Songs (non - I IV V) That Every Gigging Musician Should Be Able to Play

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I believe “Hokey Pokey” is I-V-I

For all you weekend warriors, check this out …

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/03/21/copyright-lawsuit-against-medina-bar-unauthorized-show-by-local-classic-rock-cover-band-caused-great-and-incalculable-damage

I’ll bet the songwriters involved played plenty of cover tunes back in the 50s 60s and 70s … sucks that they punish a small venue like the ones they came up in. It’s not just publishers and attorneys, any BMI member that receives royalties (me included) shares in the responsibility for this “no tolerance” situation. It sucks.

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Not that I would want it to happen, but why wasn’t the band named as defendants, too? What happens if Mr. BMI stumbles across a busker on the sidewalk? Is the busker up the creek? Why is that different than the cover band?

Did J. Fogerty ever get his copyright/performance rights back for his Creedence songs?

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Not in the arrangement, if you can call it that, that I am familiar with (under the British name “Hokey Cokey”). It throws caution to the wind and introduces a third chord, the IV, at some points.

Unless we are saying that I-IV-V means those chords and in that order, in which case we are limited to Wild Thing / Twist and Shout / La Bamba, etc.

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Your giving me the fingering anticipated my unasked question. An Asus2 reminds me a lot of an Esus4 if you don’t mind doubling the sus4 and not doubling the 5th.

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They do have the same notes and can be the same chord, depending on the context.

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ASus2 is an Am with the first finger lifted up and letting the open B string sound. Gives a distinctive sound in Fields of Gold.

http://www.cyberfret.com/chords/featured/asus2-13/images/asus2.gif

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Here’s the common arrangement I’ve heard for the past half century in my experience.

I-V-I

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Did you ever wonder … what if the Hokey Pokey really was what it was all about?

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And here is the Hokey Cokey, with the IV chord in the refrain: - YouTube

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Second Stone said “Hokey Pokey”, not “Hokey Cokey”.

Okee Dokey?

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The Who - Can’t Explain, My Generation (especially good if the youngest musician is in his mid 40’s.

The Yardbirds - For Your Love, Heart Full Of Soul

The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction, Jumping Jack Flash

The Kinks - You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night.

Reverend Richard Penniman - Long Tall Sally, Tutti Frutti

Buddy Holly - Not Fade Away, Rave On

You need some slow dances - Let It Be Me, Devoted, If I Fell, Cryin’ In The Rain.

Hello, Mary Lou.

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OK, I acknowledge that the US variant lacks the harmonic subtlety of the Hokey Cokey.

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Well, bless your heart.

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Thanks. It’s rare that one comes across such charitable sentiments on what can be a needlessly fractious board, at times.

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Chuck Berry uses local musicians whenever he tours because as this article points out

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Wonderwall (I still remember watching the sun set in Paris from Sacré Cœur and there was a street musician playing this and people from all over the world singing along in thick accents)

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Misty
Maple Leaf Rag
The Entertainer
Piano Man
Fur Elise