady came up and wanted to know who did that song and I told her Buck Owens. She then asked if Patsy Cline ever did that tune. Wonder what some people hear.
Larry Garrett Member From: Siloam Springs, Arkansas, USA	posted 06 October 2006 04:27 PM profile Forgive a second post but I just remembered another funny time years ago. A guy asked (and I quote exactly) "Hey, y'all know "at tare ol' country bunkin?" He had no teeth and tobacco juice was running down his chin and it was all I could do to keep from cracking up. He and his honey danced every song and had a great time even though we didn't play "at tare ol' country bunkin".
Mark White Member From: Michigan, USA	posted 08 October 2006 02:52 AM profile A drunk staggered up to the stage and wanted to hear "Bake a Can of Biscuits". We all just looked at each other. Then the drunk says "yeah,you know, by Bachman Turner Overdrive". Turned out he wanted to hear "Takin' Care of Business". The next time it came on the radio I could see how it could be confused after about a quart of Jack
Kevin Ruddell Member From: Toledo Ohio USA	posted 08 October 2006 10:17 AM profile The singer in my last group always announced we would take requests " just write them on the back of a twenty dollar bill and we'll see if we know it " That seemed to confuse things enough to keep the requests to a minimum. A friend of mine and his group were playing at a local club and a guy in the audience walked up to the stage with a guitar case in hand and asked " do you guys know "Red House " ?. The guitar player said " No , and you don't either ! " Ouch
Mike Shefrin Member From: New York	posted 09 October 2006 06:51 AM profile When I lived in Spain I remember once a beautiful German girl came up to our band at a gig, and requested "Sitting with the Duck on the Bay". We played it and the singer even changed the word "dock" to "duck".
Dale Bessant Member From: Gatineau, Quebec, Canada	posted 09 October 2006 07:03 AM profile "Cincinatti Baby" was the request, I stated I hadnt heard of that song & asked if they knew how the melody went, then the request-ee started singin', "Since I met You Baby"... But singing "Cincinatti Baby" instead of "Since I met You Baby"(Jerry Lee Lewis covered it along with many others).... so we knew the song and that is the way we phrased that part of the song , each time that line came up..... [This message was edited by Dale Bessant on 09 October 2006 at 07:04 AM.]
Michael Breid Member From: Eureka Springs, Arkansas, USA	posted 11 October 2006 12:37 PM profile Two instances. One: A woman walked up to the bandstand and said, "Could you guys play a song my husband would like"? Two: When "Hello Dolly" was a hit, we were playing it at a Shakey's Pizza Parlor. A woman stood by the bandstand for about two minutes, and then said, "When you finish this song, would you play "Hello Dolly" for my mom's birthday"? I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!!!!
ebb Member From: nj	posted 11 October 2006 03:54 PM profile mike. so he didn't change "on" to "with" also. having fun with foreigners
Mike Shefrin Member From: New York	posted 11 October 2006 04:11 PM profile ebb- He actually sang "Sitting on the duck with the bay...". Later in the evening we played the Beatles' song " I saw her standing there" and when the singer got to the line "So howwww could I dance with another..." he changed it to "So howww could I dance with my mother...". He used to change the lyrics to lots of songs. We always cracked up when he did that.
John Billings Member From: Northfield Center, Ohio, USA	posted 12 October 2006 12:59 PM profile No matter what type of band, country, blues, death metal, I always act drunk and request "Feelings" just to see the look on their faces. I was playin at the Shell Bar in Broadview Hgts, Oh., when a drunken girl with few teeth started yellin', "Freebird" with out stopping. None of us really liked the Allmon Bros., so we didn't know the song. I just gave everybody a slide, and said "Wing it!" 3 slide guitars, slide fiddle, and slide bass! All trying to play melody of a song we didn't know! I was laughing so uncontrollably, I almost peed my pants! Wish I had a tape of it.
Earnest Bovine Member From: Los Angeles CA USA	posted 12 October 2006 01:17 PM profile quote: drunken girl with few teeth started yellin', "Freebird" with out stopping. None of us really liked the Allmon Bros., so we didn't know the song. Are you sure that is a Almond Brothers song?
Richard Sevigny Member From: Vancouver, BC, Canada	posted 12 October 2006 02:21 PM profile I thought "Freebird" was a Skynyrd tune
John Billings Member From: Northfield Center, Ohio, USA	posted 12 October 2006 02:27 PM profile Could be! I never did like southern rock! I think Skynyrd is probably right, but actually, I couldn't care less!
daynawills Member From: Sacramento, CA	posted 17 October 2006 01:18 AM profile I worked with a bass player named Zeke Garcia in Wichita Falls, TX in 1969 at Don't Pink Panther Club. He used to sing "Put your sweat leeps a little closer to the phone.... One night he almost put his bass over the head of an obnoxious customer to protect my honor. Loved that Zeke. ------------------
William Steward Member From: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	posted 22 October 2006 10:43 AM profile Playing piano in a lobby bar at a Westin hotel...some smart alec requested 'Stairway To Heaven'. I obliged and it may become part of my permanent repertoire (reharmonized a bit). September 12, 2001 some overwrought (and vacuous) lady requested "Leaving on a Jetplane" (P,P & M)- given the individual requesting, it wasn't meant with any sense of irony! I don't think the crowd glued to the TV at the bar noticed.
Dave Zirbel Member From: Sebastopol, CA USA	posted 27 October 2006 08:31 AM profile Here's a funny story from June McKay: "Hi Dave, You came up with a funny subject! Many years ago, a poor fella', drunk as a skunk, kept bugging the band at a club where my husband played steel. It was winter, but this dude was just dying to hear "Here Comes Peter Cottontail". They told him repeatedly that they didn't even play that at Easter! He was just too persistant...and a terrible pest.....and when he said he'd pay $5.00 to hear his song, and was turned down again for the umpteenth time, my husband really did play it for him! He layed the 'five' on the steel guitar......and acted decent the rest of the evening! Did you ever do that, just to pacify a drunk?" Dave
Chuck Cusimano Member From: Weatherford, Texas, USA	posted 27 October 2006 11:44 AM profile Last Night, at a SENIOR CITIZEN dance, after tuning up my Telecaster, and as I was tuning up my Gut String, this sweet little old lady came up on stage, and asked me if we could play "Jole-Blon Waltz". Without missing a beat, I started playing it, and after one time through, I held out my hand, and said: "OK, That will be $20.00". The look on her face was priceless. I laughed, and gave her a hug, and assured her we'd play it for her when the dance started. She said, "play it for Cookie". Toward the end of the first set, I played it for her, and when we took a break, she stuck two 5$ bills in my shirt pocket.... I tried to give it back to her and told her I was kidding about the money, and she insisted I keep the money. I asked the bass player to devide it four ways, and we made $2.50 each..... Sometimes you're the bug, and sometimes you're the windshield.
Walter Killam Member From: Nebraska, USA	posted 28 October 2006 10:37 AM profile We were playing the second of our 3 songs in the amature band contest at the Glenrose Blugrass Festival when someone in the back yell out FREEEEEBIRD!! (we took 2nd in a 3 band competition!)
Jack Francis Member From: Mesa, Arizona, USA	posted 28 October 2006 11:17 PM profile Dave,, I was setting up my steel at the Ponderosa in Santa Rosa back in the mid 80"s and one of the biggest, baddest bikers I'd ever seen came up and introduced himself as "BIG ED", I said "Of course you are!" He didn't even smile but told me to play some country song that was popular at the time. I told him that I didn't know it but I'd sing it anyway. Later on after I faked my way through it, he came up and said, "Your right, you don't know it and don't EVER sing it again, but your a good guy and if ANYONE gives you a hard time tonite, yell out for me and I'll drag 'em outside and kill 'em!" Sounds like the "Pond" don't it?
Dave Zirbel Member From: Sebastopol, CA USA	posted 29 October 2006 06:22 AM profile Jack, I heard lots of stories about "The Pondo" from back in the day. I caught the tail end of its existence. I didn't get to Sonoma County until 1990 and didn't gig locally very much. I played a few shows there about 1-2 years before it closed up. I heard plenty of stories and always got a reaction when I mentioned I was going to play there. Everyone who played there back in the day has a story about it. One story I remember is where someone drove through the front doors on a Harley. One thing I remember from playing there was someone kept yelling "let's get drunk and be somebody" all friggin' night long! There only other thing I remember is b0b stopping by and sitting in on his s-8 Fender and played Sweet Home Alabama with us. DZ
Jack Francis Member From: Mesa, Arizona, USA	posted 29 October 2006 11:27 AM profile Dave, ya didn't miss much but having b0b sit in had to have been great...I played MANY gigs with him in the early 80's. A few years ago b0b was here for our steel show in Mesa and he dropped by and played a set with my band on my Rus-ler, when we took a break and b0b left the guys said, "So that's how that thing should sound!"

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